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Survivor Miikka Jaske points to a bullet hole whilst standing at the same point where he was standing during the shooting, outside the restaurant Medicine Man in Hyvinkaa, Finland, Saturday May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Jussi Nukari)

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A visitor to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial touches the name of a fallen soldier etched on the wall of the memorial in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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A navy vehicle drives along a street in the coastal town of Barra de Navidad as the community prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Bud along the Pacific coast of Mexico, Friday, May 25, 2012. Hurricane Bud lost a little of its sting early Friday, but remained a potent Category 2 storm as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Puerto Vallarta. (AP Photo/Bruno Gonzalez)

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A Palestinian demonstrator prepares to hurl a stone toward Israeli troops during a protest May 25, 2012, against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This June 14, 2011, file photo shows Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo in Nashville, Tenn. Abdo, a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of planning to bomb a Killeen restaurant filled with Fort Hood soldiers and shoot any survivors last summer. (AP Photo, File)

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Pedestrians walk in downtown Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 22, 2012. The capital of this former Soviet republic has shed its dour, industrial image and evolved into a vibrant metropolis combining the old world charms of Istanbul with the architectural ostentations of Dubai. (Associated Press)

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Pvt. Jose Vazquez, left, and Pvt. Aaron Johnson, second from left, along with other Honor Guard soldiers place flags before each grave in preparation for Memorial Day, during the annual "Flags-In" ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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President George W. Bush greets Artie Muller, national executive director of Rolling Thunder, and singer Nancy Sinatra at the White House in May 2004. Mr. Muller and Miss Sinatra will again be part of the Memorial Day Rolling Thunder tribute to veterans. (Associated Press)

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Soprano Denyce Graves will open the Castleton Festival of opera and orchestral music with a recital. The festival, in Rappahannock County, Va., runs from June 22 to July 22.

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Alicia Curtis and Dustin Kimball are dancers with Bowen McCauley Dance. The troupe will perform at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival on Aug. 2, 4 and 5.

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A dish of pineapple bark chicken with grilled salsa gained flavor from the enzymes in the pineapple, which also helped tenderize the meat. Put chicken breast cutlets between two strips of pineapple skin and let them "marinate" for a bit. (Associated Press)