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Steve Britton, of Dillon, Colorado., makes his way down the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial as crowds gathered to get a glimpse of the bikers during the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride on Sunday, May 29, 2005. This is Britton's fourth year for participating in the ride. ( Carla DePoyster / The Washington Times )

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Seven-year-old Zeke and owner David Taylor of CT hang out on a specially modified dog-friendly motorcycle in the Pentagon's North parking lot, where bikers assembled before the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride, Sunday, May 29, 2005. The event pays homage to POW's. ( Allison Shelley / The Washington Times )

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At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in NW Washington, Michael "Trumpet" Willis pays homage to colleagues who died during the Vietnam war as the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride takes place, Sunday, May 29, 2005. Willis served in Vietnam in 1971. ( Allison Shelley / The Washington Times )

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During Rolling Thunder, Rose Harrelson, left, greets bikers as they come across the Memorial Bridge. Sunday, May 26, 2002 ( Damiel Rosenbaum / The Washington Times )

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**FILE** The last light of the day sets on Mount Everest on Oct. 27, 2011, as it rises behind Mount Nuptse as seen from Tengboche, in the Himalaya's Khumbu region in Nepal. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo is seen here June 14, 2011, 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 in summer 2012. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has called the restaurant pavilion for the east campus of the St. Elizabeths site in Southeast part of “maybe the biggest project ever in the history of the city.” (Rodney Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals center fielder Roger Bernadina (2) slides in safely to home plate after a single by second baseman Stephen Lombardozzi in the fifth inning of the Orioles' 6-5 road win on May 19, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Jason Dufner hits out of the sand on the 16th hole during the third round of the PGA Byron Nelson Championship golf tournament Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Princess Anne of Britain holds the torch with the Olympic Flame during the handover ceremony of the Olympic Flame in Panathenian stadium in Athens on Thursday, May 17, 2012. The torch begins its 70-day journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the Greek capital, to cover about 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometer) on its progress over many parts of England to start the games. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures while speaking May 17, 2012, to reporters on the tarmac after arriving in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Associated Press)

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People swim in the Mediterranean Sea as blue beach umbrellas provide shade from the sun along the beach in Nice, southeastern France. (Associated Press)

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A towel with Akira-Li's name on it sits next to her picture in the New York home of Sharon Brooks, 56, who also bought other things for the child she hoped to adopt from Vietnam. But after 3 1/2 years of waiting because the U.S. froze adoptions there amid fraud concerns, Ms. Brooks (below) learned the girl would instead be adopted by a Vietnamese family. (Associated Press)

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Chicken is slathered with mustard, white wine, and a scallion sauce that bakes during roasting. This French chicken dish take 90 minutes to prepare from start to finish. (Associated Press)