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Arisemma Okrah, 5, drinks a soft drink while playing on the sculpture of Duke Ellington outside the newly renovated Howard Theatre at Monday's "community day." (Barbara L. Sallisbury/The Washington Times)
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Those who frequented the Howard Theatre back in the day are impressed with the newly renovated space. Stars including Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross once performed at the club, which many residents remember cutting school for to see the shows. The theater will now offer a full-scale kitchen, bar and, of course, live acts. (Barbara L. Sallisbury/The Washington Times)
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Caroline Cunningham, president of the Trust for the National Mall, and Donald Stastny, an architect advising the group, look over two of the competing proposals for redesigning three areas of the Mall. A winner for each site is to be chosen in May. (Associated Press)
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Diller Scofidio Renfro and Hood Design is among four finalists for each of three areas to be redone on the Mall. From the top are the firm's visions for Constitution Gardens near the Lincoln Memorial, Union Square, and the Washington Monument grounds at Sylvan Theater. Donald Stastny (above right) will pick the winners. (Diller Scofidio Renfro and Hood Design via Associated Press)
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Arisemma Okrah, 5, drinks a soft drink while playing on the sculpture of Duke Ellington outside the newly renovated Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 9, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vincent Gray and Councilman Jim Graham join others for the ribbon-cutting at the newly renovated Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 9, 2012. The theater, which originally opened in 1910, was one of the first places African-Americans could see live musical acts. The club promises to offer live acts again, this time with a full-scale kitchen and bar as well. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vincent Gray has a private conversation with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton during the opening of the newly renovated Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 9, 2012. Names like Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross used to play the club, which many residents remember cutting school to go to as well. The theater will now offer a full-scale kitchen, bar and of course, live acts. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Melvin Deal, center, in white, founding director of the African Heritage Dancers and Drummers, leads the crowd in a libation, an offering of water and acknowledgement to the ancestors, at the grand opening of the newly renovated Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 9, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Those who used to frequent the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. back in the day are very impressed with the newly renovated space, which opened to the public Monday, April 9, 2012. Names like Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross used to play the club, which many residents remember cutting school to go to as well. The theater will now offer a full-scale kitchen, bar and of course, live acts. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A bust of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin sits inside a museum dedicated to him in the town of Gori, some 50 miles west of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on Monday, April 9, 2012. The museum, which has honored Stalin since 1937, is being remodeled to exhibit the atrocities that were committed during his rule. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
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An undated artist's rendering from Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architect & Paul Murdoch Architects shows a proposed design for Constitution Gardens, one of three underused and neglected areas of the National Mall in Washington, which architects and designers have been competing for the chance to renew. (AP Photo/Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architect & Paul Murdoch Architects)
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**FILE** A satellite image taken Sept. 27, 2009, shows a suspected nuclear enrichment facility under construction inside a mountain located north of Qom, Iran. (Associated Press/DigitalGlobe)
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It was a fitting end to the Masters for Bubba Watson, who waves to the crowd Sunday night at the green-jacket ceremony. (Associated Press)
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A photograph of Billie Holliday adorns the lobby of the redesigned Howard Theatre in the District, which is set to reopen with a ribbon-cutting Monday and a gala Thursday night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Peter Hanson, of Sweden, waves after his birdie on the eighth green during the third round of the Masters golf tournament Saturday, April 7, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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A photograph of Billie Holliday, center, sits in the middle of the lobby of the redesigned historic Howard Theatre which is set to reopen with a ribbon cutting Monday and an opening night gala on Thursday, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A man passes by the menu as it rests against a parking meter, at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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This is a plate of crab salad, served up at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Valencia Ford (left) and Linda Neils (right) both of Washington, D.C., receive their lunches at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Sophia Stellabotte spoons up a serving of crab soup at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near the corner of Virginia Avenue 20th Street NW and in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
