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Kids visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Youths walk around under cloudy skies, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012, on the 44th anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Gina Johnson performs leak tests on hydraulic fittings at the Eaton Corp. plant in Berea, Ohio, on Jan. 25, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Nationals closer Drew Storen takes an analytical approach to his craft. "He can look at things differently than the others," reliever Sean Burnett says of his bullpen mate. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney speaks at a building supply store in Green Bay, Wis., on Monday as Rep. Paul Ryan looks on. (Associated Press)

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Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, with wife Karen, shows off a cheese-head hat at Simon's Specialty Cheese in Appleton, Wis., on Monday. (Associated Press)

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A woman receives a free meal on April 1, 2012, during a soup kitchen organized by a Greek humanitarian group in Athens' main Syntagma square. (Associated Press)

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In this March 28, 2012 photo, new food items sit on display at a Burger King restaurant in Miami. Burger King launches 10 menu items including smoothies, frappes, specialty salads and snack wraps in a star-studded TV ad campaign. It's the biggest menu expansion since the chain opened its doors in 1954. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

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In this March 28, 2012 photo, patrons dine at a Burger King restaurant in Miami. On Monday, April 2, 2012, Burger King launches 10 menu items including smoothies, frappes, specialty salads and snack wraps in a star-studded TV ad campaign. It's the biggest menu expansion since the chain opened its doors in 1954. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

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** FILE ** Then Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid (center) waves to the crowd after the opening ceremony of the World Cup soccer tournament in Mexico City on May 31, 1986. (AP Photo, File)

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About 5000 candles arrange to a globe lights in front of the Brandenburg Gate prior to the landmark switched off the lights to mark "Earth Hour" in Berlin, Saturday, March 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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D.C. Council member Jim Graham, Ward 1 Democrat, listens to testimony Thursday on the mayor's proposal to extend night-life hours. Mr. Graham opposes the one-hour extension. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Skip Coburn (right), executive director of the D.C. Nightlife Association, urges a D.C. Council committee during a hearing Thursday to consider extending hours that bars and restaurants can serve alcohol. "We have a 24-hour city, we have a 24-hour world," he says. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has proposed the change. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The Smithsonian American Art Museum's exhibit "The Art of Video Games" looks at games' production art, the history of major gaming platforms and games such as 2010's "Mass Effect 2" (above), 2007's "Bioshock" (far left) and 2000's "Diablo II." (Photograph provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum)

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"Marble Madness" from 1992 for the Sega Master System requires the player to guide an on-screen marble through six obstacle courses within a time limit. (Photograph provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum)

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** FILE ** In this Feb. 24, 2012, photo, Cathy Wright, curator at the Museum of the Confederacy in downtown Richmond, opens an original battle flag from the 3rd Virginia Infantry. The museum is opening a satellite museum Saturday in Appomattox, the first in a regional system of museums. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dean Hoffmeyer)

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The Easton model, an end-unit town home with a side entrance, includes an open living room and dining room at the front of the main level, with an open family room, kitchen and breakfast area at the back.

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The home at 511 Stonington Road in Silver Spring has been transformed over the years from a modest rambler into a sprawling Arts and Crafts-style home. It is on the market for $1,275,000.

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The home sits on more than an acre, and the parklike setting includes a swimming pool, hot tub and a professionally landscaped yard with gardens.

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Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II filed suit on behalf of the state against the federal government over the health reform act. He spoke to tea party activists gathered on the Mall on Saturday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)