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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)
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Three master distillers from Scotland take turns hammering a cork into a barrel of a single malt whisky made on colonial style stills at George Washington's reconstructed distillery with the help of Mount Vernon's historic distillers. The oak barrels will be aged for three years and then auctioned for charities around the world. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Steve Bashore, Manager of Historic Trades at Mount Vernon, writes down identifying information on an oak barrel of scotch style single malt whisky. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Mount Vernon Lead Historic Interpreter Peter Curtis tastes whiskey as comes out of a distiller. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Hot water steams in a historical 210 gallon copper boiler as Dave Pickerell, Master Distiller for Mount Vernon, center, takes inventory of the barrels of scotch style single malt whisky as his crew of historic distillers break for lunch. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Steve Bashore, Manager of Historic Trades at Mount Vernon, moves an oak barrel full of scotch style single malt whisky into storage. The oak barrels will be aged for three years and then auctioned for charities around the world. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Eric Barton, an Historic Trade Interpreter with Mount Vernon, carries out plastic jugs to be washed after the Mount Vernon historic distillers produce a scotch style single malt whisky made using colonial style stills at George Washington's reconstructed distillery. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer points to a countdown clock on the transportation bill on Capitol Hill, pushing the House to pass the Senate bill. Sens. Mark Begich and Barbara Boxer are behind him. "Speaker [John A.} Boehner has once again been painted in a corner by the tea-party wing of his caucus," Mr. Schumer said Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Foxwoods Resorts Casino and the MGM Grand at Foxwoods loom behind a barn in Mashantucket, Conn. Once one of America's wealthiest communities, the Mashantucket Pequot Indian reservation has suffered a financial reversal. (Associated Press)
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"Real Time," hosted by Bill Maher, isn't a place to not know your stuff so come prepared to engage the other guests and defend your views, say those who have been on the show. (HBO via Associated Press)
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Christina Verrelli of Devon, Pa. talks with Martha Stewart about her recipe for Pumpkin Ravioli with Salted Caramel Whipped Cream after it was named the "Sweet Treats" category winner at the 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. . Verrelli's recipe went on to win the $1 million dollar grand prize after being selected from tens of thousands of entries. The announcement came during a special live broadcast of Hallmark Channelís ìThe Martha Stewart Show,î at the Peabody Orlando Hotel in Florida. (AP Photo/Pillsbury/General Mills, Todd Rosenberg )
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Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by children during his visit to the sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, Cuba's patron saint, in the little town of El Cobre, outside of Santiago, on Tuesday. Benedict is on the second day of his Cuban tour. (Associated Press)
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Pope Benedict XVI waves after praying before the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, Cuba’s patron saint, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on March 27, 2012, the second day of the pontiff's three-day Cuban tour. (Associated Press)
