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ANDREW HARNIK/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Mr. Uhl's repairs to a finial base require a steady hand. Stone carvers are just beginning to assess which pieces of the central tower's damaged pinnacles can be repaired and which need to be redone out of new pieces of Indiana limestone.
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President Obama welcomes guests during a salute to blues music Tuesday in the East Room of the White House. The star-studded event featured Mick Jagger and B.B. King, among others, and was taped for broadcast Monday night on PBS. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Affairs Glyn Davies speaks Feb. 22, 2012, to journalists upon arrival at a hotel in Beijing. (Associated Press)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden is on the "road" again, this time to Rhode Island, after a misspelling on his itinerary was corrected. (Associated Press)
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Israeli officials cite intelligence reports that Tel Aviv would be a main target of any Iranian attack. A rocket-defense system is being set up in the Mediterranean coastal city, where Israel's sprawling military headquarters sits amid office towers and tourist hotels. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks Feb. 20, 2012, at the Kent County Lincoln Day Dinner in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Associated Press)
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This undated photo provided by Stevens Pass Ski Resort shows Chris Rudolph. Rudolph and two other men died in an avalanche in an out-of-bounds area at the resort on Feb. 19, 2012. (Associated Press/Stevens Pass Ski Resort via the Seattle Times)
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A Homeland Security police car is shown parked outside the Long Beach, Calif., Federal Courthouse.
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** FILE ** A Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, photo from files shows British actress, Judi Dench, arriving for "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" world premiere at a central London venue. Dench says she's battling to save her sight. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)
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Candles burn at a memorial at a memorial to Whitney Houston outside New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., early Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Whitney Houston's funeral will take place later Saturday at the church where she sang in the choir as a girl. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Phil Mickelson chips from the gallery to the 12th green during the second round of the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Revelers with the Mystic Stripers toss trinkets to the crowds gathered on Royal Street in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. The pre-Lenten blowout continues along the Gulf Coast culminating in Fat Tuesday celebrations Feb. 21. Tourism leaders estimate more than a million visitors pour into the Mobile area each Mardi Gras season to watch the festivities. (AP Photo/Mobile Register, G.M. Andrews)
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President Obama greets the crowd Feb. 16, 2012, as he waits for his Chinese food from Great Eastern Restaurant in San Francisco. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks Feb. 16, 2012, at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast for fundraising. (Associated Press)
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Streets surrounding the federal building on Ocean Boulevard in downtown Long Beach are closed Feb. 16, 2012, after an ICE agent shot and injured another agent and was then killed by a third colleague in the building according to the FBI. (Associated Press/Long Beach Press Telegram)
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A beignet is a form of doughnut or fried dough that originated in France and is traditionally served in New Orleans. (Associated Press)
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Rocco Dispirito's downsized version of jambalaya has all the flavor of the classic Cajun dish, but a lot fewer calories, thanks in part to the ricelike Miracle Rice. (Associated Press)
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Joan Miro painted some of his most famous works at his farm. Tourist officials for the town and region where it is located say they can't afford to restore and maintain it, and the Joan Miro Foundation says the same. It is up for sale. (Associated Press)
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Miro's "La Ferme" ("The Farm"), crowded with nostalgic images of the area, shows the house from the side. Ernest Hemingway bought it, and his widow donated it to the U.S. National Gallery of Art. (Photo provided by The National Gallery of Art)
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Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin says it's "not about jokes" anymore for Washington, which is on the outside looking in at the Eastern Conference playoff field. The Capitals begin a four-game road trip Friday at the Florida Panthers. (Associated Press)
