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Cooking with champagne gives this risotto with sliced shiitake mushrooms and salmon a celebratory attitude. (Associated Press)
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Gabe Watson stands during a break in his capital murder trial at the Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center in Birmingham, Ala. An Alabama judge acquitted Mr. Watson, accused of drowning his newlywed wife during a honeymoon diving trip to Australia. (Associated Press)
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A spiced plum crisp dish is good place to start when looking for more healthy desserts. Fruit not only packs plenty of its own no-added-sugar sweetness, it also has fiber and nutrients. (Associated Press)
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Photographer Lucky Cole stands on the front porch of his home in the Florida Everglades. Many tourists, who've read about the place in guidebooks, come specifically to see his collection of photos showing women in various stages of undress. (Associated Press)
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The breakfast area adjacent to the kitchen shares the same flooring. It has a triple window facing the courtyard as well as a side window.
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Photo courtesy of Sandra Meyers Design Studio Sandra Meyers, owner of Sandra Meyers Design Studio, says to take scale and proportion into account when choosing furnishings. Taller nightstands can balance out the bed.
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The Maywood model at the Court at Lyon Village is an end-unit home with a dramatic turret providing circular space for a lower-level recreation room, main-level dining room and upper-level master suite. The Maywood is priced from $1,070,900. (W.C. Ralston Architects)
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Glyn Davies (center), U.S. envoy on North Korean affairs, speaks to U.S. Embassy staff at a hotel in Beijing before heading to nuclear talks with North Korean officials on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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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)
