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This artist rendering provided by the Eisenhower Commission shows a model for the national memorial to be built in Washington for President Eisenhower. President Eisenhower's family wants to halt the planning of a memorial honoring the 34th president because they object to the design. (Associated Press)

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The sun appears to be rising on Wendy's, which has surpassed Burger King as the second-biggest hamburger chain in the U.S. Both restaurant brands are reinventing themselves while struggling to keep up with the growth of McDonald's. (Associated Press)

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Cate Summers of Arlington, Va., takes a break from her bike ride to lay in the sun and do some reading along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Fred Harris of Washington, D.C., is successful in catching a small-mouth bass as he trolls for fish on March 19, 2012, in the Tidal Basin. The fish was big enough to take home and eat for dinner, he said. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Cate Summers of Arlington, Va., takes a break from her bike ride to lay in the sun and do some reading along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The first official day of spring is March 20, 2012, but the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., appear to be in full bloom the day before, and the tourists are out in full force. The National Cherry Blossom Festival runs March 20 to April 27. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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This undated image provided by Titanic Museum Attractions shows the exterior of a half-scale replica of the Titanic cruise ship in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The attraction in Pigeon Forge and another in Branson, Mo., are marking the April 15, 2012, centennial of the Titanic sinking by sponsoring a Coast Guard cutter to take 1.5 million rose petals to the North Atlantic site where the ship went down. (Associated Press/Titanic Museum Attractions)

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Brad Keselowski led 231 laps en route to victory at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Visitors walk past the remains of a 16th-century church and the rest of an ancient village, including a tree (top), ordinarily submerged by the waters of a reservoir in Huesca, Spain, on Tuesday. The reservoir, built in the 1950s, submerging a village called Mediano, is so low on water owing to the driest winter in more than 70 years. (Associated Press)

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"It's the last frontier for science and exploration on this planet," said film director James Cameron of the Mariana Trench, seven miles down in the western Pacific. Entrepreneur Richard Branson and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt are planning their own separate trips to explore the trench in deep-water submersibles. (National Geographic via Associated Press)

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Director James Cameron will be taking the cramped, almost-form-fitting Deepsea Challenger submersible (top) seven miles down into the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific. (National Geographic via Associated Press)

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** File ** President Obama drinks a Guinness at the Dubliner Restaurant and Pub on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2012, in Washington. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks March, 16, 2012, during a 'Lawyers for Obama Luncheon' fundraiser at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. (Associated Press)

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Foreign visitors walk by displays of mock North Korea's Scud-B missile (right) and other South Korean missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul on March 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Republican congressional hopeful Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher says his advisory team is made up of hardworking, beer-drinking, Wal-Mart-shopping "average Joes" rather than the Washington establishment or tea party. (Associated Press)

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Shepherd's pie gets a new look and taste when made with ground sausage and beef, with a layer of corn and a sweet-potato topping. (Associated Press)

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Thin slices of flank steak and red onions, both marinated in Guinness beer, are covered with Boursin cheese and served on sourdough bread for a savory sandwich for St. Patrick's Day or anytime. (Associated Press)

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The home at 3517 Porter St. NW in Cleveland Park is on the market for $1,849,000. The semidetached home, built in 2005, has four finished levels and more than 4,100 square feet.

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At the rear of the main level are the open center-island kitchen, breakfast area and family room. Plenty of windows bathe the home in natural light.

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Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted over another work on the wall of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. (National Geographic via Associated Press)