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**FILE** Maryland's Terrell Stoglin (12) shoots over Duke's Seth Curry during the Terps' 73-55 loss at Duke on Feb. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)
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NBC "I'm happy to just be a petrified tree stump where I get a laugh because a bird lands on me and picks an insect out of my hair," actor Nick Offerman says of his "Parks and Recreation" character Ron Swanson, a masculine role model plagued by no breach of confidence.
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A snowplow clears a road on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, near Harrachov, Czech Republic, in the Krkonose Mountains, 80 miles northeast of Prague. (Associated Press/CTK)
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A "skim room" exhibit at Las Vegas' Mob Museum explains how mobsters would steal some of the cash in a casino's counting room. Local FBI agents helped with the development of the museum to assure that the information was accurate. (Associated Press)
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A casino black book, or list of excluded persons, on display includes Anthony Spilotro, who is seen in other parts of the museum making his First Communion. He was the model for Joe Pesci's character in Martin Scorsese's "Casino." (Associated Press)
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The Olympic Village, a construction zone a year ago, will house many of the 15,000 athletes coming to London this summer for the 2012 London Games. Traffic officials fear gridlock along the 100-mile Olympic Route Network of traffic lanes reserved for athletes, sponsors and dignitaries. (Olympic Delivery Authority via Associated Press)
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Tiger Woods steps on his club after hitting from the ninth fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Copies of the fiscal 2013 budget are delivered and ready to be picked up on Feb. 13, 2012, at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Firefighters dig 77-year-old Elisabeta Dumitrache's house out of the snow Feb. 11, 2012, in the village of Carligul Mic, Romania. (Associated Press)
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Security gather outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel Saturday Feb. 11, 2012 in Beverly Hills Calif. Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. She was 48.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Maryland's Terrell Stoglin shoots over Duke's Seth Curry during the second half Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Durham, N.C. Duke won 73-55. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)
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Charlie Wi hits off the first fairway of the Spyglass Hill golf course during the third round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Charlie Wi follows his shot off the 17th tee of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during the second round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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One can quickly make these quince-filled chocolate marzipan bonbons with a simple yet delicious recipe. For a gourmet touch, the bonbons can be sprinkled with some flake sea salt. (Associated Press)
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Edward VIII (James D'Arcy) and Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) trip the light fantastic in Madonna's "W.E." (The Weinstein Co.)
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Ron Sherr painted George H.W. Bush at the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, but used a West Wing backdrop. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)
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Norman Rockwell said President Nixon was "the hardest man I ever painted," and opted to make him look good. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)
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Edmund Tarbell's depiction of Woodrow Wilson in included in the new coffee-table book of presidential portraits. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)
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Abraham Lincoln's portrait artist, George P.A. Healy, used photograph technology that was new at the time. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)
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Long before the advent of photography and funding by the White House Historical Association, Rembrandt Peale painted first lady Martha Washington, allowing people through the centuries to see what she looked like. (Photograph provided by the National Portrait Gallery)
