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The Free Lancers jousting team during a rehearsal for the Maryland Renaissance Festival on Sunday, August 21, 2011. The festival runs from Saturday, August 27 through Sunday, October, 23. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Roy Cox (right) and the Free Lancers jousting team from Nashville, Tenn., rehearse Sunday for the Maryland Renaissance Festival, which starts Saturday in Crownsville. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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One of the Renaissance Festival's fair maidens helps Leland Coleman get his armor on before heading into "combat" with the Free Lancers. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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The Mayor wants use the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication as a platform for arguing state rights for the District. What's up with that? "I'm happy [Martin Luther King Jr.] has this platform to begin with. This man struggled to fight for everyone. He struggled for peace. There should be no confrontation about it." Pamela Green, cashier, Capitol Hill
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President Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, en route to Martha's Vineyard for a family vacation. (Associated Press)
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A Libyan rebel sniper peers through his scope in Sabratha, 50 miles west of Tripoli, on Wednesday. Regime snipers positioned in tall buildings, including a bank and a hotel, take aim at anyone who moves. Rebel fighters, who control the west and south of Zawiyah, say they are confident that they will soon drive out Col. Gadhafi's soldiers entrenched in the east of the city. (Associated Press)
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Festival: D.C. Homebrewers competition H Street Northeast hasn't been the same since the cabaret joint Palace of Wonders was folded into the indie-rock venue next door, but in every dark cloud (if it's still OK to use that phrase) is a silver lining. Specifically, combining two performance spaces into one performance space has created a lot more room. That room will be filled with beer nerds on the 20th, as the members of the D.C. Homebrewers Association compete for the title of tastiest beer as part of DC Beer Week. For $10, you get to taste the best D.C.'s microbrewers have to offer as well as performances by local brewing legends Greg Engert and Brandon Skall. Aug. 20 at the Red Palace, 1212 H St. NE. Phone: 202.399.3201. Web: redpalacedc.com
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A Libyan rebel sniper peers through his scope in Sabratha, 50 miles west of Tripoli, on Wednesday. Regime snipers positioned in tall buildings, including a bank and a hotel, take aim at anyone who moves. Rebel fighters, who control the west and south of Zawiya, say they are confident they will soon drive out Col. Gadhafi's soldiers entrenched in the east of the city. (Associated Press)
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Stairways make it easier for tourists to explore Mammoth Cave, which has lured the curious for thousands of years and was discovered by white settlers in the 1790s. (Associated Press)
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Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky gives summer visitors a place to escape the heat by offering a variety of unique tours through a tapestry of rock formations. One popular area is the Rotunda. (Associated Press)
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Photograph courtesy of Rill ARchitects Outdoor Kitchens If you are including a fireplace as part of an outdoor kitchen, make sure it doesn't block the view from inside the house.
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Photograph courtesy of Rill Architects Outdoor Kitchens While a roof isn't required for an outdoor kitchen, it can provide protection from the elements.
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The kitchen in the Yates model is open to a breakfast area and the family room. Four bedrooms, two full baths and a laundry room are on the upper level.
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Ryan Homes is building 62 single-family homes on 5,000-square-foot sites at the Village of Idlewild in Fredericksburg. The Yates model, with 2,290 square feet, is priced from $309,990.
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The Victorian-style town house at 3204 Q St. NW is on the market for $1,569,000. The home, built circa 1900, has four bedrooms over three finished levels, including an in-law suite on the lower level.
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President Obama meets and eats with Grand Isle, La.-area residents at Camardelle's, a seafood restaurant, in June 2010. (Associated Press)
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ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES Redskins offensive lineman Kory Lichtensteiger (top) is optimistic the unit will be an asset instead off a liability as Washington looks to rebound from a 6-10 season. Guard Chris Chester (above) was added because the team thought his speed fit well with its outside zone scheme.
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A pair of Republican presidential hopefuls, Rep. Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney, and the tea party movement get the cartoon treatment from Bluewater Comics. (Bluewater Comics)
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French artist Henri Matisse painted "The Plumed Hat" in 1919. It is oil on canvas and measures 18¾ x 15 in.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "When you get to walk through the boat and see how big this thing really was, and how many cages were there, and how much room there was for food and water ... our hope is people start seeing that this is plausible," says Mike Zovath, co-founder of Answers in Genesis ministries.
