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Executive chef Daniel Bortnick, searing a piece of salmon for a dish in his kitchen at Firefly, represents a growing trend of chefs at restaurants that have brought new eating options to the District and prospered amid the nation's weak economy.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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President Barack Obama waves before boarding his bus after having lunch and greeting people at The Old Market Deli, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Cannon Falls, Minn., during his three-day economic bus tour. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Aug. 15, 2011, for a three-day bus tour through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. (Associated Press)
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Black-Eyed Susie's on 14th Street in Northwest offers a selection of vintage shoes, jewelry and other merchandise. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Marquis Miles, of Falls Church, browses the shoe selection at Rock It Again in Columbia Heights. He said he comes to the District several times a month to shop at vintage clothing stores. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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President Obama will hold a town-hall meeting in Minnesota on Monday and then travel by bus to Iowa before concluding his Midwest trip in Illinois. The White House is billing the trip as an "economic bus tour," but Republicans are blasting it as a taxpayer-funded campaign swing. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** President Barack Obama leaves the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, on his way to play golf at Andrews Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Members of a Pakistani family (top) displaced by last's year flooding, erect their tent in Charsada, one of many villages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province devastated by water that in some places was 15 feet deep. Others find shelter in the ruins of a house in Charsada. In the village of Nowashera, flies gather on a little girl's face while she naps in a tent. In the nearby village of Wairar Sibra, however, locals are preparing to move into new houses, complete with electricity and courtyards, thanks to the largess of the man who owns the power plant looming over the settlement.
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The Woodlawn model has a family room with a wall of windows, a study, a formal living room, a formal dining room and a center-island kitchen with an adjacent breakfast area. Upstairs are four bedrooms and three full baths.
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The home at 10052 Edgewater Terrace in Fort Washington is on the market for $839,000. The four-bedroom home, built in 2005, overlooks Broad Creek.
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The home at 3614 Boat Dock Road in Falls Church is on the market for $5,200,000. The three-level, six-bedroom home was built in 1966 was the first Lake Barcroft home to sell for more than $1,000,000.
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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray holds a press conference to announce activities and events leading up to the dedication of the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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A sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. emerges from the "Stone of Hope" and looks out over the water. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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At right in the blue suit, President/CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation Harry E. Johnson gives D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton a tour at the site of the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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The walls of the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial contain engraved quotations from King. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Construction continues at the site of the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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President and CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation Harry E. Johnson gestures while giving D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton a tour at the site of the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Christine O'Donnell's new book, "Troublemaker: Let's Do What it Takes to Make America Great Again," will set the record straight, she says, "on who she is and where she comes from." Ms. O'Donnell will travel to Washington on Aug. 18 for a book signing. (St. Martin's Press)
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Harry E. Johnson (center), president and CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, gives D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton a tour of the memorial Wednesday in anticipation of its dedication at the end of August. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Jerry Wilson carries a bucket of feed to Wagyu cattle at Meadows Farm in Cazenovia, N.Y. His herd includes this male Wagyu calf and its mother (left). Because of an import ban, Kobe-style or Wagyu beef is the closest most Americans can come to tasting the legendary meat. Wagyu steaks can fetch $50 apiece while burgers can sell for $13 each.
