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ASSOCIATED PRESS Actress Julianne Moore will bring her "Freckleface Strawberry" series of children's books to the National Book Festival on the Mall next month.
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Washington Redskins wide receivers Leonard Hankerson, right, and Aldrick Robinson run through drills at training camp Wednesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins wide receiver Terrence Austin catches a pass during training camp on Wednesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Obama arrives at the White House on Aug. 9, 2011, after making an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., to pay tribute to the 30 U.S. troops killed over the weekend in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. flag flies at half-staff Monday at a Navy memorial in Virginia Beach, home of SEAL Team 6. Twenty-two SEALs, 20 of them from Team 6, were among 30 elite forces killed in Afghanistan Saturday. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photograph from July 30, 2009, a wild elephant crosses a railway track along Deepor Beel, a wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. (Associated Press)
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An Israeli archaeologist carefully cleans a part of a wall at the site, where buildings date from the 10th or 9th century B.C.
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Washington Redskins quarterback John Beck drops back for a pass during training camp at Redskins Park on Aug. 9, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Tourists find a prime spot to photograph the 45-by-37-foot sign that symbolizes dreams of fame and fortune to many around the world. To those who live in its shadow, however, it means an endless stream of tourists and traffic jams that are more suited to Times Square in New York.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A vehicle backs into parking cones as traffic comes to a stop on the hills overlooking the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. GPS and Internet technology have made it easier for tourists to find but have made life for its neighbors more difficult.
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President Obama walks with Col. Mark Camerer, the 436th Airlift Wing Commander, upon the president's arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Aug. 9, 2011. (Associated Press)
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FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe's message to the White House: "Time to get out of the tea party's way." (Photo provided by FreedomWorks)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS John Denver wrote "Rocky Mountain High" while camping on the southern edge of Mount Sopris, seen here in 2004. Some say it's not legal to name a peak for him because it's in a wilderness area.
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**FILE** In this photo from Sept. 2, 2008, Sam Wyly poses at his Explore book store in Aspen, Colo. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from Sept. 2, 2008, Sam Wyly poses at his Explore book store in Aspen, Colo. (Associated Press)
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BRYAN MITCHELL/SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Dan Ten Brink, 26, lives in a loft apartment in the Corktown area of Detroit. A geologist by trade, he works at a cafe while looking for a longer-term job. The joys of city life, he says, include riding his bike all over town and attending Detroit Tigers games at nearby Comerica Park.
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"The tea party hasn't destroyed Washington. Washington was destroyed before the tea party got here. The hope is that the tea party and middle-of-the-road people can find common ground to turn this country around before we become Greece." -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said on CBS' "Face the Nation." (Associated Press)
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Vogue Thylane Loubry Blondeau, 10, is the newest cover model for French Vogue. Her magazine photos have fueled debate about the oversexualization of children.
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"Genes are about 40 percent and the rest is nurture. A lot of it is eating habits and exercise. Genes give you a basic constitution and propensity for things like exercise, but how you're raised is how you decide what is good for eating." Sue Crommelin, Norfolk, Va., Episcopal priest (white female, blond hair)
