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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)
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"I think it's a combination of both. You are what you eat so you need to be selective in your diet. With genetics we're all going to have something ... but you can try to be more aware of it." Emmett Guy, Southeast, delivery man (black male, military hat)
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**FILE** Pedestrians walk past a Wall Street sign near the New York Stock Exchange. (Associated Press)
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A woman carries three water containers on her back to her home on Aug. 4, 2011, at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. The camp, designed for 90,000 people, now houses about 440,000 refugees, almost all from war-ravaged Somalia. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from July 27, 2011, Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, greets a supporter at a tea party rally on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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The home at 3506 15th St. N. in Arlington is on the market for $1,299,000. The four-bedroom home also has a detached two-car garage with a guest suite above.
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The main level features a library, the kitchen and a family room across the back of the house. Upstairs are four bedrooms, each with a walk-in closet, a playroom and a laundry room.
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Photograph Courtesy of Pottery Barn An old-fashioned drive-in is no match for today's well-appointed backyard viewing area .
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The home at 28035 Le Gates Cove Road in Easton, Md., is on the market for $2,390,000. Built in 1965, the home underwent major renovations in 1990 and in 2005.
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The in-ground swimming pool is surrounded with new decking. Seating is provided under a nearby pergola.
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Dr. Donald Jackson, a bomber pilot and original Tuskegee Airman, prepares to sign a commemorative Tuskegee Airmen poster on the first day of the 40th Annual Tuskegee Airmen National Convention, at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center, in National Harbor, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. At left is convention volunteer Linze Greene, from Dallas. Her father and great uncle were both original Tuskegee Airmen. "You see these other guys here and it just does something wonderful for your human psyche," said Dr. Jackson, who is making his 6th trip to the convention this year. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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From left, original members of the Tuskegee Airmen George W. Porter, from Sacramento, Calif., and Harry Quinton, from Williamsburg, Va., share a laugh as they look through a commemorative journal of Tuskegee Airman history, on the first day of the 40th Annual Tuskegee Airmen National Convention, at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center, in National Harbor, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Both Porter and Quinton served as mechanics and flight engineers in the Tuskegee Airmen. "It's wonderful to come back and see everyone," said Porter. "We didn't even realize we were stationed at the same base together until we met here." The two were both stationed at Godman Field near Fort Knox in Louisville, Ky. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
