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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.

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Elvis tribute artist Marcos Santos gives a personal serenade to Louise Smith of Southaven, Miss., during a performance in the Graceland Entertainment Pavilion on Monday night before the annual vigil.

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** FILE ** A convoy of trucks carries U.S. equipment in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 17, 2010. (Associated Press)

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President Obama stops for breakfast on Aug. 16, 2011, with small business owners at Rausch's Cafe in Guttenberg, Iowa, during his three-day bus tour devoted to the economy. (Associated Press)

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Ryan Rhodes (right) and another member of the Iowa Tea Party Revolution (left) speak Aug. 15, 2011, to President Obama at a town hall meeting in Decorah, Iowa, during the president's three-day economic bus tour. (Associated Press)

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Antonio Rodriguez and Rutha Pryputniewicz, visiting from Wyoming, take in the view of the Potomac River from Great Falls National Park in McLean on Monday. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Visitors of Great Falls National Park, in McLean, Va., get a view of the Potomac River from an outcropping of rocks Monday. Virginia officials are considering a proposal to stop paying dues to a regional compact to preserve and maintain the river. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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associated press Nationals starter John Lannan has had to learn how to stay mentally focused and trust his best stuff.

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GOING GOURMET: Executive chef Richard Cook (above left) and market manager Sergio Rarujo arrange the main display case at BlackSalt in the Palisades, one of many new restaurants that have enlivened the D.C. dining scene. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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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)