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Fireworks light up the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Fireworks light up the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Elias Johnson, 5, of Washington is handed candy along the parade route during the 45th annual Palisades July Fourth parade on Monday, July 4, 2011. The parade, which has become a local tradition, draws the mayor and other local politicians, and often they hand out stickers, beads and candy to the crowds. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Eight-year-old Charlotte Mercer of Bethesda, Md., eats ice cream while sporting some patriotic red, white and blue at the Palisades Recreation Center in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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DREW ANGERER / THE WASHINGTON TIMES Anne Byrd Fickling, 7, of Fredericksburg, Va., waits for the sun to set and the fireworks to start at the base of the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington.
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ROD LAMKEY JR. / THE WASHINGTON TIMES Corydon Swift Turner,12, (under the hammock) and his brother, Afton Swift Turner, 6, of Fairfax enjoy the day on the Mall as they wait for the fireworks marking the nation's 235th birthday.
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People gather on the the grass on the National Mall in Washington to celebrate Independence Day. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People stroll on the National Mall in Washington on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People make their way from the L'Enfant Metro station en route to the National Mall on Monday, July 4, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Kindergartners in Hyangsan, North Korea, eat food donated by the World Food Program in October 2006. (AP Photo/World Food Program)
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (left) speaks with Sheila Reiland of Iowa City, Iowa, during a breakfast chat at the Bluebird Diner on Saturday in Iowa City. The event kicked off Bachmann's Iowa Bus Tour. (Associated Press)
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Tea party leader Jamie Radtke, a Republican from Chesterfield County, Va., trails in polls and fundraising but thinks she can beat George Allen in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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This Friday, May 20, 2011 photo shows Jena Kirmse, center, as she works out using drumsticks during a fitness class called "Pound: Rockout. Workout." at Crunch Fitness in West Hollywood, Calif. Drumstick-smashing is the latest rage to hit the Hollywood exercise circuit, offering a workout similar to Pilates or boot camp, but without the serenity of a yoga studio or the bark of a drill instructor. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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CORRECTS YEAR TO 2011- This Friday, May 20, 2011 photo shows Fitness instructor Cristina Peerenboom, bottom center, as she uses drumsticks while teaching a fitness class called "Pound: Rockout. Workout." at Crunch Fitness in West Hollywood, Calif. Drumstick-smashing is the latest rage to hit the Hollywood exercise circuit, offering a workout similar to Pilates or boot camp, but without the serenity of a yoga studio or the bark of a drill instructor. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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This Friday, May 20, 2011 photo shows fitness instructor Cristina Peerenboom as she uses drumsticks while teaching a fitness class called "Pound: Rockout. Workout." at Crunch Fitness in West Hollywood, Calif. Drumstick-smashing is the latest rage to hit the Hollywood exercise circuit, offering a workout similar to Pilates or boot camp, but without the serenity of a yoga studio or the bark of a drill instructor. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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A bicyclist rides on the road leading out of the closed Fort Snelling historic site Friday, July 1, 2011, in Minneapolis after negotiations over the state budget between Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton broke down and the government shutdown at midnight. AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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** FILE ** In this Monday, June 6, 2011, file photo, former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, appears at his arraignment on charges of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid, at State Supreme Court in New York. (AP Photo/Allan Tannenbaum, Pool, File)
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Joropo, a music style that defines Colombian ranchers, will be performed on the Mall at the Folklife Festival.
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A crowd learns to tango at the "Colombia: The Nature of Culture" exhibit of the 45th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 30, 2011. The program highlighted Columbia's diverse cultural and natural heritage, featuring a hundred participants from the country's six primary ecosystems and three major cities. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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A Colombian music troupe performs as people dance to their tunes at the "Colombia: The Nature of Culture" exhibit of the 45th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
