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Hunter Mahan chips to the 11th green during a practice round for the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, June 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Russell Ford, vice president and senior principal technologist with CH2M HILL and a judge in the water taste test, smells one of the five glasses of water in the final round. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Nathan Ackerman of Washington seems to know what to look for in a good glass of water as he scrutinizes one of the 24 entrants in the water taste test at the Washington Convention Center. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Bottles of unmarked water wait to be tasted in the 2011 Best of the Best water taste test on Tuesday at the Washington Convention Center. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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"Maryland is a gateway to doing business in the U.S., particularly in the life sciences and high-tech industries,"Gov. Martin O'Malley after his trip to China, South Korea and Vietnam. (Associated Press)
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CITY SEGWAY TOURS PARIS Segway tourism has become a popular way to see all the sights Paris has to offer, including the Eiffel Tower. "They're just fun machines," explains Graham Robinson, operations manager at City Segway Tours.
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Dan Pollock, an operating partner at BlackFinn American Saloon in Bethesda, speaks with a bartender at his restaurant on Monday. The eatery, about five miles from Congressional Country Club, expects to be very busy this week with the U.S. Open being played on the Blue Course. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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PRATIK SHAH/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Dan Pollock, an operating partner at BlackFinn American Saloon in Bethesda, speaks with a bartender at his restaurant Monday. The eatery, about five miles from Congressional Country Club, expects to be busy this week with the U.S. Open being played on the Blue Course.
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DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Peter Uihlein's father, Wally, is the chairman and CEO of Acushnet Co., which includes golf brands such as FootJoy, Pinnacle and Titleist.
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A view of the 10th green and the clubhouse at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., is shown on May 23, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Vice President Richard M. Nixon drives from the tee at Congressional in August 1957 in one of the photos on display in the club's History Hall. (Congressional Country Club)
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The portraits of five U.S. presidents who were life members, including Herbert Hoover, who was the first club president, are on display in Congressional Country Club's History Hall in Bethesda. (Congressional Country Club Photograph)
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Alex Rhea, who works at the Falls Road Golf Course in Potomac, discusses the impact of the U.S. Open on the community. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Hill Slowinski, of Potomac, and son Brooke, live across the street from the fifth hole at Congressional Country Club. During the U.S. Open, Mr. Slowinski offers his yard as a parking lot for spectators. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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REGNERY PUBLISHING Much of his staff may have resigned, but Newt Gingrich soldiers on with the release of a new book and a televised presidential debate on Monday night.
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Medical marijuana user Joe Schwartz, 90, shows some of his marijuana plants at his home in Laguna Woods, Calif., earlier this month. Mr. Schwartz is a 90-year-old great-grandfather of three who enjoys a few puffs of pot each night before he crawls into bed. (Associated Press)
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Somali protesters set fires outside the Medina hotel which accommodates Somali MPs in southern Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 10, 2011, where protesters took to the streets for the second day in support of current Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. (Associated Press)
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A worker with J. Supor & Son Trucking & Rigging Co. guides the flatbed truck carrying the fuselage of US Airways flight 1549 as it arrives in Charlotte, N.C., on June 10, 2011. The plane that made a miraculous landing on the Hudson River two years ago will be displayed in a museum in Charlotte. (Associated Press)
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Here is a close-up view of the 6-foot-tall Capitoline Venus, installed in the Rotunda of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. (Photograph by Araldo de Luca)
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Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno has sent some of his city's famed antiquities on a grand tour of the U.S. to promote the Italian capital's bid for the 2020 Olympic Games. (Associated Press)
