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The ARC "Gloria" prepares to dock on the waterfront in Alexandria, Va., on May 24, 2011. The ARC "Gloria" is Colombia's flagship and the training ship of the Colombian Navy. The 1,300-ton, 249.3 (including the bowsprit) x 34.8-foot, three-mast sailing vessel, commissioned on Sept. 7, 1968, is manned by 12 naval officers, 58 crew members and 72 cadets and is on its 2011 goodwill tour. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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The ARC "Gloria" prepares to dock on the waterfront in Alexandria, Va., on May 24, 2011. The ARC "Gloria" is Colombia's flagship and the training ship of the Colombian Navy. The 1,300-ton, 249.3 (including the bowsprit) x 34.8-ft ARC "Gloria" three-mast sailing vessel, commissioned on September 7, 1968, is manned by 12 naval officers, 58 crew members and 72 cadets and is on its 2011 goodwill tour. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Long grass (a "Natural Preservation area") awaits errant balls throughout the course at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, site of the U.S. Open. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Guitarist Lukas Nelson is on the road again with his famous father, country music superstar Willie Nelson. (Associated Press)

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U.S. President Barack Obama meets local residents in Moneygall, Ireland, the ancestral homeland of his great-great-great grandfather, Monday, May 23, 2011. President Barack Obama opens a six-day European tour with a quick dash through Ireland, where he will celebrate his own Irish roots and look to give a boost to a nation grappling with the fallout from its financial collapse. (AP Photo, Pool)

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An Irish youngster poses for a photograph with a U.S. flag painted on her face amongst people queuing up to join the crowd to listen to U.S. President Barack Obama make an address at College Green in Dublin, Monday, May 23, 2011. President Barack Obama paid a joyful visit Monday to the small Irish village where his great-great-great grandfather once lived and worked as a shoemaker, an improbable and memorable pilgrimage for America's first black president into his Irish past. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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U.S. President Barack Obama drinks Guinness beer as he meets with local residents at Ollie Hayes pub in Moneygall, Ireland, the ancestral homeland of his great-great-great grandfather, Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform stunts for the crowd during the Open House and Air Show at Andrews Air Force Base, Sunday, May 22, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly in formation as the crowd watches during the Open House and Air Show at Andrews Air Force Base, Sunday, May 22, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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From left, mother Gabriela Gonzalez, of Silver Spring, sits with her daughters Leila, 2, and Valeria, 5, as they sit and play with toy Blue Angels airplanes, during the Open House and Air Show at Andrews Air Force Base, Sunday, May 22, 2011. It was the girls' first trip to the air show. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform stunts for the crowd during the Open House and Air Show at Andrews Air Force Base, Sunday, May 22, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Associated Press photographs A former Democrat, Jack Davis, is running as a tea party candidate in the race, complicating for Republicans what should be an easy seat to hold.

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** FILE ** Dirt is moved over a water pipeline that will be used at a natural gas drilling site in Washington, Pa. Proponents of extracting natural gas from shale tout fracking as the key to satisfying the nation's booming energy appetite. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (second from right) leaves a hotel in Mudanjiang in northeastern China on Friday, May 20, 2011. Mr. Kim, who rarely travels abroad, made an unusual third trip in just more than a year to China, his country's main ally and benefactor, news agencies reported. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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** FILE ** The National September 11 Memorial and Museum is under construction, lower right, Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at the World Trade Center site in New York. The memorial is scheduled to open to the public in time for the 10th anniversary to be held Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Cars are stranded on a dry strip of roadway north of Vicksburg, Miss., on Thursday. Thousands have been displaced by the floodwaters from the Mississippi River in Mississippi and Louisiana.

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The Memphis Belle, on display at Andrews Air Force Base, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A diner relaxes at an outdoor table at the Night Kitchen in Montague, Mass., next door to the Book Mill, a used-book store in an 1842 gristmill. At right, a biker uses a trail around Goodnough Dike in a natural area surrounding the 39-square-mile Quabbin Reservoir.