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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.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Eric Ripert's green papaya salad with shrimp and calamari is dressed with fresh mint and cilantro and a splash of lime juice.
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The kitchen in the Berry Hill model has a center island, a pantry and an optional breakfast bar. The kitchen is open to the family room.
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The Branford model has a great room, a morning room and a formal dining room on the main level and a luxurious master suite upstairs with two walk-in closets and a spacious bath with a soaking tub and separate shower. Buyers can add a finished loft with a bedroom, a full bath and an open loft space.
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The home at 2710 Daniel Road in Chevy Chase's Ridgewood Village community is on the market for $1,399,000. The home, built in 1969, has six bedrooms, four full baths and two half baths.
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Although they are more expensive than halogen under-cabinet lighting, LED lights , which are cool to the touch, won't heat up the underside of kitchen cabinets.
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Jeff Lim-Sharpe, of La Plata, Md., lets go of his club in frustration after an errant tee shot on the last hole during the U.S. Open local qualifying tournament at Worthington Manor Golf Club, in Urbana, Md. (The Washington Times) **FILE**
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Farmers work as floodwaters from the Mississippi River creep across their fields Tuesday in Natchez, Miss. The Coast Guard said it closed the river at the port in Natchez because barge traffic could increase pressure on levees already burdened by heavy river flow. (Associated Press)
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES Rows of slot machines line the casino floor at Charles Town Races in West Virginia. Some see a direct connection between the state's approval of slot machines in 1994 and the rejuvenation of the state's breeding industry.
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ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES Maryland tracks, including Pimlico, are aging facilities unable to reap the financial benefits provided by slot machines and casinos. Neighboring states, meanwhile, have developed glitzy casinos at their now-sparkling tracks.
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Queen Elizabeth II signs the visitor's book at Aras An Uachtarain, the Irish president's residence in Phoenix Park in Dublin on Tuesday. Irish President Mary McAleese; her husband, Dr. Martin McAleese (left); and Prince Philip look on. Politicians on both side of the Irish Sea have described the four-day event as momentous.
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Jeff Lim-Sharpe, of La Plata, Md., lets go of his club in frustration after an errant tee shot on the last hole during the U.S. Open local qualifying tournament at Worthington Manor Golf Club, in Urbana, Md.
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Capt. Jack Sparrow stars in Lego Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Rows of slot machines line the casino floor at Charles Town Races in West Virginia, Wednesday, April 19, 2006. ( Peter Lockley / The Washington TImes )
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Joe Stumpf, 54, lifts weights during a workout designed to mirror a Navy SEAL training regimen at the SEALFIT exercise center in Encinitas, Calif. "If you really want to find out what's happening in Afghanistan ... you can come here and get a taste," he said.
