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** FILE ** The Rev. Franklin Graham (left) escorts his father, the Rev. Billy Graham, to the pulpit to deliver the final sermon at the Metro Maryland 2006 Franklin Graham Festival at Camden Yards in Baltimore. (The Washington Times)

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The Washington Monument looms over the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. An elderly gunman opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, gravely wounding a security guard before being shot. Authorities said they were investigating a white supremacist as the possible shooter. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams (The Washington Times/File)

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Illustration: Wall Street by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times.

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Ben's Chili Bowl and, next door to it, the restored Lincoln Theatre are landmarks in the U Street Northwest corridor. **FILE (CHARLIE MARS-MAHLAU/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

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Beach Boys chief songwriter Brian Wilson. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** The Olympic torch is lit Friday during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Associated Press)

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The Watergate Complex is seen in Washington, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009. The Watergate Hotel, part of a complex made famous by a presidential scandal, is heading to the auction block Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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** FILE ** Riders on the maiden voyage of Six Flags' brand-new roller coaster, Superman — Ride of Steel, round the final stretch on Thursday morning, May 18, 2000, in Largo. The coaster's tracks are a mile long, with the highest drop of 197 feet at a 70-degree angle. (The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Pigeons fly as the Taj Mahal Palace hotel continued to burn in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital, police said. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** President Obama shows off his golf form. He took advantage of a canceled trip to Poland to play on In April 2010 at Andrews Air Force Base. (Associated Press)

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Scott Veley of Kensington, Conn., holds a Gadsden flag during a tea party protest at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on April 15, 2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Who says the tea-party movement is divisive and limited to far-right-leaning activists? A new "tea" shirt from manufacturer Authentic GOP challenges that claim.

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The 2.3 million-square-foot Walter E. Washington Convention Center covers the area between Seventh and Ninth streets and Mount Vernon Place and N Street in Northwest — three entire city blocks. Since it was built in 2003, the thriving neighborhoods around it have grown exponentially. (Associated Press)

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Young people fill South Street in Philadelphia on Saturday night during a "flash mob" incident that involved up to 2,000 teens and closed the street to traffic from Front Street to Broad. Mayor Michael Nutter is weighing earlier curfews to end the "stupidity." (Associated Press)