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** FILE ** President Obama gets a round of golf in with hospital executive Eric Whitaker during the president's vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Oak Bluffs, Mass., in August. Mr. Whitaker, whom he met years ago at Harvard, is one of the president's best friends. (Associated Press)

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A Red Line train passes through the Farragut North Metro station in Washington. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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The sun rises over Nantucket Sound as seen from Popponesset Beach in Mashpee, Mass. The sacred rituals of the Wampanoag Indians require an unblocked view of it. They object to the construction of the Cape Wind project, which would obstruct the view. The National Park Service has decided the sound is eligible for protection in the National Register of Historic Places. (Associated Press)

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Customers eat in the dining area upstairs, at the Good Stuff Eatery in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times ) ** FILE **

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Next year, the fast-food giants and other restaurant chains will have to supply calorie counts on menus and drive-through signs, thanks to a provision in President Obama's health care reform legislation that even affects vending-machine manufacturers. (*FILE PHOTO*/Associated Press photograph)

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Kate Moss models a leather halter and supershort belted skirt from Todd Oldham's spring 1996 collection. She's being hit for talking about eating light to stay thin. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** M. Night Shyamalan and his wife Bhavna Shyamalan arrive for the State Dinner in honor of the Prime Minister of India at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (Michael Connor/The Washington Times)

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A variety of fish caught in a tidal creek provided a sumptuous November dinner. (The Washington Times)

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PAUL N. HERBERT /SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES A historical marker explains the sordid history of the row house at 1315 Duke St. in Alexandria, which was used as a slave auction house and holding pen convenient to the Potomac River wharves.

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"Alberta Oil Sands #6," taken at Fort McMurray, Alberta, in 2007, is from the part of the show that features places where oil is extracted, refined, distributed and consumed.

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The Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro stop is the site where a mosaic by local artist Martha Jackson-Jarvis, who designed art displayed at the Anacostia Metro station, is set to be erected, if the design gains approval. **FILE**

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Sign language interpreter Rebekka Halseth, left, guides the hand of Ann C. Black, who is deaf and blind, towards a statue of Helen Keller after its unveiling ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., Wednesday, October 7, 2009. (Allison Shelley / The Washington Times)

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A chicken hangs out under the playset in the backyard of the Silver Spring, Md., home that she shares with two other hens and a human family of five.

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** FILE ** A tattered flag flies over the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2009. (The Washington Times)

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More than four feet of sand is brought to the beach along the seawall in January in Galveston to repair the damage caused by Hurricane Ike. According to Steve LeBlanc, the city manager of Galveston, the sand is being brought over to the seawall from the east end of the island. In some places, they are adding up to 200 feet of beach. The main concern is to protect the wood pylons beneath the concrete of the seawall. (Associated Press)

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The motorcade of Senator Edward Kennedy crosses Memorial Bridge on route to Arlington National Cemetery where a burial service is held for the late Senator in Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 29, 2009. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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Getty Images Wes Unseld was on the Bullets' original trip to China in 1979.

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOSEPH YOUNG/SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Construction on the streetcar route has begun along H Street Northeast. Volunteer Jim Hogan (below) conducts a model streetcar along Connecticut Avenue at the National Capital Trolley Museum. The 1101 streetcar (bottom) was the last to run on city streets.

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Above: Casey Trees' bicycle Crew Captain Karja Hansen turns on a Massachusetts Avenue fire hydrant, the water source the crew uses to water trees, as intern Evan Douglas looks on. Casey Trees has the nation's first bike-powered program to care for trees. Intern Heydi Lovo (right and below right) waters her trees.