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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)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Rep. John Lewis, Georgia Democrat, is questioned by reporters about an incident involving "tea party" demonstrators as he leaves a speech by President Obama to House Democrats on Saturday on Capitol Hill.

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Pointed arches, narrow columns and soft lighting set a solemn but inviting mood at the permanent gallery of Islamic art in the Detroit Institute of the Arts. (Associated Press)

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This photo, also from the Imperial War Museum in London, shows a "defiant garden" that was planted in a crater in front of Westminster Cathedral in London during World War II. (Associated Press)

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In March 2009, spring breakers dump their drinks on people below while watching a Kenny Chesney concert from the upper floors of a Panama City Beach condominium. (Associated Press)

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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)