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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.

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** FILE ** Sen. Jim Webb, Virginia Democrat, addresses a press conference at a hotel in Bangkok after his return from Myanmar in August 2009.

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** FILE ** Pam Service, curator of the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka, Calif., guards a stuffed condor, one of the last to fly over California's North Coast. (Associated Press)

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In this file photo, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bedecked the grounds of the Mormon Temple in Kensington for its 2008 Festival of Lights Christmas celebration. (The Washington Times) **FILE**

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President Clinton and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich share a few words during introductions at the National Summit on Retirement Savings at the Hyatt Hotel in Washington. (Agence France-Presse Images)

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AFP/GETTY IMAGES The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington. Presidents who took bold stands are those most memorialized and best remembered.

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People crowd the pathways of the National Mall for the kick off of the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife festival. (Caitlin J. Rattigan/ The Washington Times)

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ALLISON SHELLEY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Amanda Galzer (front row, left), Lauren Weeman (white tank top) and others move into the Warrior I pose during a Yoga III class at Tranquil Space Yoga.

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** FILE ** People ride on the Joker's Jinx roller coaster at the Six Flags America Amusement Park in Largo, Md., in July 2002.

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Association Press Coal River Mountain (left) forms the backdrop for a mountaintop coal-mining site at Kayford Mountain, W.Va.

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DAVID JOHNSON Craft beer (top) can be dark and more flavorful than wine, its boosters say. A line forms (below) for admission into Savor, a beer-and-food-pairing festival (above) held Saturday at the National Building Museum.

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In this Aug. 17, 2006, file photo, Glen Brown, 65, from D.C., passes by the Rock & Roll Hotel, a formal funeral home that was transformed into a bar and concert venue as part of a redevelopment of H street. (Nancy Pastor/The Washington Times )