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Billy Graham listens during a dedication ceremony for the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., in 2008. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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The half-acre lot at 1136 Round Pebble Lane in Reston has enough space for the garden, hot tub and swimming pool, along with an extensive main-level deck with space for dining and seating areas. The home has 5,669 finished square feet.

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A cross sits at one of the candle offering tables at the National Cathedral. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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The National Building Museum's upcoming "Green Community" exhibit will feature resource-conserving architecture around the world. Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, for example, is being developed with water courses, covered markets and narrow streets to adapt to its harsh desert environment.

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TCHO's prototype package and finished dark chocolate are atop cacao beans at the start-up's San Francisco chocolate factory. (Associated Press)

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Neil Diamond (The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani will give the keynote address on Sept. 2, the second night of the four-day Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn.

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VTech's Disney Create-A-Story interactive book

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Rembrandt Peale's portrait of George Washington (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Musician Moby plays a DJ set at the Dance Tent during the Virgin Mobile Festival on August 10, 2008. (John Tully/The Washington Times)

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Attendee Jeff Reinhardt (left), of Hanover, Md., joins Emily C-D (center), dressed as a mermaid, to serenade the crowd passing through the "Refresh Dome." The dome featured live plants and outdoor showers for relief from the midday heat outside during the festival. (Allison Shelley/The Washington Times)

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Maurice A. Barboza, whose great-great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War, is leading an effort to build a memorial to black patriots on the Mall. (Associated Press)

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Then-U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel. ** FILE **

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A giant portrait of Chairman Mao is removed from the Museum of Chinese History on Tiananmen Square in 1981, signaling the end of the so-called cult of personality sustained by Mao's widow and the rest of the Gang of Four. (Photo from the book CHINA, edited by Liu Heung Shing)

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Pollster Scott Rasmussen

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**FILE** Jack LaLanne celebrates his 70th birthday in 1984 by towing 70 boats and 70 persons while swimming 1.5 miles in California's Long Beach Harbor. (Associated Press)

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Seen here at a Senate hearing in December 1992 long before either ran for president, Sen. John Kerry (left) listens to Sen. John McCain. Mr. Kerry offered Mr. McCain the No. 2 spot on his ticket in 2004, but now says he is not fit for the White House.