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Republican presidential candidates (from left) John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday in Las Vegas. (Associated Press)

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Marco Rubio speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Podiums line the stage before the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Zadzooks' gift ideas for pop culture readers includes DC Comics Bombshells: The Joker & Harley Quinn, Batman and Flash Boxcar and Toasted Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Bank. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)

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Marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn. (Associated Press)

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Kenny Rogers is currently on his farewell tour.

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Zadzooks' gift ideas for pop culture readers includes Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History, The Walking Dead: The Popup Book and Marvel's The Avengers Encyclopedia. (Photograph by Joseph Szadkowski / The Washington Times)

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A suburban Philadelphia school is removing "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from its 11th grade curriculum because of the book's prevalent use of the N-word. (Wikipedia)

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Donald Trump on the campaign trail has insisted that Hispanics will rally to his message — though evidence backing up his claim is scant. (Associated Press)

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The Geminid meteor shower will peak on Sunday night; here's a previous display as a single meteoroite streaks across the aurora borealis in Norway. (Image courtesy of NASA)

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This April 17, 2015 photo shows a dealer counting chips during a game of roulette at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. On Friday Dec. 11, 2015, New Jersey lawmakers said they will seek a statewide referendum in Nov. 2016 in which voters would be asked whether to approve two new casinos in the northern part of the state. Expanding casino gambling beyond Atlantic City requires amending the state Constitution. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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BERETTA IMPERIALE MONTECARLO ($106,800)The Beretta Imperiale Montecarlo side-by-side shotgun is an example of what can be achieved when no limit is placed on the gunmaker’s and engraver’s virtuosity: the result is much more than a work of art--it is nothing less than a part of gunmaking history. For this reason, the Imperiale Montecarlo is the absolute top of Beretta’s line, and it is crafted in very small quantities for the world’s most exclusive clientele. To the outside, it features a superior-quality rebounding-hammer sidelock action, with hundreds of hours of engraving by top artists who carry a living tradition going back to the time of Dante and Petrarch. To the inside, it works like a custom-made watch, with every part lovingly fitted by hand by artisans who boast centuries-old father-son generations of Northern Italian gunmakers. In short, owning an Imperiale Montecarlo is like owning the modern equivalent of an original big-name Renaissance sculpture.

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In this Dec. 11, 2010 photo, John Paul, center, dressed as an elf and Michael Smallwood, in a Santa Claus outfit, ride the E train in New York. Paul and Smallwood were participants in SantaCon, an annual holiday pub crawl during which participants dress up as Santa Claus or wear Christmas-themed clothing. As thousands of Santa-suited merrymakers prepare to hit the city's streets and bars Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, organizers say they're taking steps to deter naughty behavior. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer/ File)