Human Interest

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The characters from Fox's "Family Guy" — (from the left) Peter; Lois, with Stewie on her lap; Meg, on the floor; Chris; and their dog, Brian — spend more time watching TV than many TV actors. (Associated Press/Fox) ** FILE **

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Isaac Hayes is shown performing at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit in 2002. Mr. Hayes, who had a compelling visual image, died in 2008. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Dave Grohl, lead singer and guitarist of the Foo Fighters plays on the south stage. (Allison Shelley/The Washington Times)

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Athletes compete in the men's four heat 2 event at the Shunyi Rowing and Canoeing Park in Beijing on August 9, 2008. China's once-in-a-lifetime Olympic dream became reality as the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opened on August 8 with a dazzling ceremony showcasing the nation's ancient civilization and an offer of friendship to the world. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images

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Washington Redskins founder and president George Preston Marshall (Associated Press)

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Former "At the Movies" co-host Richard Roeper (left) and founder Roger Ebert are seen in Los Angeles in 2005, when Mr. Ebert was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Associated Press)

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Security guard Richard Jewell poses on Sunday, July 28, 1996, across from the tower where he found a bomb and warned visitors at Centennial Olympic Park early Saturday morning. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution had named Jewell as a suspect in the bombing. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, William Berr) ** FILE **

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Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Russia and the former Soviet Union in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison on Monday.

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Parade goers wave flagsd during the Independence Day parade July 4, 2008 in Wimberley, Texas. (Photo by Ben Sklar/Getty Images)

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Former Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani

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The Baby Borrowers Baby, Morgan

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Fan group La Barra Brava has grown to welcome members from 30 countries since Oscar Zambrana founded it in 1995. (Photo by Rodney Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Gen. Michael V. Hayden was feted Friday at his military-retirement ceremony at Bolling Air Force Base. He will continue to serve as the civilian director of the CIA.

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Associated Press President Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Annette Lantos, wife of the late Rep. Tom Lantos of California, during a ceremony honoring Mr. Lantos and five others with the nation's highest civilian award.

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Writer-artist Rick Remender

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in this photo from March 1, 2003. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Ulysses S. Grant is the most successful general of the Civil War, leading brilliant battles and campaigns on a national scale.

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Signs from the late 1800s to the present can be seen at the American Sign Museum, and a Kentucky Fried Chicken sign from the 1950s is among them (above left). (Associated Press)

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William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative pioneer and television "Firing Line" host, smiles during an interview at his home in New York on July 20, 2004. Buckley died in 2008.