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** FILE ** This undated photo provided by New Mark Communications via the St. Paul Pioneer Press shows Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute, a Montana-based organization which builds schools for girls in remote tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/New Mark Communications via the St. Paul Paul Pioneer Press)
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An aerial photo taken Monday April 16, 2012, shows the coast of Pensacola Beach, Fla., during a media helicopter flight organized by the BP Gulf Coast Restoration Organization. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Devon Ravine)
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**FILE** Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi speaks Sept. 2, 2011, during a press conference at the Holy See press office at the Vatican. (Associated Press)
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Kyra DeStefano, 7, of Ashburn, Va., and her mother, Secili De Stefano, are overjoyed to be at Washington Dulles International Airport for the flyover and landing of Space Shuttle Discovery on Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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All eyes — and a lot of cameras — were on the sky late Tuesday morning as Space Shuttle Discovery arrives for its final landing at Washington Dulles International Airport. The well-traveled shuttle flew from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Washington, where it circled the city several times and enthralled thousands wanting one last look at the iconic NASA spaceship. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Perched atop a NASA 747, Discovery arrives at Dulles Airport for its final touchdown. After completing 39 missions, the shuttle has a new home at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near the airport in Northern Virginia. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Gas prices are posted at gas stations in Breezewood, Pa., Monday, April 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Demonstrators holding photographs of Palestinians jailed in Israel rally in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, to mark the annual "Prisoners' Day." (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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**FILE** Air Force Maj. Richard Buck, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Graig Salt and Navy Capt. Craig Cupp work June 9, 2006, to reconstruct the cleft lip of a 13-year-old girl aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy in Jolo, Philippines. (Courtesy of U.S. Navy)
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Constance Rodenbarger sends a tweet after the space shuttle Discovery flew past the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Rodenbarger came all the way from Chicago to see the shuttle and says she will go to the ceremony on Thursday as well. She says she just changed her major and hopes to become an astronaut. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Crowds pack the parking lot of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 to watch the space shuttle Discovery fly piggyback on a 747, flight NASA 905. The shuttle left the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning and flew around Washington, D.C. before finally landing at Washington Dulles International Airport. Discovery will now be towed over to the Udvar-Hazy center, where it will take the place of the Enterprise in a welcoming ceremony on Thursday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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People photograph the Discovery as it flies past the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The shuttle left the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning and flew around Washington, D.C. before finally landing at Washington Dulles International Airport. Discovery will now be towed over to the Udvar-Hazy center, where it will take the place of the Enterprise in a welcoming ceremony on Thursday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Carrie Gouldin of Washington, D.C. with Think Geek holds "Timmy" the monkey as she takes video of the space shuttle Discovery flying past the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Timmy has been to at least five shuttle launches. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Drew Schwartzman, left, 5, of Baltimore, Md., and Alexander Leigh, 3, of Round Hill, Va., play with toy shuttles outside the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 as they wait for the space shuttle Discovery to fly by on its way to Washington Dulles International Airport. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Andrew Albosta of Annandale, Va., brought a ladder to get a better shot of the space shuttle Discovery as it flies past the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. "This is something I won't ever see again," he said, "and I saw the last liftoff of Discovery, so it's come full circle." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Jon Jelling of Leesburg, Va., Jim Sample of Manassas, Va. and Dane Smith of Fairfax, Va., set up their cameras to get a shot of the space shuttle Discovery as it flies past the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Thousands of people came out to the museum to see the shuttle fly by on its way to Washington Dulles International Airport. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Seen from a tower at the Washington National Cathedral, the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery is seen being carried piggyback on a modified Boeing 747, above the Washington, D.C. area,Tuesday, April 17, 2012, as it makes it's way to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Seen from a tower at the Washington National Cathedral, the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery is seen being carried piggyback on a modified Boeing 747, above the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.,Tuesday, April 17, 2012, as it makes it's way to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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The NASA Space Shuttle Discovery is seen being carried piggyback on a modified Boeing 747, above the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 17, 2012, as it makes it's way to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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A man waves as he joins others standing atop a platform on one of the towers at the Washington National Cathedral, watching as the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, being carried piggyback on a modified Boeing 747, makes it's way in the skies above Washington, D.C., Tuesday, April 17, 2012, as it makes it's way to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
