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Painter Gino Garcia adds final touches to a second floor window next to a large photograph of Ella Fitzgerald as the redesigned historic Howard Theatre is set to reopen with a ribbon cutting Monday and an opening night gala on Thursday, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sofalé Ellis, owner of Sofalé Artistic Designs, second from left, and her mother Phyllis Ellis of Glendale, Md., left, set up the downstairs green room of the redesigned historic Howard Theatre which is set to reopen with a ribbon cutting Monday and an opening night gala on Thursday, Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika arrives Feb. 1, 2010, at the U.N. Conference Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Associated Press)

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A man prays during the Homily at the Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. on Holy Thursday, April 5, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, gets into his vestments for the Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. on on April 5, 2012, which was Holy Thursday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Ginnie Cooper, chief librarian for the D.C. Public Library, says the new policy of not charging fees as soon as items are due should encourage more people to use the city's libraries. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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First-round leader Lee Westwood reacts after missing a birdie putt on the 18th green during Thursday's round. (Associated Press)

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Figura Rustamova and her husband, Avaz Hasanov, show photos of Rustamova's brother, Furzoli (left), who was killed during the Khojaly Massacre, and a neighbor who was also a victim of the tragedy. (Eric J. Lyman/Special to The Washington Times)

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Figura Rustamova and her husband, Avaz Hasanov, show photos of Rustamova's brother, Furzoli (left), who was killed during the Khojaly Massacre, and a neighbor who was also a victim of the tragedy. (Eric J. Lyman/Special to The Washington Times)

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Isaac Stern preferred his two Guarneris to a Stradivarius, his widow says, but considered his contemporary instruments made by New York's Samuel Zygmuntowicz to be of equal quality. "He liked to see if people could tell the difference," she said. They usually couldn't. (Associated Press)

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Shepherd Anastas Karaj's wife and daughter prepare baklava at the family's home in Selta, Albania. (Eckehard Pistrick/Special to The Washington Times)

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Accenting the tray ceiling in a bedroom with silver leaf helps bring some style to an oft-overlooked area. (Associated Press)

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The Huntington model has more than 4,200 finished square feet, including a two-story hall. The formal living room and formal dining room flank the foyer.

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Television cameramen on April 3, 2012, film mobile Patriot missile launchers being transported to a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base from a port after arrival aboard a Japan maritime self-defense force transport ship on Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in preparation for North Korea's rocket launch, expected to take place sometime between April 12-16. (Associated Press)

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Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh responds during the open public forum during a Detroit City Council meeting discussing the city consent agreement on Wednesday, April, 4, 2012. The city of Detroit was moving closer to avoiding a state-appointed emergency manager Wednesday. A state-appointed review team approved an agreement between the state and city to fix Detroit's troubled finances. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Jarrad Henderson)

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An excerpt from "New American Haggadah," translated by Nathan Englander and edited by Jonathan Safran Foer. (Photo courtesy Little, Brown & Co.)

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An excerpt from "New American Haggadah," translated by Nathan Englander and edited by Jonathan Safran Foer. (Photo courtesy Little, Brown & Co.)

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The newly formed group Project Liberty believes Mitt Romney's struggle to spark GOP enthusiasm is the result of unrealistic expectations. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this April 25, 2010 file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs at the o2 in London as part of her European tour. An autopsy report shows that cocaine was found in Houston's system and that investigators recovered white powdery substances from her hotel room. Houston died Feb. 11, in California at the age of 48. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)