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Altar servers wait in the wings as Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl celebrates Christmas Mass held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Christmas Day, Washington, D.C., Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl makes his way down the center isle at the beginning of Christmas Mass held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Christmas Day, Washington, D.C., Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Diego A. of Germantown, Md., wears a santa hat before heading into Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Christmas Day, Washington, D.C., Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. The Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl held Christmas Mass at noon. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington is where Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. An undisclosed number of hospitals are scheduled to be shut down. Rumors say St. Mary's will be one of the facilities to go. (Associated Press)
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Wizards guard John Wall grew a half-inch in the past year and added muscle to his 6-foot-4 frame. Wall also studies the styles of the NBA's elite point guards with the intent of joining that group. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Sale signs are displayed at a North Face store in Freeport, Maine, where a shopper browses the racks on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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Two Palestinian Muslim women pose for a snapshot in front a nativity scene inside the Church of Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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In this photo taken July 29, 2011, Marine Corp Commandant Gen. James Amos speaks with reporters the at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. Since the lifting two months ago of a longstanding U.S. ban on gays serving openly in the military, Amos said U.S. Marines across the globe have adapted smoothly and embraced the change. ìI'm very pleased with how it has gone,î he said in an Associated Press interview during a week-long trip that included four days in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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This image made from amateur video and made available by Ugarit News Group Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, purports to show an armored vehicle in Damascus, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN)
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**FILE** A woman walks through a line of cabs outside of Union Station in Washington, D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Air Force Lt. Col. David Hanson, of Chicago, takes a phone call from a child in Florida at the Santa Tracking Operations Center at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs on Christmas Eve 2010. The tradition began in 1955, as a result of a newspaper typographical error. (Associated Press)
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"With the new translation, we are forced to stop and go very slowly and reverently," said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, of the new Roman Missal, a fresh translation of the Mass in Latin mandated by the Vatican. (The Washington Times)
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In this photo released by CBS, host David Letterman, right, and comic Jay Thomas get ready to throw footballs at the Late Show Christmas tree during the annual Late Show Holiday Quarterback Challenge on the set of "Late Show with David Letterman," airing Thursday, Dec. 23, 2011 on the CBS Television Network. Thomas and Letterman each take turns tossing footballs at the Late Show Christmas tree to try and knock off the giant meatball perched at its top. (AP Photo/CBS, John Paul Filo)
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Once upon a time, the Wu-Tang Clan was a young person's rap group. That was before Jay-Z became a part-owner of the Nets, The Roots changed their name to Jimmy Fallon's Champagne Orchestra, or Ice Cube appeared on "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross and admitted that he discourages his kids from swearing (good on him, says us). Like their hip-hop brethren, Wu-Tang has gotten a little older, a little wiser, a little more cautious (what with the death of ODB). Which is why you can see the crew — RZA and GZA, Method Man and Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Masta Killa, U-God and Inspectah Deck — playing at the (ahem) State Theatre, typically home to country and R&B acts. Is this weirder than Andrea Bocelli playing at the WWE-popularized Verizon Center? Possibly. Then again, this is the season of miracles. Dec. 23 at the State Theatre, 220 North Washington Street. Falls Church, VA.
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Stella Melley of Alexandria looks at the U.S. Botanical Garden's Christmas tree, part of the "Seasons Greenings" exhibit, which she visits with her 5-year-old daughter, Quinn, and 4-year-old son, Griffin, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Children at Christ Church in Alexandria portray biblical characters during the church's Christmas pageant in Alexandria on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Jack Wilmer of Alexandria holds his 16-month-old grandson, Johnny Wilmer, during the Christ Church Christmas pageant in Alexandria on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The pews are filled during the performance of the Nativity scene during the Christ Church Christmas pageant in Alexandria on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Children playing angels run up the stairs at Christ Church, where President George Washington worshipped, to perform in the Nativity scene of the church's Christmas pageant on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in Alexandria. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Girls portraying angels play on the balcony during a rehearsal of the Nativity scene of the Christ Church Christmas pageant in Alexandria on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
