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At 6 feet 9 inches, Wizards rookie Chris Singleton plays bigger than his listed height. Washington could depend on size this season to make up for a lack of experience. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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US Marine Lance Cpl. Jarrod Antczak smokes a cigarette under a no smoking sign at Saddam Hussein's palace complex in Tikrit in Northern Iraq Monday, April 14, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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An Iraqi woman greets US Marine Sgt. Mary Kate Linnane in a Baghdad, Iraq suburb Sunday, April 13, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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Two Iraqi children play near a US Marines checkpoint in the center of Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, April 10, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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Marines detain Iraqi citizens in Baghdad, Iraq suspected of firing shots outside a hospital Friday, April 11, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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An Iraqi man stands on the head of a statue of Saddam Hussein as US Marines occupy the center of Baghdad, Iraq. Pockets of resistence remain in the northern part of the city and sniper fire can be heard everywhere. Thursday, April 10, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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US Marines occupy the center of Baghdad, Iraq as citizens celebrate the fall of Saddam Hussein, although pcokets of resistence remain in the northern part of the city and sniper fire can be heard everywhere. Thursday, April 10, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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US Marines occupy the center of Baghdad, Iraq as an A-10 Warthog drops anti- surface-to-air missile flares over the city. Although citizens celebrate the fall of Saddam Hussein, pockets of resistence remain in the northern part of the city and sniper fire can be heard everywhere. Thursday, April 10, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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Medical Corpsman HM 1 Greg Galindo, US Navy, left, and HM1 Troy Olsen, US Navy tend to a US Marine of 1st FSSG Forward ( 1st Force Service Support Group Forward ) who was suffering from heat exhaustion in southern Iraq Saturday, April 5, 2003. The Marines have been working in a second day of temperatures over 110 degrees. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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Maj. Gen Jim Mattis tells media at the camp of CSSG 11 ( Combat Service Support Group ) near Baghdad that the 1st Marine Division crossed into Baghdad over blown bridges over the Diyala River after 8th ESB spanned the damaged sections with bridging equipment in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, April 8, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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A portrait of Saddam Hussein riddled with bullet holes near Baghdad in central Iraq, Monday, April 7, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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US Marines dust covered from a full day of providing security during a sandstorm finally get a rest at the camp of US Marines 1st FSSG Forward in southern Iraq, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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US Marines of CSSG 11 ( Combat Service Support Group 11 ) of the 1MEF ( First Marine Expeditionary Force ) carry back captured Iraqi weapons as Marines advance through Iraq after securing the southern city of Basra, Sunday, March 23, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )

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Forward Hollis Thompson is averaging 14.7 points on 54 percent shooting from the floor for No. 16 Georgetown. (Associated Press)

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Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Andrej Meszaros congratulates teammate Wayne Simmonds for scoring in Tuesday night's 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals, as a glum Caps center Marcus Johansson looks on. (Associated Press)

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Photo courtesy of Denise Willard Using a decorative charger as a platter to hold a "candlescape" and finishing off the table runner with some snowflakes can perk up a holiday table.

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In this Aug. 25, 2011, file photo U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Lane Edward Morrow,of Susanville, Calif., of the 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3/4 Marines, guards a vehicle checkpoint in early morning in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. "We need to get back to our bread and butter" Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James F. Amos, told Marines Nov. 23 at Camp Lawton, a U.S. special operations base in Afghanistan's Herat province. That begins, he said, with moves such as returning to a pattern of continuous rotations of Marines to the Japanese island of Okinawa, home of the 3rd Marine Division formed in the early days of World War II. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

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A man checks out some of the District's new dump trucks on Pennsylvania Avenue on Wednesday. Mayor Vincent C. Gray displayed some of the new equipment to help the city deal with snowstorms this winter. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Paul Roe, owner of Britishink Tattoo Studio in the District, speaks in favor of regulations on city tattoo and body-piercing businesses as he testifies Wednesday before the D.C. Council's public services committee, chaired by Yvette M. Alexander. With him is Matt Jessup, owner of Fatty's Custom Tattooz. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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An Egyptian man rode his donkey to a polling station in Menoufia, Egypt, as large numbers turned out Wednesday for the second round of parliamentary elections. Writing on the wall reads "no to reminiscence of the old regime." (Associated Press)