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** FILE ** Spanish bullfightrer Juan Jose Padilla performs during a bullfight at the San Fermin fiestas in this July 10, 2011, file photo taken in Pamplona, Spain. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown introduced a bill in April that would increase fines for violating D.C. school residency rules, from $500 to $2,000, and refer cases to the D.C. Office of the Attorney General. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Demonstrators supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement against corporate power protest Thursday, Oct. 6 2011, at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in Portland, Ore. Police expect the Occupy Portland demonstrators will march downtown Thursday afternoon, disrupting traffic and businesses. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, to discuss Social Security reform. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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T.J. KIRKPATRICK/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Left tackle Trent Williams (71) said there is less uncertainty when it comes to execution. "There's not a lot of second-guessing as there was last year coming into a new system. I feel like we're all working together right now,"

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Protester Barry Freed with Occupy DC holds a sign that reads "End the FED" and wears a Guy Fox mask as he marches with hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed, along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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"The opposite danger is interpreting those words in a way that they will no longer work for a country of 308 million Americans who are living in the 21st century — work in the way those framers would have wanted them to work had they been able to understand our society." - Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer

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U.S. Attorney for Minnesota B. Todd Jones, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, acknowledged that the ATF is facing difficult times in the wake of the "Fast and Furious" operation. (Associated Press)

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The annual Oktoberfest celebration in Cullman, Ala., added beer halls to the oompah bands and dancing for the first time Monday, thus ending the town's claim that it hosted the world's only dry Oktoberfest. (Associated Press)

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A commuter (center) walks through Zuccotti Park in New York's Financial District, where Occupy Wall Street protesters are encamped, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Volunteer crew members John Robinson, left, of Hampton, VA, and Steve Link, right, of Williamsburg, VA put away the main sail aboard the Godspeed. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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4 year old Ingrid Jones, left, her nanny Nicki Demmel, left, and ship mate Whit Perry, right, of Deltaville, VA watch as Ingrid's 2 year old brother William, center, tries to move the rudder of the Godspeed. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Nick Wigers, left, of St. Louis, Missouri speaks with staff member and Mate Whit Perry, center, of Deltaville, VA aboard the Godspeed, a re-creation of one of the three ships that brought AmericaÕs first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Volunteer ships crew member Pete Moxon, right, of Williamsburg, VA watches 1st mate Todd Egnor, left, of Williamsburg, VA repair a traverse board which helps plot course and speed while below deck on the Godspeed. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Ward 4 D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser has promised to deliver a comprehensive ethics reform bill for consideration by the end of the year. "I recognize the urgency we're dealing with. But I also recognize the need to follow our process," she said on Tuesday. (The Washington Times)

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**FILE** A Postal Service letter carrier delivers mail in the snow in Berea, Ohio. (Associated Press)

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Specialist Michael Gagliano (right, in foreground) calls out prices at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This Aug. 31, 2011, photo, shows raindrops on the grill of a Lime Squeeze Metallic 2012 Ford Fiesta SE at the Maroone Ford of Miami dealership. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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D.C. Council member Yvette M. Alexander, who requested the Peaceoholics audit, listens to Mr. Moten's testimony. He is running for Ms. Alexander's Ward 7 seat, and co-founder Jauhar Abraham is running to replace Marion Barry in Ward 8. They supported former Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Elena Stancu, here in July, keeps in her Bucharest apartment a coffin and cross the 75-year-old Romanian bought with her savings. Times are so hard in Romania that people seek out carpenters selling cut-rate coffins in an effort to beat the rising costs of death. (Associated Press)