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BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell received a favorable rating on his job performance after 16 months in office. A poll determined that 55 percent of the respondents like what he is doing, compared with 26 percent who don't.
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Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times D.C. Lottery chief Buddy Roogow (center) and D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan (left foreground) attend a D.C. Council committee hearing Wednesday on the lottery's forthcoming online-gambling program. Mr. Nathan said the program complies with federal laws and may proceed toward a September launch .
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A patch of kudzu grows on a utility pole in Kinston, N.C. People in the area see a likeness to Jesus on the cross.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (left) and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith are slated to hold labor talks through Friday in Minneapolis.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Capitals forward Brooks Laich signed to a six-year deal worth $27 million. Left Alex Ovechkin (2021) and center Nicklas Backstrom already are locked up with long-term contracts.
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Washington Capitals center Brooks Laich signed a six-year, $27 million deal Tuesday to remain with the Capitals. The 28-year-old was set to become an unrestricted free agent Friday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson, File)
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"It's not a good atmosphere. They picked a date, they sent out invitations, and they decided on the agenda. We feel that even the result of this dialogue has already been determined. That is a bad sign." - Ali Salman, the leader of Wefaq (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sculptor Istvan Mate puts some finishing touches on his statue of former President Ronald Reagan, which will be unveiled in Budapest on Wednesday. The bronze statue will stand in the city's Freedom Square.
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PARAMOUNT PICTURES VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley get caught up in the battle between Autobots and Decepticons in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon." Bumblebee is an Autobot with luck, determination and spirit.
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President Obama works the crowd after speaking at the Alcoa Davenport Works aluminum factory in Bettendorf, Iowa, on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Drop-side cribs such as this one are set to become a thing of the past beginning Tuesday, when federal rules take effect banning their manufacture, sale or resale. (Associated Press)
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Floodwater pumped out of the basement of a Minot State University building is emptied across a levee into University Ave. Monday, June 27, 2011 in Minot, N.D. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Frederick Knaak, second from right, talks strategy with Minnesota State Senators Sean Neinow, Scott Newman and Roger Chamberlain, after a hearing to allow the courts to operate if there is no agreement of the state budget by Thursday's deadline, Monday, June 27, 2011, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Sennott)
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MUCH TO DO: Takaaki Goto, 74, looks at a cemetery of his ancestors in the tsunami-devastated town of Otsuchi, Japan. A town father, Mr. Goto says he is trying to recruit younger people to re-establish leadership. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)
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PENTAGON REFORMER: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates “forced the system to change, and he made heads roll,” says Lexington Institute Director Loren B. Thompson. (Associated Press)
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American Conservative Chairman Al Cardenas says his group will begin awarding grades to state lawmakers in five 2012 battleground states this year. (Associated Press)
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The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley rests on slings as conservationists painstakingly turn it. The hand-cranked submarine is upright for the first time since it sank with its crew of eight in 1864. (Associated Press)
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Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman resigned Thursday over a contract dispute. (AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)
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Stephen Beale/Special to The Washington Times The shoreline near Cutler, Maine, is as rugged as the people who live there.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A visitor mimics the iconic pose of Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" in the garden of the Musee Rodin, the kind of the out-of-the-way place that Woody Allen celebrates in "Midnight in Paris." The boutique of the Deyrolle taxidermist is another, offering animals of all sizes. Dating from 1831, the place is imbued with history and magic.
