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A construction crane is utilized outside the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. The construction company says 3,500 workers are still busy adding sophisticated electronic and hydraulic devices, redesigning the stage floor to ease the ballet dancers' pain and completing an underground stage located just a short distance from a metro station. (Associated Press)

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Children use math to figure out a maze at the Museum of Nature & Science at Fair Park in Dallas. Glen Whitney, a former hedge-fund quantitative analyst, is planning to include such colorful exhibits for MoMath, a museum dedicated to the "beauty" of math, scheduled to open next year in New York. (Associated Press)

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From left, D.C. Council member Jim Graham, Chief of Police Cathy L. Lanier and interim DYRS Director Neil A. Stanley on Thursday discuss the escape of four D.C. teens from the Palmetto Summerville Behavioral Health Center in Summerville, S.C., in front of the John A. Wilson Building in the District. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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MGA Chief Executive Isaac Larian celebrates a victory over Mattel Inc. outside of federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., on Thursday. Mattel had contended that Bratz designer Carter Bryant created the line while employed by Mattel. (Associated Press)

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The Unclaimed Baggage Center, in Scottsboro, Ala., has become a mecca of sorts for bargain hunters looking to purchase travelers' lost possessions. (Associated Press)

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Beyond the grille and front fascia, the new Taurus features a new hood, new headlamps, taller rear fenders, a new decklid and dramatic taillamps with LED illumination.

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Rather than running electrical wiring through the walls which interrupts insulation, the Passive House in Bethesda, Md., has electric baseboard conduits. All of the electrical wiring on exterior walls runs through the baseboards, as seen here. This image was made Monday, April 18, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The Picasso model, an upper-level home in the stacked town-home-style condominium community at the Villages of Urbana, has a living room and dining room at the front of the main level.

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Will Foreman of Oxon Hill chats with Debra Saunders (left) of Temple Hills, Md., outside the Prince George's County Courthouse in Hyattsville on Wednesday after they both successfully beat their speeding tickets before a judge. Mr. Foreman beat his fifth speeding ticket while Ms. Saunders had her ticket thrown out. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Will Foreman holds the speeding tickets he successfully challenged in court. Mr. Foreman ironically used the photos shot by speed cameras to challenge the charge of speeding. He's won five cases and has 40 more outstanding — racked up by drivers for his business, Eastover Auto Supply in Oxon Hill. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Mayor Vincent Gray, shown Wednesday at his press briefing on Freedom Plaza, said he has many questions about the two escapes and beating of a guard this week at New Beginnings Youth Development Center, a detention facility. Interim Director Neil Stanley said that planned security improvements will prevent another such escape. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A proposed below-ground Metrorail station at Washington Dulles International Airport would be located at the end of the corridor leading from daily parking garages 1 and 2. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A woman and her children examine eggs died red under an old Greek Easter tradition in a central market of Athens on Wednesday. Nearly a year after Greece was rescued from bankruptcy by an international bailout, the country's businesses are reeling from stringent austerity measures imposed as a means to pull the economy out of its debt hole. As Greeks see their disposable income shrink, the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce says 65,000 small and medium-sized enterprises shut down last year. (Associated Press)

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Southern Sudanese citizens celebrate the announcement of independence referendum results in the southern capital of Juba on Feb. 7. Referendum officials said that nearly 99 percent of all voters cast ballots in favor of southern independence.

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"3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy" has reportedly made nearly seven times the total take for "Scream 4" in Hong Kong. (3dsexzen.com)

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** FILE ** In this July 15, 2009, file photo released by Department of Defense, “Three Cups of Tea” co-author Greg Mortenson shows the locations of future village schools to U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the opening of Pushghar Village Girls School 60 miles north of Kabul in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Department of Defense, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley)