Politics

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Mark Twain once said, “Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.” A long-awaited Election Day for President Obama and Mitt Romney looms Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland Republican, decries what he calls “the usual environmentalist overreaction” to hydraulic fracturing as a means of drilling for natural gas, and says that “will unfortunately cost Maryland.” (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Why spend election night listening to talking heads dissect the exit polls when you could be listening to the much more pleasant sounds of free jazz? Jason Moran & the Bandwagon, an acclaimed contemporary jazz trio, will have a free concert at the Kennedy Center at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures as he speaks during a campaign stop at Meadow Event Park, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Doswell, Va. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters as he campaigns at Meadow Event Park, in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney takes the stage as he campaigns at Meadow Event Park, in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a peanut butter and honey sandwich he made for himself as he looks over his iPad while seated in the back of his campaign bus with chief strategist Stuart Stevens, center, and senior adviser Kevin Madden as they leave a campaign event at Meadow Event Park, in Dowell, Va., for another rally in Virginia Beach, Va., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds on in the back of his campaign bus with aide Garrett Jackson, center, and senior adviser Kevin Madden, left, after a campaigning at Meadow Event Park in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)