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Eugenia C. Harris, who faces up to three years in prison and fines totaling $250,000, has agreed to assist authorities as part of a broader investigation into campaign finance irregularities. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)
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Politicians in Maryland and Virginia who drew campaign donations from Eugenia C. Harris, who pleaded guilty in federal court July 10, have either returned the funds or donated them to charity. The District’s congressional delegate has not. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit at the Bellagio in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar)
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Former Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., who served in Congress from Virginia from 1997 to 2009, is the presidential nominee of the Constitution Party and will be on the Virginia ballot. (House of Representatives)
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Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio will be Mitt Romney’s running mate, some taking bets believe. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Actor Michael Clarke Duncan attends the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 27, 2010. (Associated Press)
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Syrian refugees rest as they cross the border by the Iraqi town of Qaim on Tuesday. In Baghdad, at least 22,300 Iraqis who had fled to Syria several years ago have streamed home in the past three weeks. (Associated Press)
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (right) and former Syrian Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass pause for the media before a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner at Mr. Davutoglu’s residence in Ankara on July 26. The general, after defecting from Syria, made his surprise visit to Turkey soon afterward. Gen. Tlas says he defected when he realized that longtime friend President Bashar Assad could not be deterred from crushing opposition to his regime. But some Syrians suspect his motives may be political. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Michael Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, speaks as one of the keynote speakers at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, North America 2012 conference inside the exhibition hall of the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nev., on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)
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“Kung Fu Panda 2” enjoyed success in China while competing against such movies as the Communist propaganda film “Beginning of the Great Revival.” This development helped prompt a debate about why a Hollywood studio was more successful than the country’s own studios at creating a successful movie based on Chinese themes. (Associated Press)
