Politics

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Fans cheer as Washington Capitals left wing Jason Chimera (25) warms up before the Washington Capitals take on the New York Rangers in playoff NHL hockey at the Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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New York Rangers right wing Marian Gaborik (10), left, celebrates with teammate New York Rangers left wing Carl Hagelin (62), right, as he scores on Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby (70), top, in the third overtime period as the Washington Capitals lose to the New York Rangers, 2-1, in playoff NHL hockey at the Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 3, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Six-term Sen. Richard G. Lugar (left), Indiana Republican, debated state Treasurer Richard Mourdock in April during the political fight of his life. The Indiana primary is set for Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray had the support of bar owners for his proposal that clubs be allowed to remain open an extra hour, till 3 a.m. on weeknights and 4 a.m. on weekends, but a D.C. Council committee voted 3 to 2 against the plan Wednesday. The measure could still resurface, however. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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**File** Harvard President Drew Faust (left) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield speak at a news conference in Cambridge, Mass, May, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Maryland leaders (from left) Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Gov. Martin O'Malley and Speaker of the House Michael E. Busch attend Wednesday's bill signing-ceremony at the State House in Annapolis. The governor and legislative leaders have tentatively agreed to call lawmakers back May 14 to vote on the revenue package that didn't beat the General Assembly's adjournment deadline last month. (Associated Press)

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin (right) examined a proposed project last year in Tver, one of his country's poorest regions. Residents are becoming increasingly frustrated as government spending on roads and other infrastructure has dried up. (Associated Press)

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Hulk’s facial features from the new movie “The Avengers” compared to Hasbro’s Gamma Smash Hulk. (Photo by Joseph Szadkowski/The Washington Times)

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President Obama participates in a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Monday, April 30, 2012, in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng is wheeled into a hospital by U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke (right) in Beijing on Wednesday. State Department legal adviser Harold Koh (left) helps the Chinese activist. Mr. Chen escaped from illegal house arrest and other mistreatment in his rural town, placing himself under the protection of U.S. diplomats last week. (Associated Press)

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Residents try to extinguish fires in the smoldering remains of a market in Rubkona near Bentiu in South Sudan after an attack by Sudanese aircraft on April 23. A massive humanitarian crisis, triggered by the conflict and heightened by an approaching rainy season, is threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of people along the Sudan-South Sudan border. (Associated Press)

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Dan Pritchett, vice president of Marketing & Business Development for Logos Bible Software, stands behind a pair of computer monitors as he works April 9, 2009, in his cluttered office in Bellingham, Wash. (Associated Press)

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George Harrison's widow, Olivia, is releasing a new digital book to fill the blanks left by Martin Scorsese's recent documentary about her husband. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Hilton Arlington in Arlington, Va., May 2, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The podium stands alone onstage May 2, 2012, at the Hilton Arlington in Arlington, Va., following Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's announcement that he is suspending his 2012 presidential campaign. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is joined May 2, 2012, onstage at the Hilton Arlington in Arlington, Va., by his wife, Callista, and family members as he announces that he is suspending his 2012 presidential campaign. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)