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Marie Davenport of Frankfurt, Germany, wears a "We Shall Overcome" necklace. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Kids visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

Dr. Xernona Clayton, President & CEO Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc., (left) and Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President, Washington D.C. Martin Luther KIng Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. (right) take part in the wreath-laying ceremony during the Fair Housing Month 2012 Wreath-Laying Ceremony for the 44th anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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The crowd shares in a light moment during remarks about a funny story involving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the Fair Housing Month 2012 Wreath-Laying Ceremony for the 44th anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Dr. Xernona Clayton, President & CEO Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc., (left) gets a hug from Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President, Washington D.C. Martin Luther KIng Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. (right) prior to the 2012 Wreath-Laying Ceremony for the 44th anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is seen on the 44th anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Youths walk around under cloudy skies, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 4, 2012, on the 44th anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** The Food and Drug Administration has warned doctors that a second counterfeit version of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin has been found in the United States, packaged as Altuzan, the Turkish brand of the medication, which is not approved for use in the U.S. The agency said any packages or vials labeled with the lot number B6021 should be considered counterfeit. (AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

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Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Prince George's Democrat, admits that raising the state's gas tax "doesn't poll well." (Associated Press)

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California Rep. Dan Lungren suggests that Rep. Paul Ryan is the "political heir" of the late Jack Kemp.

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"The nuclear power Israel is endangering the already fragile world peace," writes Nobel Prize laureate for literature Guenter Grass, 84, in a poem published Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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"There is development within North Korea of a road-mobile [ICBM] system that we've observed," says Adm. Robert F. Willard, U.S. Pacific Command chief. (Associated Press)

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Ilario Pantano, who is seeking to become the Republican nominee to challenge Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre in North Carolina's 7th congressional district, suggests Saul Alinsky's book "Rules for Radicals" as reading material during a meeting of supporters of the Fair Tax in Wilmington, NC, Wednesday, February 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Logan Wallace)

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Former Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (above) will appear at a campaign fundraiser for an Iraq War veteran, Ilario Pantano (right), on April 16 at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington. Mr. Pantano, a Republican, is seeking a rematch against Rep. Mike McIntyre, an eight-term Democratic incumbent, in North Carolina's 7th Congressional District. The fundraiser is sponsored by the Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans for Congress. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks during the Easter prayer breakfast in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, shakes hands with a patron at Bob's Diner in Carnegie, Pa., on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Newspapers Association of America/American Society of News Editors luncheon gathering in Washington, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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President Barack Obama signs the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden and others watch. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Israeli security forces surround a house illegally occupied by Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Israeli security forces began evicting dozens of settlers Wednesday from a building they illegally took over and lived in without the required military approval in Hebron, police said. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)