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New York Jets inside linebacker David Harris (52) can't hold onto a pass intended for Washington Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss (89) in the third quarter. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A referee separates Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall (23) from New York Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress (17) during the first quarter. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins running back Roy Helu (29) runs the ball in for a touchdown during the first quarter of the game against the New York Jets. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis (24) takes the field for the game against the Washington Redskins. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. arrives at a house party hosted Thursday by Don and Melinde Byrne in Bedford, N.H. Mr. Huntsman has written off Iowa, and has spent neither time nor money campaigning there. (Associated Press)

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FBI and IRS Criminal Investigative Division agents serve a search warrant on the home of Washington D.C. City Council member Harry Thomas, Jr., on 17th Street NE in Washington, D.C., on Friday, December 2, 2011. (Pratik Shah./The Washington Times)

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Former corporate executive Herman Cain greets the crowd Saturday at a campaign event in Atlanta, where he suspended his Republican presidential campaign. (Associated Press)

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GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, now the front-runner, addresses a tea party rally Saturday in Staten Island, N.Y. (Associated Press)

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"We have to address it in a realistic fashion, and aid has to be gauged on the degree of cooperation that they are showing us and helping us prevent the needless deaths of young Americans. That's our first obligation." - Sen. John McCain of Arizona and ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee

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The president will travel Tuesday to Osawatomie, Kan., where in August 1910, Theodore Roosevelt gave a famous speech 17 months after leaving the White House. (Associated Press)

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"I don't have any reservation in saying at this stage that the District of Columbia is an absolute leader in early-childhood education," D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray said. (Associated Press)

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Maryland's James Padgett's double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) helped the Terrapins defeat Notre Dame. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Commonwealth's Bradford Burgess continued his hot shooting Sunday against George Washington as he scored a game-high 24 points in the victory. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Commonwealth's Rob Brandenberg had 12 points, five rebounds and three assists against George Washington on Saturday. (Associated Press)

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An activist of the Nashi youth movement takes the stage decorated with portraits of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a concert in Moscow. Exit polls showed a dramatic drop in support of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a compromise plan to extend payroll tax cuts. "We should not have a tax increase on the middle class," Mr. Conrad says. [Mr. Reid's plan] will be paid for in a way that is credible and serious."

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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing (right), greeting Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder at his Jan. 1 inauguration, does not agree with the governor's idea of a state takeover of his troubled city. "We know what needs to be done, and we stand ready to do it," Mr. Bing said. (Associated Press)