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Soy sauce is the secret to a perfectly browned turkey. Citrus zest added to the sauce, plus orange and lemon in the cavity while roasting, add flavor. (Associated Press)

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A man photographs Occupy D.C. protesters from the top of a building as the demonstrators march through the city to the Francis Scott Key Bridge. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A man navigates through Occupy D.C. protesters on the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Thursday after demonstrators marched to the bridge from McPherson Square. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Arlington County Police officers in riot helmets take their position on the Virginia side of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. There were no reports of arrests or injuries as Occupy D.C. protesters marched from McPherson Square to the bridge. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Occupy D.C. demonstrators took to the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Thursday as encampments across the country commemorated two months passing since the movement began. The protesters hoped to encourage Congress to consider reinvesting in the country's infrastructure. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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"I will keep the light on this issue until we have a law," Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said of the D.C. budget-autonomy issue. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Online retailer Zazzle.com offers a variety of campaign T-shirts supporting Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. (Photo courtesy Zazzle.com)

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Protesters jump on police barricades on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, in New York's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement began two months earlier. Demonstrators from coast to coast joined their call for economic justice. (Associated Press)

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Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, speaks during a news conference with Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer in Miami. (Associated Press)

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A Security detail walks back to the property of Antioch Baptist Church North, which is the church Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain attends, after services on Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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Occupy DC protesters chant and wave American flags at drivers on Key Bridge after the protesters marched from McPherson Square down K Street to the Key Bridge which connects Georgetown to Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, Thursday, November 17, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Adam Chadwich of Brooklyn, NY holds a sign out for drivers on Key Bridge after the protesters marched from McPherson Square down K Street to the Key Bridge which connects Georgetown to Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, Thursday, November 17, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Occupy DC protesters arrive at Key Bridge which connects Georgetown to Northern Virginia after marching down K Street from McPherson Square, Washington, DC, Thursday, November 17, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Occupy DC protesters march down M Street to the Key Bridge which connects Georgetown to Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, Thursday, November 17, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Occupy DC protesters march from McPherson Square down K Street to the Key Bridge which connects Georgetown to Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, Thursday, November 17, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Occupy D.C. protesters prepare to march Nov. 17, 2011, from McPherson Square to the Key Bridge in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, gestures Nov. 17, 2011, during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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After a meeting with GOP members of the supercommittee, House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to vote on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks Nov. 9, 2011, during a GOP presidential debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich. (Associated Press)

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A pro-Syrian regime protester waves a Syrian flag from a fountain during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 16, 2011, to protest against the Arab League meeting being held in Morocco. (Associated Press)