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A view of Pfitzner Stadium, in Woodbridge, Va., Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

Pfitzner Stadium. which opened in 1983, has received much criticism for its condition and Nationals' top prospect Bryce Harper went straight from Low A Hagerstown to Double A Harrisburg. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray said Wednesday that the city's zoning commission approved an emergency proposal for the city's sole federal firearms licensee. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont confers Wednesday with his fellow Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California. Mrs. Feinstein is a co-sponsor of a bill to repeal DOMA, which passed Congress in 1996. Mr. Leahy voted for it then, but now supports its repeal.

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U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION A still from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection ad called “Birdcage” that asks the public's help in stopping “modern-day slavery.” It will be aired in the District, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia.

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MIKE MITCHELL VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Prints of these Feb. 11, 1964, photographs from a collection of photos of the Beatles taken by Mike Mitchell at the Washington Coliseum in the District were to be auctioned by Christie's auction house. Above: A backlit shot taken during a pre-concert news conference. Above right: An animated Ringo Starr sings lead vocals on “I Wanna Be Your Man” during the Fab Four's first U.S. concert. Left: Paul McCartney (left) and John Lennon perform, two days after their U.S. television debut.

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MIKE MITCHELL VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Prints of these Feb. 11, 1964, photographs from a collection of photos of the Beatles taken by Mike Mitchell at the Washington Coliseum in the District were to be auctioned by Christie's auction house. Above: A backlit shot taken during a pre-concert news conference. Above right: An animated Ringo Starr sings lead vocals on “I Wanna Be Your Man” during the Fab Four's first U.S. concert. Left: Paul McCartney (left) and John Lennon perform, two days after their U.S. television debut.

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MIKE MITCHELL VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Prints of these Feb. 11, 1964, photographs from a collection of photos of the Beatles taken by Mike Mitchell at the Washington Coliseum in the District were to be auctioned by Christie's auction house. Above: A backlit shot taken during a pre-concert news conference. Above right: An animated Ringo Starr sings lead vocals on “I Wanna Be Your Man” during the Fab Four's first U.S. concert. Left: Paul McCartney (left) and John Lennon perform, two days after their U.S. television debut.

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Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, accepts her party's nomination at the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, September 3, 2008. (Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times)

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A bloodied "De Gaulle," a bodyguard close to Guinea's last two military leaders, is detained by presidential guards after shooting broke out near the president's home for a second time Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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"Our enemies can try everything, but they will not stop the march of the Guinean people," Mr. Conde said in an address to the nation after the attack. (Associated Press)

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During a special session of the U.K. Parliament on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, Prime Minister David Cameron defended his decision to hire a former News of the World editor as his communications chief. (AP Photo/Press Association)

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In this photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Syrian policemen carry the coffins of police and army members during a funeral procession outside a hospital in the central city of Homs, Syria, on Monday, July 18, 2011. The dead were thought to have been killed during a dangerous escalation in violence stemming from the country's 4-month-old uprising, activists said. The Arabic on the coffin at right reads, "The martyr policeman Mohammed Massoud." (AP Photo/SANA)

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Wisconsin state Sen. Dave Hansen leans in to kiss his wife, Jane, during a victory party in Green Bay, Wis., on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Mr. Hansen survived a recall election that gave voters the most direct opportunity yet to react to a Republican-backed law that stripped most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/The Green Bay Press-Gazette, Corey Wilson)

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Rep. Reid J. Ribble, Wisconsin Republican, and other House GOP members speak about the passage of the conservative deficit reduction plan known as "cut, cap and balance" at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)