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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES Diego D'Ambrosio (left) points out the street sign on a portion of Q Street Northwest that was renamed for him, thanks to the efforts of one of his clients, former D.C. Mayor Adrian M, Fenty.
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Mr. D'Ambrosio, who is known by many as "the mayor of Dupont Circle," greets Glenarden Police Chief Philip A. O'Donnell. "For me, everybody's a friend," he says.
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A blooming cherry blossom is seen in Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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At right, Joshua Bell, of Washington, D.C., takes a photo of family by the cherry blossoms near the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Washington, D.C. artist Justin Pyles sits under cherry blossoms as he paints the scene near the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Blooming cherry blossoms are seen in Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, March 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Cherry blossoms are seen against an overcast sky near the Tidal Basin, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, March 27, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS British riot police officers in central London clash with demonstrators against the coalition government's spending cuts. They were among tens of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators who streamed into central London on Saturday to march against cuts for welfare, health care and education, among other services.
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Israeli soldiers walk next to the Iron Dome, a new anti-rocket system, near the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Sunday, March 27, 2011. Weeks of stepped-up rocket and mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip have drawn fears of renewed war and led to new calls in Israel for the military to deploy the $200 million Iron Dome. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discuss the latest developments in the Middle East during a pre-taped interview that aired on Sunday, March 27, 2011, on CBS' "Face the Nation." Mr. Gates said he doesn't think that Libya is "a vital interest" for the United States but that the North African nation is part of a region that is of vital American interest. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher)
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Yemeni girls shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday, March 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad shout pro-Assad slogans as they hold posters of the leader in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
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Police clash with protestors outside the famous Fortnum & Mason store on Piccadilly in London during a march against government spending cuts, in central London Saturday March 26, 2011. Tens of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators streamed into central London on Saturday to march against government budget cuts, with a small breakaway group smashing its way into a bank, breaking windows and spray painting logos on the walls. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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A Syrian man, passes burning tires and a roadblock set by anti-Syrian government protesters, following clashes between the Syrian security forces and protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, Wednesday March 23, 2011. Syrian security forces shot live ammunition and tear gas early Wednesday near a mosque where protesters have been camped out in southern Syria, killing six people including a paramedic, activists said. The early morning attack near the al-Omari mosque in the southern city of Daraa marks the deadliest single day since anti-government protests inspired by uprisings across the Arab world reached this country last week. The latest deaths brings the number of people killed in Daraa since Friday to at least 13. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Washington Nationals pitcher Livan Hernandez looks up toward a pop fly in the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros on Saturday, March 26, 2011 in Kissimmee, Fla. Washington won 10-0.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Libyan men fight a fire in the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that a week ago appeared on the verge of defeat. (AP Photo)
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Libyan men fight a fire in the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that a week ago appeared on the verge of defeat. (AP Photo)
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Demonstrators protest against the coalition government spending cuts as they march in London, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Some tens of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators streamed into central London on Saturday to march against government budget cuts, with a small breakaway group of demonstrators smashing its way into a bank, breaking windows and spray painting logos on the walls, as police struggle to contain the situation. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)
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Visitors look on a Qianlong-dynasty painting, representing a military parade, at a action house in Toulouse, south-west of France, Wednesday, March 23, 2011.The Qianlong-dynasty scroll painting was sold Saturday March 26, 2011 in Toulouse, for a record euro22.1 million. US$ 31 million. The price of the 24 meters (79-foot ) scroll, including fees, was the most paid for a Chinese artwork at a French auction. (AP Photo/Manuel Blondau)
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Anti-Syrian government protesters, left, and pro-government, right, clash after Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, weeklong crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
