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Judson Phillips, the organizer of the National Tea Party Convention, talks during a news conference in Nashville, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, left, serves a hot Thanksgiving meal to Larissa Huhn, age 12, at Salvation Army headquarters, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. Military volunteers from the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, which General Anderson commands, cooked 3000 hot turkey dinners which were then donated to The Salvation Army. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Central Union Mission resident James Higdon, 56, pauses during the opening prayer during the Thanksgiving Day dinner at the Central Union Mission in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington's International Spy Museum has given them a deserved deeper look in the recently opened exhibit, "Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains," and Wednesday evening, will explore them in detail during a lecture on their historical influences and evolution over the past five decades.

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Protesters remain seated during an opening prayer at a Hamilton County Commission meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn. At least five lawsuits around the country — in California, Florida, Missouri, New York, and Tennessee — are challenging pre-meeting prayers. Lawyers in a New York case plan to ask the Supreme Court to revisit the issue. (Associated Press)

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The Audas family drops off donations at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission in Atlantic City, N.J. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. They will return to the mission on Friday to volunteer. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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This image provided by Grinnell College shows Grinnell guard Jack Taylor (3) shooting one of 108 shots during Tuesday's Nov. 21, 2012 game against Faith Baptist Bible in Grinnell, Iowa. Taylor scored 138 points to shatter the NCAA scoring record in Division III. (AP Photo/Grinnell College, Cory Hall)

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As the Coptic Christian faithful attend Mass, their church is undergoing a major transition: A new pope, Tawadros II, is to be enthroned in Cairo on Sunday, succeeding Shenouda III, the man who led the church for 40 years and was revered by Copts as their protector until his death in March. (Associated Press)

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A Coptic pilgrim prays during a ceremony this month at Mar Girgis Monastery, near Luxor, Egypt. Egypt’s Christian minority, about 10 percent of the population of more than 80 million, has long complained of discrimination, but Christians fear things are reaching a crisis point since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and the subsequent rise to power of Islamists. (Associated Press)

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Palestinians mourners cry during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem in Gaza City on Nov. 20, 2012. According to the family, the 52-year-old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed during an Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building, in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in car when the strike took place and died on his way to the hospital from shrapnel wounds. (Associated Press)

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Palestinians pray during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem in Gaza City on Nov. 20, 2012. According to the family, the 52-year-old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed during an Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building, in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in car when the strike took place and died on his way to the hospital from shrapnel wounds. (Associated Press)

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Palestinians mourners cry during the funeral of Salem Paul Sweliem in Gaza City on Nov. 20, 2012. According to the family, the 52-year-old Greek Orthodox Christian carpenter was killed during an Israel Air Force strike on a high-rise building, in which Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. Sweliem was in car when the strike took place and died on his way to the hospital from shrapnel wounds. (Associated Press)

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Christmas Nativity scenes have been erected in Palisades Park in Santa Monica, Calif., for decades, but city officials snuffed the tradition this year after receiving opposition from atheists. A federal judge Monday denied a Christian group’s bid to reopen spaces in the park for the long-standing displays. (Associated Press)

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Eric Hayes scored 1,201 points at Maryland from 2006 to 2010, good for 31st on the school's all-time list. Now he's serving as a graduate assistant. (Associated Press)