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Will this year’s Republican vice presidential nominee be as buzzworthy as Sarah Palin was in 2008? Only time will tell.
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A pedestrian walks in the rain past the Tower Bridge displaying the Olympic rings on Saturday as London prepares for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The last few weeks and days are all about putting up signs, fitting in the remaining seats and completing the landscaping. (Associated Press)
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Work on the first phase of a multiyear effort to bury the District's power lines will begin in the spring, after the D.C. Public Service Commission announced Thursday it had approved the $1 billion plan.. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Classic Communities Cos. is building single-family homes at Triton Woods in Edgewater. The Drum Point model, with 2,685 square feet, is priced from $542,900.
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A billboard advertising a lecture by Happy Science founder Ryuho Okawa was on display last month in Kampala. Some Christian clerics say the new religion should not be allowed in Uganda. Mr. Okawa has proclaimed himself its deity. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Singer Gladys Knight arrives May 20, 2012, at the 2012 Billboard Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. (John Shearer/Invision/Associated Press)
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Trucks transport shipping containers at the port of Tianjin, China, in February 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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The House Ethics Committee will appoint a panel to determine whether Rep. Shelley Berkley of Nevada violated House ethics rules. (Associated Press)
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A client looks at herself on a mirror after having her hair combed at a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Before Haiti's devastating January 2010 earthquake dozens of independent hair stylists braided and colored hair in the capital's Iron Market, the commercial hub of downtown Port-au-Prince. The earthquake damaged the landmark Iron Market and the hairstylists moved their activities to the streets, where they resumed their businesses not long after the disaster. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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A woman gets her hair combed by hairdressers on a street in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After Haiti's devastating January 2010 earthquake, dozens of independent hair stylists that braided and colored hair in the capital's Iron Market moved their activities to the streets, where they resumed their businesses not long after the disaster. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
