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Dance festival draws fans to Dupont Circle

Dance in the Circle, a six-hour festival, transformed Dupont Circle into a moving mass of people bouncing to hip-hop, swaying to classical compositions and clapping with cloggers. The dance festival, which featured nine companies, was the product of more than a year of planning between Michael Lipin, 34, and Daniel Kramer, 30, who are also responsible for the 2010 community snowball fight and the Soccer in the Circle event during the World Cup.

Dissidents abroad ridicule Lukashenko using Web, TV

ARU TV and Belsat TV are media outlets created and operated by Belarusian dissidents abroad to confront the state-controlled media, promote free speech and challenge the Lukashenko regime's oppressive hold over the country.

Hot rod Mom

Alexis DeJoria, heiress to the Paul Mitchell hair-care products empire, used her need for speed to become one of the top female drag racers in the country.

Horst Faas, Pulitzer Prize-winning combat photographer, dies at 79

Horst Faas forged new standards for covering war through photography and won two Pulitzer Prizes.

Capitals beat Rangers, force Game 7

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers, 2-1, in Game 6 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series at Verizon Center on Wednesday, May 9. (Photos by Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Wuerl honors police at Blue Mass

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, presides over the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials.

Washington's rookie QB gives a tantalizing glimpse of things to come

More than a dozen camera shutters click-clacked on the sideline Sunday morning as Robert Griffin III practiced taking snaps from center at the Washington Redskins' rookie minicamp. Coach Mike Shanahan watched from the opposite sideline. He has his franchise quarterback. Now he must figure out how to use him.

French voters reject austerity tack, oust Sarkozy for Socialist leader

Exuberant, diverse crowds filled the Place de la Bastille, the iconic plaza of the French Revolution, to fete Mr. Hollande's victory, waving French, European and labor union flags. Leftists are overjoyed to have one of their own in power for the first time since Socialist Francois Mitterrand was president from 1981 to 1995.

'Supermoon' glows around the world

The moon on Saturday was the closest it will get to the Earth this year — and appeared 14 percent larger because of it.

Game 3: Rangers beat Caps in triple overtime