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Hundreds of people participate in a massive snowball fight in DuPont Circle in Washington after a heavy snowstorm blanketed the nation's capital and much of the Mid Atlantic region on Saturday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
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Statues at the Korean War Memorial in Washington are covered in snow on Saturday in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
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The White House is blanketed in snow in Washington on Saturday. Alex Brandon/AP
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Mike Nagao snowboards down the snow-covered steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art during a winter storm in the city on Saturday. Matt Rourke/AP
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Rene Maes sits on a snow-covered bench at Meridian Hill Park in Washington on Saturday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial and the Capitol are seen on Friday in Washington as snow continues to fall. Charles Dharapak/AP
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Pedestrians walk on King Street in Alexandria, Va., on Saturday evening following a storm that dropped over two-feet of snow in the region. Cliff Owen/AP
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Snow falls at the White House while a Marine stands guard with President Barack Obama working in the West Wing on Friday. Charles Dharapak/AP
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Trees covered by snow are seen in Washington on Saturday night after a blizzard dumped over two feet of snow in the Mid Atlantic. The storm caused at least two fatalities and paralyzed travel in the region. Local weather forecasters said the storm could be the heaviest snowfall in 90 years in the Washington area. Yuri Gripas/Reuters
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Plows work on Centerport Parkway over I-95 as snow continues to fall in Stafford, Va., on Saturday. Peter Cihelka/The Free Lance-Star/AP
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An abandoned grocery cart sits in a snow-covered parking lot on the south side of Indianapolis, Ind. on Friday. As the Mid Atlantic was being pummeled by a blizzard that dropped more than two feet of snow, Central Indiana had a winter storm warning in effect until Saturday. Michael Conroy/AP
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An off ramp is seen covered with snow during Snowmageddon in Baltimore, Md., on Saturday. Carolyn Kaster/AP
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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) employee Edward Lindsay shovels snow out of a subway stairwell during a winter storm in Philadelphia, on Saturday. Jessica Kourkounis/AP
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People sled in the snow down 13th St. in Washington on Saturday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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People play with their dogs at a park in Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday as a massive snow storm hits the city. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
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The snow is piled up in front of the West Wing of the White House on Saturday. Alex Brandon/AP
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People participate in a mass snowball fight in DuPont Circle in Washington on Saturday. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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Pedestrians take pictures of the US Capitol along a snow-covered Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Saturday. Stelios Varias/Reuters
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A jogger makes his way through the snow in front of the US Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. A blizzard lashed the U.S. East Coast for the second time in less than a week, wreaking havoc from Washington to New York by forcing government agencies, the United Nations and schools to close. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng said New York University pulled his fellowship at the behest of Beijing. NYU and an American supporter of Chen say that isn't true.
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Jeremy Ravinsky, Contributor /
June 17, 2013
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Chinese activist and whistle-blower Chen Guangcheng is accusing New York University of submitting to Chinese pressure in pulling a fellowship position he had held since arriving in the United States last year.