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A peaceful view of Vancouver, British Columbia, from Jericho Beach could turn ugly in a hurry as a result of nearby fault lines that could produce the kind of earthquake that in 1995 destroyed Kobe, Japan, a city often drawing comparisons with Vancouver for its precarious beauty. After a powerful Oct. 27 earthquake, many West Coast Canadians are urging action to prepare for the “Big One,” which scientists predict could threaten about 8 million people. (Christopher Johnson/special to the Washington Times)
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The west coast of Canada and the United States have few warning signs or reminders, like this one in Japan, of the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck the region with killer force. (Associated Press)
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Two volunteer firefighters were shot to death and two others were wounded when they responded to a lakeshore house fire before dawn on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, in Webster, N.Y. (AP Photo/WHAM-TV via AP video)
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National Rifle Association gun-safety mascot Eddie Eagle stands beside Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive vice president and CEO, during a news conference in Washington on Friday, Feb. 28, 1997, to mark the third anniversary of the Brady Act. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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The EPA is preparing a report on environment aspects of “fracking,” a method of drilling for natural gas and oil that has been a boon for many communities. (Associated Press)
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Lt. Lance Leone survived a July 2010 helicopter crash near LaPush, Wash., but his Coast Guard promotion and career may not. (U.S. Coast Guard via Associated Press)
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Policemen and firefighters investigate the scene of a burning market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Hundreds of shops at a market were damaged in the blaze, but no causalities were reported. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Emergency responders block Juniata Valley Road on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Geeseytown, Pa., after a man fatally shot a woman decorating for a children's Christmas party at a tiny church hall and killed two men elsewhere in the rural central Pennsylvania township before he was fatally shot in a gunfight with state troopers. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Emergency responders block Juniata Valley Road on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Geeseytown, Pa. A man fatally shot a woman decorating for a children's Christmas party at a tiny church hall and killed two men elsewhere in the rural central Pennsylvania township Friday before he was fatally shot in a gunfight with state troopers. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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The newly built home at 10104 Dickens Ave. in Bethesda is on the market for $1,189,500. Part of Crescendo Builders’ City Homes Collection, the home has 4,065 square feet over three finished levels.
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Toll Brothers is building town homes at Amberlea at South Riding in Ashburn. The homes have from 1,450 to 1,530 square feet and are base-priced from $305,995 to $337,995.
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Minor offenders put in court-ordered community service last week by aiding in the Superstorm Sandy relief effort on Coney Island in New York’s Brooklyn borough. About 80,000 of the 100,000 annual cases in Manhattan are lower-level misdemeanors and violations that often wind up with community service. Last week, 70 people went to Coney Island. (Manhattan District Attorney’s Office via Associated Press)
