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In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC, oil leaks from the fractured wellhead at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 11, 2010. (AP Photo/BP PLC)

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In this file photo made June 3, 2010, a brown pelican covered in oil sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the federal government's point man on the disaster, said Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, BP's well "is effectively dead." A permanent cement plug sealed BP's well nearly 2.5 miles below the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Michael Harris Homes is building 18 single-family homes at Maple Lawn in Fulton. The Bristol model is priced from $679,990.

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K.Hovnanian Homes is building 13 homes at the Estates at Evergreen Reserve in Ashburn, Va. The Tara model is base-priced from $1,399,990.

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** FILE ** In this April 21, 2010, file image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, File)

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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg testifies Wednesday to a House subcommittee about the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis. She asks for more authority to police pharmaceutical companies. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This Sept. 22, 2012, file photo shows Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band performing during the Farm Aid 2012 concert at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pa. The band is giving $1 million to help Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts in New Jersey and New York. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, file)

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Flames and smoke billow from a home in west Jackson, Miss., Tuesday evening, Nov. 13, 2012, after authorities say a small plane carrying three people crashed into the residence shortly after 5 p.m. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)

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Washington, D.C. Fire and EMS Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe speaks at a press conference held at Fire and EMS headquarters on his proposed plan to redeploy the department’s emergency medical service workers into a configuration that would leave ambulances staffed with no paramedics during the overnight hours, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, photo, a TV news photographer shoots the facade of the New England Compounding Center, which has since been linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak, in Framingham, Mass. According to a congressional investigation released Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the New England Compounding Center, until it cleaned up its operations in 2002. Nearly 440 people have been sickened by contaminated steroid shots distributed by New England Compounding Center, and more than 32 deaths have been reported since the outbreak began in September, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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**FILE** Federal agents investigate the offices of New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., on Oct. 16, 2012. The company's steroid medication has been linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak. (Associated Press/The Boston Globe, Barry Chin)

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The National Geographic Channel will air “Superstorm New York: What Really Happened” on Thursday, even before power is completely restored to New York and New Jersey. The erstwhile hurricane took at least 113 lives in the U.S. alone. (NASA)