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Pakistani women mourn Sept. 13, 2012, the deaths of relatives killed in a fire at a garment factory in Karachi, Pakistan. Police have opened a murder case against the factory's owners and managers for the fire, which killed hundreds of people. (Associated Press)

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Maryland safety Matt Robinson will return to the lineup against Connecticut this weekend. (Maryland Athletics)

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Photographs provided by Eric Kieley Photography Michael Harris Homes is building 112 20- and 24-foot-wide town homes at Symphony Park in North Bethesda. The homes have approximately 3,200 to 3,900 finished square feet, with base prices from $1,000,000 to $1,200,000.

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Ryan Homes is building villa-style town homes at Legacy at the Courtyards at Waverly Woods West in Marriottsville, Md. The homes are base-priced from $353,990 to $361,990 and have 2,187 finished square feet, which can be expanded to 3,953 square feet.

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The kitchen features granite counters, a center island, professional-grade stainless steel appliances and abundant cabinet space.

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Residents observe the remains of their houses which were burned down during clashes in Chamwanamuma village, Tana River delta, north of Mombasa in Kenya Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Fighting between a community of cattle herders and farmers over land and water killed 12 people there on Friday, the Kenya Red Cross said, adding that while the two communities periodically clash over resources this incident may also have politically instigated because it fits a pattern of violence which has occurred in three previous elections. (AP Photo)

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Residents observe the remains of their houses which were burned down during clashes in Chamwanamuma village, Tana River delta, north of Mombasa in Kenya Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Fighting between a community of cattle herders and farmers over land and water killed 12 people there on Friday, the Kenya Red Cross said, adding that while the two communities periodically clash over resources this incident may also have politically instigated because it fits a pattern of violence which has occurred in three previous elections. (AP Photo)

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Glass, debris and overturned furniture are strewn inside a room in the gutted U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, after an attack the previous day killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

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** FILE ** North Koreans collect emergency goods, including kitchen sets and blankets, distributed by North Korean Red Cross officials in the flood-stricken city of Anju in the South Phyongan province of North Korea on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

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In this photo from Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy (32) places his hand to his head as he leaves the baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Oakland, Calif. McCarthy remains in a ''life-threatening'' situation in a Bay Area hospital two days after being hit in the head by a line drive. Struck on the right side of his head by a hard shot from the Angels' Erick Aybar, McCarthy suffered an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and skull fracture. He had two hours of surgery to relieve pressure on his brain late Wednesday night. A's athletic trainer Nick Paparesta was asked Friday if McCarthy was still in a life-threatening situation. "Absolutely he is. It's brain surgery,'' Paparesta said. ''It's life-threatening. At any possible moment something could go wrong, he could have a complication. Absolutely.'' (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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** FILE ** This July 11, 2012, aerial file photo shows a freight train after an early morning derailment in Columbus, Ohio. Part of the freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews monitored the blaze. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Eamon Queeney)

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People gather at the site of burnt garment factory in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden (center) and Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar arrive for a memorial service at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Tuesday, passing the Wall of Names bearing the names of the 40 passengers and crew members aboard Flight 93 who died when it was hijacked and crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. (Associated Press)