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A wave breaks along a bridge off the southern port city of Busan, South Korea, as Typhoon Bolaven brings heavy rain and wind. The typhoon killed nine, caused cancellation of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises and cut off power to 1.7 million homes and businesses. (Associated Press)

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Actor Scott Wilson, in a scene from the second season of “The Walking Dead,” faces drunken driving charges in Georgia after his arrest Aug. 18 in Peachtree City. (AMC via Associated Press)

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Senior hurricane specialist Stacy Stewart tracks Isaac at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned that Isaac, especially if it strikes at high tide, could cause storm surges of up to 12 feet (3.6 meters) along the coasts of southeast Louisiana and Mississippi and up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) as far away as the Florida Panhandle. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

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A Chinese fisherman (center) is rescued Aug. 28, 2012, by South Korean coast guard officers from a Chinese ship in Jeju, South Korea, after a powerful typhoon pounded the nation with strong winds and heavy rain. The coast guard battled rough seas in a race to rescue fishermen on two Chinese ships that slammed into rocks off the southern coast. (Associated Press)

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A line of traffic extends down Airline Highway as residents leave the New Orleans area in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac, in Kenner, La., on Monday. Isaac was expected to make landfall on the Louisiana coast as a hurricane. (Associated Press)

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Centenary College Public Safety Officer Alvin Bush walks around the gym floor between beds for students from Dillard University, who are coming to the campus because of Tropical Storm Isaac heading towards New Orleans. Students were expected to arrive in Shreveport, La., by Monday night. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2011 file photo, A P-51 Mustang airplane crashes into the edge of the grandstands at the Reno Air show in Reno, Nev, leaving 11 people dead and 70 seriously injured. The National Transportation Safety Board, meeting in Washington, will determine the cause of the September 2011 crash of a modified World War II-era fighter plane into a spectator area during the 2011 National Championship Air Races in Reno on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Ward Howes, File)

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Kari Miller lost both legs as the result of a car crash in December 1999. (Garett Fisbeck/Special to The Washington Times)

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The El Sol Market in Brawley, Calif., was hit hard by an earthquake swarm on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Imperial Valley Press, Brandy Ronek)

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A policeman looks at a burned double-decker sleeper bus on Aug. 26, 2012, after it collided with a tanker loaded with highly-flammable methanol on an expressway in Yan'an in northwest China's Shaanxi province, causing both vehicles to burst into flames and killing 36 people, state media said. (Associated Press)

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A car goes through high water from heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Isaac in Key West, Fla., on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)