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Bryce Harper has made noticeable strides for the Nationals this season, but he’s still trying to adjust to major league strike zones. (Associated Press)

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With their normal diet shriveled by summer heat and drought, hungry bears search for sustenance evertwhere from garbage to homes’ porches to cars. (Associated Press)

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Lockheed Martin Vice President for Ship and Aviation Systems Dan Schultz (left) shows a mini unmanned aerial vehicle, the Quad Vertical Take Off and Landing System, to Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

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Toll Bros. is building 313 single-family homes at the Glen at Loudoun Valley in Ashburn. The four-bedroom Woodstock model, which has 3,170 square feet, is priced from $603,995. Homeowner association fees are $92 per month.

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Syrians on motorcycles look at the rubble of a destroyed house after it was hit by an airstrike that killed six people in the town of Tal Rifat, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Syrians on motorcycles inspect the damage of a destroyed house in the town of Tal Rifat on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday. Syrian fighter jets carried out airstrikes on the village, hitting a home and a high school, and killing six people from the same family. It was unclear why the area was targeted. (Associated Press)

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Syrians on motorcycles look Aug. 8, 2012, at the damage of a destroyed house after it was hit by an airstrike that killed six Syrians in the town of Tal Rifat, Syria. (Associated Press)

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Police evacuate residents in Mahahual, Mexico, on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, as Hurricane Ernesto bore down on the Caribbean coast. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)

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associated press Taoufik Makhloufi celebrates his gold medal in the 1,500 meters Tuesday. The Algerian had been kicked out of the Olympics for not trying hard enough in another event, but he was reinstated when a doctor said he was injured.

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Attendees stay cool by waking through a mist tent during the Seven District's National Night Out. The annual event features community awards, crime prevention initiatives, health and wellness screenings and safety demonstrations and games. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Michael Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, speaks as one of the keynote speakers at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, North America 2012 conference inside the exhibition hall of the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nev., on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (Martin S. Fuentes/Special to The Washington Times)

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Angered by the attack Sunday evening that left at least 16 on Egyptian soldiers dead, residents of Rafah protest by burning tires in the road on the outskirts Rafah, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo)

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This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at 1:45 a,m, EDT shows a swirl of clouds in the western Caribbean Sea associated with Tropical Storm Ernesto as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula. Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane being landfall just north of Belize late Tuesday evening. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)