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Residents spend the night outside their homes after an earthquake in Varzaqan, Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Ali Hamed Haghdoust)

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Storm clouds are seem behind the score board after play was halted for weather during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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This photo from Aug. 1, 2012, shows a drought damaged ear of corn in a Westfield, Ind., cornfield. U.S. corn growers could have their worst crop in a generation as the harshest drought in decades takes its toll, the government reported Aug. 10, 2012, as it forecast the lowest average yield in 17 years. (Associated Press)

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Luzviminda Limas (left) checks her house after floods recede in suburban Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines on Aug. 10, 2012. (Associated Press)

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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)