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**FILE** Smoke rises March 15, 2011, from the badly damaged Unit 3 reactor (left), next to the Unit 4 reactor covered by an outer wall at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Okuma, Japan. The emergency command center at Japan's stricken nuclear plant shook violently when hydrogen exploded at Unit 3 and the plant chief reacted by shouting, "This is serious, this is serious," reveal videos of the crisis as it happened. (Associated Press/Tokyo Electric Power Co., File)

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People sit at a campfire in a lot near the grandstands after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. A lightning strike in the parking lot at Pocono Raceway after the rain-shortened race killed one person and injured nine others, racetrack officials said. It wasn't immediately clear if all 10 people were actually struck by lightning in the parking lot behind the grandstand, nor was it known whether one or multiple strikes occurred. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Ravens safety Ed Reed, the franchise leader in interceptions with 57, has one year left on his contract. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Scott E. Rigell called the helicopter crash Aug. 6, 2011, that killed 25 members of Navy SEAL Team 6 “the most serious and heaviest loss of life for our SEAL community.” (Associated Press)

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Rebecca Kolar stands at the entrance to the three bedroom, brick home at 908 S. Dogwood St. where she and her husband, Douglas, lived with their two children for 13 years before fire destroyed it, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in Luther, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

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A home burns during a large wildfire Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, in Luther, Okla. A wildfire whipped by gusty, southerly winds swept through rural woodlands north and south of Oklahoma City on Friday, burning several homes as firefighters struggled to contain it in 113-degree heat. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Bryan Terry)

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A car sits in floodwaters in suburban Taipei, Taiwan, on Thursday. The slow-moving tropical strorm slammed into eastern Taiwan early Thursday, flooding farmlands, disrupting transportation and turning the capital of Taipei into a ghost town. (Associated Press)

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Massive waves break ahead of the arrival of the approaching Saola, a deadly storm, on the coast of Badoutze, northeastern Taiwan on Wednesday. Saola weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm by late afternoon on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Ryan Homes is building town homes and condominiums at the Villages at Dakota Crossing in the District, located on Fort Lincoln Drive Northeast. The homes have 1,200 to 2,218 finished square feet, with base prices from $289,990 to $424,990.

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Washington Nationals relief pitcher Sean Burnett walks off the field in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in Washington. The Phillies won 3-2. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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**FILE** A fire burns May 23, 2012, on a nuclear submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. A civilian employee working as a painter and sandblaster aboard the submarine has been charged with setting the fire, which caused $400 million in damages to the vessel. (Associated Press/WMUR, Jean Mackin)