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A bridge is destroyed by flooding July 7, 2012, in the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik in southern Russia. Torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water in the Black Sea region overnight, unleashing intense flooding that killed more than one hundred people and forced many to seek refuge in trees and on roofs, officials said. (Associated Press)

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Nassau County Police Detective Lt. John Azzata, right, gives information about a fatal boating accident during a news conference in Oyster Bay, N.Y., Thursday, July 5, 2012. Police say three bodies have been pulled out of New York's Long Island Sound after a yacht capsized on the Fourth of July. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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**FILE** A construction worker wearing a safety harness installs roofing tiles June 27, 2012, in Springfield, Ill. (Associated Press)

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Detective Lt. John Azzata (left) of the Nassau County Police Department gives information about a fatal boating accident during a news conference in Oyster Bay, N.Y., on Thursday, July 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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An air tanker filled with fire retardant makes a drop on the north end of the wildfire in Alpine, Utah, on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Salt Lake Tribune, Leah Hogsten)

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D.R. Horton is building 11 traditional single-family homes on 10,679-square-foot sites at Cottage Farm in Alexandria. The four-bedroom Covington model, with 2,809 square feet, is priced from $719,990.

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Timberlake Homes is building single-family homes at the Meadows at Chestnut Ridge in Magnolia, Del. The Elm model features four bedrooms, three full baths and a powder room. It is priced from $249,000.

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A driver washes his face July 5, 2012, near a truck carrying NATO supplies at the Pakistani-Afghan border in Chaman, Pakistan. The first truck carrying supplies to American and NATO troops in Afghanistan has crossed the Pakistani border after a seven-month long closure of the supply routes by Pakistan ended earlier in the week. (Associated Press)

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A balloon is guided to the parade staging area during the National 4th of July Parade in Washington D.C. .(Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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A helicopter fills a 600-gallon bucket with water from a local reservoir in Alpine, Utah, on Wednesday. Hundreds of homes remained under mandatory evacuation orders. (Associated Press)