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The Wiehle Avenue station being built between the Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Access Road will bring Metrorail service to Reston in Fairfax County. Whether the Silver Line expands into Loudoun County is up to the Board of Supervisors, which votes Tuesday on funding. (The Washington Times)

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A utility worker clears a downed tree in Springfield, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday knocked out power to approximately one million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A utility worker secures a power line on a pole as his team repairs lines downed by fallen trees in Springfield, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday, June 29th knocked out power to approximately one million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A portable generator supplies power to a traffic signal on Route 1 in Fairfax, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday knocked out power to approximately a million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the Washington, DC region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A gas station, unable to pump gasoline because they have no electricity, displays a sign reading "No Power" in Springfield, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday knocked out power to approximately one million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Many trees and power-lines still litter the roadways after last Friday's severe storms on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Many trees and power-lines still litter the roadways after last Friday's severe storms on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Many trees and power-lines still litter the roadways after last Friday's severe storms on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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On Friday, June 29, 2012, little remains of a structure that was burned by raging wildfires in the Colorado Springs, Colo., neighborhood of Mountain Shadow. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A Russian space agency rescue team carries U.S. astronaut Donald Pettit (center) shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz space capsule near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, Pool)

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Fallen trees caused a great deal of damage at Congressional Country Club during third round play of the AT&T National golf tournament, Bethesda, Md., Saturday, June 30, 2012. The tournament was closed to the public on Saturday due to storms the previous night causing severe damage throughout the course. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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Brendon de Jonge, left, and Hunter Mahan, center, walk through fallen debris at Congressional Country Club during third round play of the AT&T National golf tournament, Bethesda, Md., Saturday, June 30, 2012. The tournament was closed to the public on Saturday due to storms the previous night causing severe damage throughout the course. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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A secret service agent looks over the burnt homes in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood damaged by the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, June 29, 2012. After declaring a "major disaster" in the state early Friday and promising federal aid, President Barack Obama got a firsthand view of the wildfires and their toll on residential communities. More than 30,000 people have been evacuated in what is now the most destructive wildfire in state history. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Joe Amon)