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Redskins safety Madieu Williams, who played last season with San Francisco, runs a drill with a member of the coaching staff. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Redskins safeties Brandon Meriweather (right) and Tanard Jackson stretch during drills Thursday. Both were brought in during the offseason. (Associated Press)

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Enterprise Homes and the family of Abe Pollin are building 83 town homes at MetroTowns at Parkside in Northeast Washington. The homes have 1,288 to 1,444 finished square feet, with base prices from $259,900 to $284,900.

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** FILE ** New York City police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly speaks on Jan. 27, 2012, during a news conference in New York. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian boy sits Tuesday amid the rubble of a house in Taftanaz, Syria, that was destroyed during a military operation by the Syrian army in April. Damascus has agreed to allow humanitarian-aid workers from the U.N. and nongovernmental organizations into four Syrian provinces to deliver food, medicine and other supplies. (Associated Press)

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The crash scene of a heavy air tanker is seen from the air on June 4, 2012, near Hamblin Valley, Utah. The P2v Heavy air tanker crashed the previous day as it dropped retardant on a 5,000-acre wildfire, killing pilots Todd Neal Tompkins and Ronnie Edwin Chambless, both of Boise, Idaho. (Associated Press/The Deseret News)

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Debris from an MD-83 aircraft that crashed while approaching the airport in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sunday, June 3, 2012, is pictured on Monday. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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**FILE** Emergency personnel investigate the scene of a March 12, 2011, tour bus crash on Interstate 95 in the Bronx borough of New York. The crash killed 15 passengers. (Associated Press)

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Phase one of the New York Avenue Bridge project is nearing completion. Heavy train traffic under the bridge has limited the time workers are given to safely do reconstruction near the tracks. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The crash scene of a heavy air tanker is seen from the air on Monday near Hamblin Valley in Utah. The tanker crashed Sunday afternoon as it dropped retardant on a 5,000-acre wildfire, killing pilots Todd Neal Tompkins and Ronnie Edwin Chambless. (The Deseret News via Associated Press)

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This 2012 photo released by Mission: Allergy, Inc. shows a house dust mite as seen with an electron microscope, enlarged about 200 times. Experts say dust's constant accumulation has nothing to do with poor housekeeping. Dust is a naturally and continually forming collection of some pretty gross stuff. (AP Photo/Mission: Allergy)