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The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire grows in Mogollon, N.M., a privately owned ghost town that was ordered to evacuate. Fire officials in New Mexico said the blaze is 0 percent contained. (Associated Press)

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This citizen journalism image taken Saturday purports to show casualties of the assault on villages in Houla, Syria, that left more than 90 people dead. The Syrian government denied responsibility and said that its troops were targeted as well. (Shaam News Network via Associated Press)

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Will Power and Mike Conway crash during the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/LAT, Michael L. Levitt)

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Firefighter Scott Abraham of the San Bernardino County Fire Department sprays water as his crew tries to keep a wildfire from crossing a San Diego County road on Friday, May 25, 2012, near Julian, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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A navy vehicle drives along a street in the coastal town of Barra de Navidad as the community prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Bud along the Pacific coast of Mexico, Friday, May 25, 2012. Hurricane Bud lost a little of its sting early Friday, but remained a potent Category 2 storm as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Puerto Vallarta. (AP Photo/Bruno Gonzalez)

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This image provided by NASA, taken May 25, 2012, at 1:15 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Bud. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Bud has strengthened off the southwestern coast of Mexico. (Associated Press/NASA)

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Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center, discusses the upcoming hurricane season at a press conference in Miami on Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

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Craftmark Homes is building 91 single-family homes at Park Ridge in Clarksburg. The Oakton Alternate model, with 4,275 square feet, is priced from $738,900 to $758,900.

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Quarry Springs at Stoneyhurst in Bethesda will offer 97 condominium homes in four buildings on the site of the oldest working quarry in the region. The homes, with 2,200 to 4,000 finished square feet, will range in price from $1,800,000 to $4,000,000.

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A fire burns on a nuclear submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/WMUR, Jean Mackin)