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Hudson the agriculture dog alerts on a bag at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. Hudson is trained to alert on food. While many foodstuffs are permitted, some food from some countries is not allowed into the United States because it can potentially introduce bacterias, mold or illness. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A wildfire burns in the Bradshaw Mountains in Prescott National Forest in Arizona on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Arizona Republic, David Wallace)
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Stanley Martin Homes is building 204 single-family homes on sites of 3 acres or larger at Huntleigh at Creighton Farms in Aldie. The Sutton model, with 3,694 to 6,590 square feet, is priced from $734,990.
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The Sutton model features a kitchen and breakfast area that's open to the family room. The center-island kitchen features granite counters and hardwood flooring.
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The penthouse homes are priced from $395,000 to $595,000 and have 697 to 1,457 finished square feet. Co-op fees average $650 monthly.
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FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a Senate committee Wednesday that leaks threaten law enforcement operations, put sources' lives at risk and make it harder to recruit them, and damage ties with foreign law-enforcement partners. (Associated Press)
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Tatang Kurniadi (left), chief of the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Board; Daryatmo (right), National Search and Rescue head; and an unidentified Russian investigator inspect the burned cockpit voice recorder of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed into a mountain in West Java last week, during a press conference in Cijeruk, Indonesia, on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Jefri Tarigan)
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** FILE ** Syrian soldiers are seen through the damaged window of a military truck that was hit by a roadside bomb in Daraa, Syria, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The blast occurred just seconds after a team of U.N. observers passed by. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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In a Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, file photo, Walter Lee, right, manager of Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, leads the evaluation as the Tennessee Valley Authority conducts an emergency preparedness drill in the Central Emergency Control Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry)** FILE **
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Will Venable was a one-man wrecking crew for the Padres, going 4-for-5 with a double, a triple and a stolen base. He scored one run and drove in another. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Firefighters inspect a damaged bus at the scene of a bomb attack that targeted a former Colombian interior minister in Bogota, Colombia, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The blast killed two people and injured at least 19 others. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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Palestinians mark the 64th anniversary of "Nakba," Arabic for "catastrophe" — the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948 — in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
