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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)

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Axis deer are plentiful on the island of Maui in Hawaii, where they have caused considerable damage over the years to the landscape, but now there are an estimated 100 on the Big Island, 30 miles away, and no one knows how they got there. (Forest and Kim Starr via Associated Press)

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People walk past a memorial to tornado victims who died in a nursing home along path of destruction on the anniversary of a deadly tornado that devastated the area a year ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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The Falcon 9 rocket cut a fiery arc through the darkness when it lifted off just before 4 a.m. Tuesday and boosted an unmanned capsule into orbit. Financed by a billionaire businessman, the ship will deliver supplies to the International Space Station. The launch marked the first time a commercial spacecraft has been sent to the outpost. (Associated Press)

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Rescuers evacuate an injured man from the site of a train accident at a station near Penukonda, India, about 105 miles north of Bangalore, on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe, through a spokesperson, declined to discuss the action taken against Battalion Fire Chief Kevin B. Sloan. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)