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A woman is comforted Monday after a shooter at Oikos University in Oakland, Calif., killed at seven people and wounded three more. The school's founder said the shooter was a former nursing student. (Associated Press)
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Officials work the scene of a Minnesota-bound motor home on April 1, 2012, in a ravine off Interstate 35 in northeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the northbound Freightliner motor home was carrying 18 people and pulling a trailer when the driver lost control at 9 a.m. that morning and crashed into the ravine. Five were killed. (Associated Press/KMBC-TV)
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Russian Emergency Ministry rescuers search the site where an ATR-72 turboprop plane crashed outside the Siberian city of Tyumen, Russia, on Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Marat Gubaydullin)
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An emergency worker wrestles with the steering wheel on a wrecked bus in which 17 passengers headed for a retreat in Missouri died Aug. 8, 2008, in Sherman, Texas. The bus had been inspected at a state-certified station, an operation that many safety advocates believe receives lax federal oversight. (Associated Press)
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In this Friday, March 30, 2012, photo, provided by New Mexico Search and Rescue via Silver City Daily Press & Independent, search-and-rescue team members prepare to search for missing runner Micah True, in Silver City, N.M. (AP Photo/New Mexico Search and Rescue via Silver City Daily Press & Independent)
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The ruins of a home destroyed by a wildfire are framed by a child's swing set near Conifer, Colo., on March 28, 2012. Two people died in the wildfire that started two days earlier. (Associated Press)
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Kendall Marshall averaged 7.8 points and 9.7 assists per game for North Carolina this season. (Associated Press)
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Members of the media film Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley as he casts his ballot during early voting in the primary at his precinct at the Public Safety Training Facility in Baltimore on Thursday. Early voting for the Maryland primary began on Saturday and ended on Thursday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Toll Bros. is building 13 town homes at Shady Grove Crossing in Derwood. The homes have 2,439 to 2,500 finished square feet, with base prices from $496,995 to $519,995. Homeowner association fees are $100 per month.
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The Avery model features a center-island kitchen with granite counters and stainless steel appliances.
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Van Metre Homes is building 14 homes from its Marquis Custom Estate Collection on sites of 3 to 8 acres at Fox Knoll of Middleburg. The Avery model is base-priced from $729,990.
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** FILE ** Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain that had a "medical situation" during a Las Vegas-bound flight from JFK International airport, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in Amarillo, Texas. Passengers said the pilot screamed that Iraq or Afghanistan had planted a bomb on the flight, was locked out of the cockpit, and then tackled and restrained by passengers. (AP Photo/Steve Douglas)
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A trail of slurry is deposited by a bomber during a run over a smoldering ridge in the Lower North Fork Wildfire burning in the foothills community of Conifer, Colo., southwest of Denver on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain that had a "medical situation" during a Las Vegas-bound flight from JFK International airport, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in Amarillo, Texas. (AP Photo/Steve Douglas)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain who was locked out of the cockpit by crew members during a New York-to-Las Vegas flight on Tuesday because of his behavior. Passengers said the pilot ranted about a possible bomb onboard.
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Authorities use explosive sniffing dogs dogs to search luggage after an emergency landing at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Amarillo, Texas, after a "medical situation" involving the pilot.
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This map, released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shows the likely effects from a 10-kiloton nuclear device set off a few blocks north of the White House. (AP Photo/FEMA)
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A fast-moving wildfire tops out trees as the blaze just about comes over the ridge on Monday, March 26, 2012, near Reynolds Ranch in Conifer, Colo. (AP Photo/Denver Post, John Leyba)
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This map, released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is contained in a report from a study that analyzed the likely effects from terrorists setting off a 10-kiloton nuclear device a few blocks north of the White House. The map shows a summary of severe, moderate and light damage zones, and types of damage or injuries likely to be encountered by responders. (AP Photo/FEMA)
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Rescue workers arrive at the crash site where two Metro trains collided head-on near the Fort Totten Metro Station in June 2009. "When the accident happened in 2009, I called a supervisor and said, 'Is this the one we all dreaded?' " said Christine Townsend, who sued Metro for discrimination and won. (The Washington Times)
