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The bow of the Titanic rests on the bottom of the North Atlantic, about 400 miles southeast of Newfoundland. April 15 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship, touted as "unsinkable" because of its safety features, on its maiden voyage. (Associated Press)

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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 112 single-family homes at Willowsford in Ashburn, Va., a 4,000-acre community with 2,000 acres of open space. The Huntington model, with 4,221 square feet, is priced from $709,990.

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The kitchen in the Duke model features an oversized center island and a breakfast area. Also featured are 42-inch cabinets, granite counters and recessed lighting.

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Even before cable news outlets began reporting the tornadoes that ripped through Texas on Tuesday, a map of the state began blinking red on a screen in the Red Cross' new social media monitoring center, alerting weather watchers that something was happening in the hard-hit area. (Associated Press)

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Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, the director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, says he has no problem dealing with a former militant. (Associated Press)

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Alex Howard, Washington correspondent with O'Reilly Media, gets a closer look at the newly unveiled American Red Cross Digital Operations Center powered by Dell on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the Red Cross's Washington, D.C., headquarters. The Digital Operations Center is devoted to disaster relief and uses social media to help empower communities during and after local disasters. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A man takes a picture of some of the computer screens depicting locations of interest and social media outlets in the new American Red Cross Digital Operations Center powered by Dell on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. The Digital Operations Center is devoted to disaster relief and uses social media to help empower communities during and after local disasters. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Wendy Harman, left, director of social engagement for the American Red Cross, walks Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Inc., through the operations and capabilities of the newly unveiled American Red Cross Digital Operations Center powered by Dell on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Digital Operations Center is devoted to disaster relief and uses social media to help empower communities during and after local disasters. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Firefighters and Emergency Ministry officials examine the scene of a fire at a market on the outskirts of Moscow on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The blaze killed 17 migrant workers. (AP Photo/Maxim Dmitriyev)

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Michal Neuvirth allowed three goals on 26 shots Monday in the Capitals' loss at the Lightning. (Associated Press)

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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.