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** FILE ** Fire-boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)
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Large drums containing a yellow-brown gooey substance could lead to an environmental mess at a property leased and abandoned by Solyndra. Items contaminated with lead are also at the site. A large structure outside the facility has the words "Argon Refrigerated Liquid" on its side. (U.S. Bankruptcy Court)
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Two U.S. Marine helicopters collided Wednesday over a training site near the California-Arizona border. The crash killed seven Marines in one of the deadliest military training accidents in years. Six of the Marines were from Camp Pendleton. (Associated Press)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron listens Thursday as Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Abdiweli Mohamed Ali speaks at a press conference in London. A one-day conference on Somalia was attended by representatives of 40 governments to discuss terrorism, famine and security issues involving Somalia. (Associated Press)
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Emergency personnel throw burned items out of a window at the scene of a fatal fire in South Plainfield, N.J., on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. The blaze killed five people and injured four others. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Toll Bros. is planning 225 single-family homes at Regency at Chancellorsville in Fredericksburg, Va. The Harrison model, with 2,026 finished square feet, is base-priced from $290,995 to $302,995.
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The breakfast area adjacent to the kitchen shares the same flooring. It has a triple window facing the courtyard as well as a side window.
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Stone carver Andy Uhl works on repairing the base to a decorative piece of carved stone in the Washington National Cathedral stone carvers workshop. Thursday marks the six-month anniversary of the Aug. 23 earthquake that caused extensive damage to the cathedral. Above, scaffolding and a warning tape testify to the unfinished state of repairs. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8) and Carolina Hurricanes' Tim Gleason (6) work along the boards during the first period in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Lou Pizzarello (front) is followed by Randy Petersen during an aircraft emergency landing exercise at the American Airlines training facility in Fort Worth, Texas. For aviation buffs, every aspect of commercial flying must be experienced.
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Firemen rescue wounded passengers from a commuter train after a crash in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. The packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station, killing scores and injuring hundreds, according to police. (Associated Press)
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Alex Ovechkin (8) of the Washington Capitals has the puck poked away by the Carolina Hurricanes' Brandon Sutter (16), with the Hurricanes' Tim Gleason nearby, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Karl B. DeBlaker)
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Paramedics care for wounded passengers from a commuter train that crashed at a railroad station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Leonardo Zavattaro,Telam)
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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin has the puck poked away by Carolina Hurricanes' Brandon Sutter (16) with Hurricanes' Tim Gleason nearby, during the first period in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
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Carolina Hurricanes' Anthony Stewart, center left, is congratulated on his goal by teammates Eric Staal (12) and Jamie McBain (4) as Washington Capitals' Alexander Semin (28), of Russia, skates by during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. The Hurricanes won 5-0. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
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Carolina celebrates a goal by Eric Staal as Washington defenseman Dennis Wideman skates by. The Hurricanes routed the Capitals 5-0 on Monday night. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari is escorted to the Mahon Federal Building in Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Zach Long, File)
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This undated photo provided by Stevens Pass Ski Resort shows Chris Rudolph. Rudolph and two other men died in an avalanche in an out-of-bounds area at the resort on Feb. 19, 2012. (Associated Press/Stevens Pass Ski Resort via the Seattle Times)
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Houses are seen Feb. 20, 2012, destroyed by Syrian government forces shelling, at Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs, Syria. An opposition group said several people have been killed in heavy shelling of a district in central Syria, a day after the army sent reinforcements ahead of a possible ground assault. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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Carolina Hurricanes' Jerome Samson (71) has his shot blocked by Washington Capitals goalie Tomas Vokoun (29), of the Czech Republic, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
