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**FILE** Clothing lying in heaps at the site of a neighborhood in Rikuzentakata, Japan, destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami is seen Feb. 21, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Emergency crews work the scene of a Via Rail train derailment in Burlington, Ontario, on Feb. 26, 2012. Three railroad employees were killed and dozens of passengers injured after the Toronto-bound train derailed. (Associated Press/The Canadian Press)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks at the Special Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety panel during the National Governors Association winter meeting in Washington, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Firefighters from the Landover Hills Fire Department check out a fire-damaged house in Riverdale on Sunday The blaze seriously injured two firefighters with the Bladensburg Volunteer Fire Department. The cause of the Friday fire is under investigation. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Firefighters with the Landover Hills Fire Department check out a fire-damaged house from a February 2012 arson in Riverdale, where two firefighters with the Bladensburg Volunteer Fire Department suffered serious burns. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Six months after the Aug. 23 earthquake and the Washington Monument is still closed, awaiting repair. What's up with that? "There's plenty of people out of work, but maybe they need specialized people to do [the repairs]." Josh Sher, 42, Miami, mortgage
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Six months after the Aug. 23 earthquake and the Washington Monument is still closed, awaiting repair. What's up with that? "It's good for D.C. because I still have a reason to come back. This is my third trip and I still haven't gone up the Washington Monument." Kevin Barnes, 39, Birmingham, Al., logger
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Six months after the Aug. 23 earthquake and the Washington Monument is still closed, awaiting repair. What's up with that? "I had heard it was fractured. However long it takes to get fixed, we need it." Stacey Barnes, 34, Birmingham, Al., dietician
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Six months after the Aug. 23 earthquake and the Washington Monument is still closed, awaiting repair. What's up with that? "I don't think it will affect tourism. D.C. has a lot of other stuff like museums, and the White House. [A year's worth of repairs] I think is pretty long." Christy Chen, 28, Miami, hotel industry
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Fire boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig on Aprll 21, 2010.
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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.
