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D.C Fire Department spokesman Lon Walls has said on his personal Facebook and Twitter accounts that a firefighters' walkout from Chief Kenneth Ellerbe's Jan. 24 State of the Department speech was racist. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A fire investigator works his way through charred rubble on at the home where Josh Powell and his two sons were killed Sunday, in Graham, Wash., in what police said appeared to be a deliberately set fire. (Associated Press)
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A worker rolls up barricade tape in July 2010 after marking where a manhole exploded in Rio's Copacabana district, severely burning two American tourists. Similar explosions and the collapse of a 20-story building are increasing concerns. (Associated Press)
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An emergency worker in October 2011 looks over a restaurant in downtown Rio de Janeiro destroyed by an explosion that blew the bodies of three workers across the street. Accidents involving neglected infrastructure are causing growing concern about the city's readiness to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Winter Olympics. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama leaves Feb. 3, 2012, after speaking about the economy during an event at Fire Station #5 in Arlington, Va. Fire Station No. 5 was one of the first stations to respond to the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)
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Filipinos rush to higher ground following tsunami rumors because of a magnitude-6.9 earthquake that hit the Philippine island province of Cebu on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo)
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** FILE ** The USS Bonhomme Richard steams off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, while conducting humanitarian assistance in June 2005. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-e, File)
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Kayma Pence walks along N street during a snowstorm in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. A winter storm warning was issued for parts of western Nebraska and northeastern Kansas and into southwestern Iowa. A band of heavy snow stalled over Nebraska, dumping nearly 13 inches in some spots. (AP Photo/The Journal-Star, Jacob Hannah)
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A traveler treks into Denver International Airport during a snowstorm, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Denver. A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming, western Kansas and western Nebraska. The storm stretched as far south as New Mexico, where Department of Transportation reported difficult driving conditions on several state highways because of the winter weather, leaving highways snow packed and icy. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Cyrus McCrimmon)
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Sean Taylor's girlfriend, Jackie Garcia, holds their daughter, Jackie, during a pregame tribute to the slain Washington Redskins safety in November 2008. Taylor (right) was fatally shot the year before. (The Washington Times)
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Charles Kendrick Lee (right), charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, is joined by attorneys David Brener (left) and Wilbur Smith in a Miami courtroom Dec. 21, 2007. (The Associated Press)
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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 41 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Belmont Crest in Upper Marlboro. The Delaware model, with 3,021 square feet, is priced from $415,990.
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NVHomes is building 70 town homes and 30 single-family homes at Canary Creek in Lewes, Del. The town homes range in size from 1,983 to 2,023 square feet and are priced from $299,990 to $319,990. The Pebble Beach end-unit town-home model is priced from $319,990.
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Britain's Prince William, a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot, has deployed to the Falklands as tension between Argentina and the United Kingdom builds. A government dispatch called him a "conquistador."
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This image made from Egypt TV shows fans and a fire on Feb.1, 2012, at a soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt. Dozens of Egyptians were killed in violence following a soccer match when fans flooded the field seconds after the match against a rival team was over, Egypt's health ministry said. (Associated Press/Egypt TV via APTN)
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American Airlines baggage handlers help passengers check luggage at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport in Grapevine, Texas, on Feb. 1, 2012. (Associated Press)
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International Church of the Restoration parishioners in Marietta, Ga., mourn Jan. 30, 2012, the loss of Pastor Jose Carmo Jr., his wife Adriana and their daughter Leticia Carmo, who were killed the previous day in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 in Florida. (Associated Press)
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An aerial view shows Interstate 75 in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, after 11 people died as a result of multiple crashes caused by fog and smoke from a wildfire. (Associated Press/The Gainesville Sun)
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Residents retrieve belongings in December after authorities demolished their unauthorized houses in northeastern Delhi, which contains India's most crowded neighborhoods. Some homes are made of a single layer of brick, with extra floors added without support for the weight. Below, narrow streets are lined by buildings jammed together. Experts say a major earthquake is likely to hit the city, but next to nothing has been done to prepare for it, in part because of poverty. (Associated Press)
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In this Dec. 20, 2011 photo, commuters move past congested houses built close to each other in India's most crowded northeast district of New Delhi, India. If a major earthquake were to strike India's seismically vulnerable capital, this neighborhood, home to 2.2 million people and India's most crowded district, would likely collapse into an apocalyptic nightmare. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
