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Spencer Datt, 18, was one of three young people who died in a May 15 car crash near Olney in which the driver, Kevin Coffay, was impaired.
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John Hoover, 20, was one of three young people who died in a May 15 car crash near Olney in which the driver, Kevin Coffay, was impaired.
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Patrick Hoover (left) shakes hands with a Montgomery County sheriff's officer on his way out of Maryland Circuit Court in Rockville on Thursday after the sentencing hearing for the driver in a May 15 crash that killed Mr. Hoover's son John, 20, and two other young people. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Residents search for victims following a landslide that occurred Jan. 5, 2012, in the small-scale mining community of Pantukan in southern Philippines. (Associated Press/Philippine Army)
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Ryan Homes is building 106 single-family homes on quarter-acre to half-acre sites at Lake Linganore at Eaglehead in Frederick. The Avalon model, with 2,935 square feet, is priced from $419,990 to $455,990.
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"The situation on the ground now, in humanitarian terms, is grim. Because people fled town, they didn't take anything with them. They've been in the bush for up to a week. They haven't had food, they haven't had access to clean water, in a number of cases their people are wounded." - Lise Grande, U.N. deputy humanitarian coordinator for South Sudan.
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A P-51 Mustang airplane piloted by Jimmy Leeward plunges toward spectators Sept. 16 at the National Championship Air Races. The plane had climbed, rolled and then abruptly plunged nose-first into spectators. Eleven people were killed and more than 70 hurt. (Associated Press)
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Calgary Flames left wing Curtis Glencross (20) battles for the puck against Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom on Jan. 3, 2012, during the third period of the Capitals' 3-1 victory in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Washington Capitals left wing Troy Brouwer celebrates his goal with the fans behind the glass during the second period of an NHL game against the Calgary Flames, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Northstar Disposal Services LLC in Youngstown, Ohio, has halted operations at its injection well, which disposes of brine used in gas and oil drilling, after a series of small earthquakes in the area, including a magnitude 4.0 on New Year's Eve. (Associated Press)
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Flames raise from a gas pipeline after an explosion near the town Rastan in the restive Homs province of Syria on Jan. 3, 2012. The Syrian government blamed the explosion on terrorists, according to the Syrian official news agency SANA. (Associated Press/SANA)
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Rachelle Friedman Chapman, a North Carolina woman left paralyzed by a poolside accident, has grown stronger while training at a spinal cord injury recovery center in Carlsbad, Calif. (Associated Press)
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Firefighters extinguish numerous cars on fire in a carport in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 2, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters assist a man out of his apartment along with a cage of birds as multiple cars burn in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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Virginia safety Corey Mosley (7) leaves the field after losing to Auburn in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Atlanta. Auburn won 43-24. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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Burning cars are shown at the site of an arson fire in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Friday Dec.30, 2011. An arsonist torched car after car early Friday, sending firefighters scrambling to put out more than a dozen blazes in Hollywood and neighboring West Hollywood. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
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A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter is shown Dec. 30, 2011, at a fire in West Hollywood, Calif. An arsonist torched car after car earlier in the day, sending firefighters scrambling to put out more than a dozen blazes in Hollywood and neighboring West Hollywood. (Associated Press)
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A poster warning of the effects of the drug known as 'Spice' hangs on a wall Dec. 6, 2011, at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Thursday, Dec. 29, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un, center, with officials, pays respects to late leader Kim Jong Il, during the funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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Route 107 in Vermont between Bethel and Stockbridge reopened Thursday, making it the final highway to do so after being closed by Hurricane Irene-induced flooding. (Associated Press)
