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The Colorado Avalanche are the NHL's youngest team. Winger T.J. Galiardi, 23, is in his third NHL season and has six points. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Larry MacDougal)
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Semyon Varlamov went 26-24-3 in his first season with the Colorado Avalanche. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)
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Police carry the body of a victim by a flash flood that hit Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. A tropical storm triggered flash floods in the southern Philippines, killing scores of people and missing more. Mayor Lawrence Cruz of nearby Iligan said the coast guard and other rescuers were scouring the waters off his coastal city for survivors or bodies that may have been swept to the sea by a swollen river. (AP Photo/Froilan Gallardo)
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Washington Capitals goaltender Michal Neuvirth made 26 saves in his shutout of the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. He'll get the start between the pipes Saturday night against the Colorado Avalanche. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Woods)
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**FILE** The bottom of the blowout preventer stack, from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, which is being examined as evidence for federal investigations, is seen Sept. 13, 2010, at the NASA Michaud Assembly facility in New Orleans. (Associated Press)
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Redskins strong safety LaRon Landry has been placed on injured reserve because of a left Achilles tendon injury, while free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe (left) has been knocked out of the starting lineup because of various leg injuries. (Associated Press)
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Redskins free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe has been knocked out of the starting lineup because of various leg injuries. (Associated Press)
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Redskins strong safety LaRon Landry has been placed on injured reserve because of a left Achilles tendon injury. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Doctors in at a Red Crescent Hospital examine a man who was shot in the leg when caught in the crossfire between Iraqi factions in the Saddam City area of Baghdad, Iraq. The doctors said that they have not treated any war casualties in two days, but are flooded with victims of civil chaos and fighting and are running low on supplies, Friday, April 11, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times )
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A dead Iraqi lies near a destroyed surface-to-air missle near where the1st Marine Division crossed into Baghdad over blown bridges crossing the Diyala River after 8th ESB spanned the damaged sections with bridging equipment in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, April 8, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at a Senate Clean Air and Nuclear Safety subcommittee hearing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 107 villas at Greenfield Crossing in Aldie. The Hanover model, with 3,227 square feet, is priced from $429,990.
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** FILE ** The Lucky Friday Mine in the Silver Valley near Mullan, Idaho, is pictured in May 2007. (AP Photo/Nick Geranios, File)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking Iowa by storm in the final weeks leading up to the Republican presidential caucuses.
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Radioactive water pools outside a building with a purification device inside at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
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** FILE ** A driver in Brunswick, Maine, holds a cellphone on Sept. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman discusses in Washington on Tuesday the NTSB's recommendation to ban all cellphone use by drivers except for emergencies. (Associated Press)
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National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman speaks Dec. 13, 2011, during a news conference in Washington to discuss the board's recommendation to ban all cellphone and portable electronic device use by drivers except for emergencies. (Associated Press)
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A rescue worker is seen Aug. 5, 2010, at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a tractor-trailer and another passenger vehicle near Gray Summit, Mo. Federal safety investigators say a 19-year-old driver was texting at the time his pickup truck, two school buses and other vehicles collided in a deadly pileup on an interstate highway in Missouri. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins wide receiver David Anderson (88) hauls in a 6-yard touchdown in the third quarter in front of New England Patriots strong safety James Ihedigbo (44). (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
