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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)
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Washington Redskins strong safety DeJon Gomes (24) breaks up a pass in the end zone intended for New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski (87) during the second quarter. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Boeing employees work in the 787 Dreamliners Aft Body Assembly building in June in Charleston, S.C. Boeing and the International Association Machinists reached a deal on a new contract last week. The union had accused Boeing of illegally shifting work to the Charleston plant in retaliation for past strikes in Washington state. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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Rescue workers use ropes to evacuate people after a fire engulfed the Advanced Medical Research Institute hospital in Kolkata on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Investigators inspect the scene of a fatal shooting on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles after a gunman who fired at cars and shouted, "Kill me" and "I'm gonna die!" was shot to death by police. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)
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Navy Midshipmen defensive end Wes Henderson (99) and Navy Midshipmen safety Tra'ves Bush (9) celebrate as Navy wins 27-21 over Navy at Fedex Field, Landover, MD, Saturday, December 10, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Helicopters fly over the field before the Army-Navy game at Fedex Field, Landover, MD, Saturday, December 10, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Navy Midshipmen defensive end Wes Henderson (99) and Navy Midshipmen safety Tra'ves Bush (9) celebrate as Navy wins 27-21 over Navy at FedEx Field, Landover, MD, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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People help carry a patient out of a hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The fire swept through the hospital early Friday, sending emergency workers scrambling to evacuate patients and medical staff from the smoke-filled building, officials said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil tankers after they were torched by militants at a terminal on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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NVHomes is building 26 single-family homes on fifth-acre sites at Waverly Overlook in Marriottsville. The Roosevelt model, with 3,101 square feet, is priced from $609,990.
