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Offensive lineman Kory Lichtensteiger suffered extensive damage to his knee on Oct. 16, 2011, against the Philadelphia Eagles. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Thai residents ride rafts and boats through a flooded street in Bangkok on Nov. 17, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Beazer Homes is building 36 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Willowsford in Aldie. The Ashford model, with 3,090 square feet, is priced from $589,990.
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Washington, DC Mayor Vincent Gray speaks to reporters after surveying the damage the Washington National Cathedral sustained from the August 23 earthquake, Washington, DC, Thursday, October 20, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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NASA "We need each other more than ever before," says NASA's Jim Green of the imperiled partnership with the European Space Agency.
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Dima Zalatimo, of Georgetown, examines the Washington National Cathedral on Sunday with her sons, 2-year-old Milan (center) and 5-year-old Luca. Sunday marked the first public service at the cathedral since an August earthquake caused an estimated $15 million in damage. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde (center) walks through the Washington National Cathedral. She asked those who attended the first service at the cathedral since an August earthquake to see the ongoing recovery as a time to strengthen and rebuild. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Visitors to the National Cathedral leave after the Service of Holy Eucharist finishes, the first day the Cathedral is reopened to the public after being closed for almost three months from earthquake damage, on Sunday, November 13, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Shafts of light streak across safety netting to catch falling debris before the Service of Holy Eucharist begins, the first day the Cathedral is reopened to the public after being closed for almost 3 months from earthquake damage. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Ava Dirr and her father Tim admire a stained glass window at National Cathedral before the Service of Holy Eucharist begins, the first day the Cathedral is reopened to the public after being closed for almost three months from earthquake damage. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Perry and Gail Epes of Alexandria, VA and their friend Linda Kaufaman of Washington, DC, right, make their way to the National Cathedral before the Service of Holy Eucharist begins, the first day the Cathedral is reopened to the public after being closed for almost three months from earthquake damage. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Erik Champenois, left, of Washington, DC, Amber Lipps, of Mount Airy, MD, center, and Doug Choi of Washington, DC stop to look at the front facade of the National Cathedral before the Service of Holy Eucharist begins, the first day the Cathedral is reopened to the public after being closed for almost 3 months from earthquake damage, Sunday, November 13, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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The Grand Hall stands Nov. 8, 2011, after heavy flooding in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. (Associated Press)
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Soldiers and investigators examine the wreckage of a helicopter that was carrying Mexico's Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora, at a mountainous area in Santa Catarina Ayatzingo, southeast of Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo)
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** FILE ** In this Wednesday, July 14, 2010, file photo, Mexico's Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora attends his swearing-in ceremony at Los Pinos presidential residence in Mexico City. The Mexican government said on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, that Mora, Mexico's No. 2 government official next to the president, has died in a helicopter crash with seven others, including the pilot. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
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New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, right, makes a save on a shot by Carolina Hurricanes' Chad LaRose during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
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Jimmy Hoover (left), along with brother Charlie, talk to the media about another brother who was killed in the crash of a car driven by Kevin Coffay. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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A couple stand in front of flooded River Street in Nome, Alaska, on Wednesday. High winds and surging waves pummeled Alaska's western coast, forcing residents of Nome and isolated native villages to seek higher ground inland. (Associated Press)
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In late September, more than seven months after the Feb. 22 collapse of the Canterbury Television building in Christchurch, New Zealand, memorials to those who died adorn a fence surrounding the empty lot, from which the rubble had been cleared. The quake struck a year earlier, in September 2010. (Associated Press)
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Jimmy Hoover, 19, left, and Charlie Hoover, center, younger and older brothers, respectively, of John Hoover, a victim killed in crash by Kevin Coffay, speak to the press after Coffay, 20, pled guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. "When I go home, Johnnie's not going to be there," said Jimmy Hoover, "I didn't know how much I had until he was gone." (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
