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Jimmy Hoover, 19, left, younger brother of John Hoover, a victim killed in crash by Kevin Coffay, is comforted by a family member while listening as John McCarthy, Montgomery County state's attorney, speaks 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. Hoover wears a pin with a photograph of his brother. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Michael Murphy, an uncle of John Hoover, a victim killed in crash by Kevin Coffay, listens as John McCarthy, Montgomery County state's attorney, speaks 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. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kevin Coffay, 20, center, is escorted from Montgomery County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kelly Hartman, from right, and Liz Connelly, neighbors of Kevin Coffay, speak with members of 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. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kevin Coffay, 20, left, enters Montgomery County Circuit Court with his lawyer Michael McAuliffe for his plea hearing after being indicted on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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John McCarthy, Montgomery County state's attorney, speaks on behalf of the families of the three victims of a car crash after Kevin Coffay, 20, the driver in the crash, 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. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kevin Coffay, 20, center, with his mother, at right, enters Montgomery County Circuit Court for his plea hearing after being indicted on three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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K. Hovnanian is building 62 town homes at the Pointe at ArundelPreserve in Hanover. The homes have approximately 1,900 finished square feet, with base prices from $347,990 to $359,990.

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Alexander Semin (28) of the Washington Capitals, center, scores a goal against the Dallas Stars during the 1st period at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. Tuesday, November 8, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Capitals rookie center Cody Eakin scored his first NHL goal in his second game, a 5-1 road victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A family rests in its new apartment home after relocating from farmlands in northern China. While trying to protect farmland from development amid a housing boom, officials are going after the land under farmers' homes. (Associated Press)

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Jennifer A.J. Greene swears in before giving testimony during a hearing to make her the official director of the agency that handles 911 emergency calls and 311 service requests. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In this combination of images provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, two of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use by the fall of 2012 are seen here. (Associated Press/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

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A Thai man uses an improvised float to move his goods along a flooded street in Bangkok. Rancid brown water has seeped south across the city at a rate of about a mile per day. Government officials have issued warnings to waders. (Associated Press)

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A cookie jar lies in pieces on the kitchen counter as Jesse Richards describes what the magnitude-5.6 earthquake felt like in Sparks, Okla., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Washington Capitals' Cody Eakin scored his first NHL goal and recorded his first assist Friday night against the Carolina Hurricanes, in his second career game. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Carolina Hurricanes' Eric Staal is a minus-12 with three goals and two assists in 12 games this season. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Through advanced automatic monitoring of battery status and by encapsulating the battery and protecting it effectively in a collision, the result is a world-class safety level.

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Through advanced automatic monitoring of battery status and by encapsulating the battery and protecting it effectively in a collision, the result is a world-class safety level.

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Residents wade through a flooded street beneath portraits of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit in the Rangsit district on the outskirts of Bangkok. Water has been a virtual obsession for the king for the past four decades. Flooding this year is the worst it's been in 50 years. (Associated Press)