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Lt. Greg Dypsky (foreground) and Fireman Steve Muccino (center), members of the Rescue Squad 3 Collapse Task Force, search through the mock rubble of a fallen building in search of survivors and bodies at RFK Stadium on Wednesday. Government agencies and their nongovernment partners simulated a response to a Category 2 hurricane strike. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Owner Eric Jensen examines cantaloupe on the Jensen Farms near Holly, Colo., on Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration has recalled 300,000 cases of cantaloupe grown on the Jensen Farms after connecting it with a listeria outbreak. (Associated Press)
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Filipinos carry a pig through a street flooded by Typhoon Nesat in the Manila suburb of San Mateo on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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Washington Nationals relief pitcher Doug Slaten watches after Florida Marlins' Bryan Petersen hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to defeat the Nationals 3-2 during a baseball game in Miami, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Washington Nationals relief pitcher Doug Slaten watches after Florida Marlins' Bryan Petersen hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to defeat the Nationals 3-2 during a baseball game in Miami, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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A rescue worker carries one of about 271 injured passengers out of a subway tunnel where a train being operated by subway staff via phone rather than electronic signals crashed into a stopped train. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe knocks the pass away from Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Kevin Ogletree during the second half of an NFL football game Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Washington Redskins wide receiver Jabar Gaffney is tackled by Dallas Cowboys free safety Gerald Sensabaugh during the first half of an NFL football game Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Passengers walk out from a subway tunnel after leaving trains involved in a collision in Shanghai on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Washington Redskins strong safety LaRon Landry was placed on injured reserve Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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On Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, trees and brush surround the mobile home where four people were found dead Sunday near Laurel, Ind., in rural Franklin County. A fifth person was found dead across the road. (AP Photo/A.J. Mast)
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Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a Beechcraft 1900D operated by Buddha Air after it crashed in the mountains outside Bisankunarayan village, just south of Katmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. The plane, carrying tourists to view Mount Everest, went down while attempting to land in dense fog; all 19 people on board were killed, officials said. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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"Assistance at a time of a natural disaster should not be a controversial issue. It hasn't been before. We're not going to balance the budget on the backs of people who have already been hit by a disaster," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. (Associated Press)
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People assess the damage Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, after heavy rainfall on Thursday knocked out Mattox Avenue, opening up Placid Lake into Burnt House Cove in Oak Grove, Va., due to the effects of the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Dave Ellis)
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Associated Press Sixth-grader Colin Green, 11, grabs a clipboard for his next class Sept. 13 inside a tent "classroom" at Moretown, Vt., Elementary School. Flooding damage was estimated at more than $300,000.
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Steuart-Kret Homes is building 44 villas at the Delight at Fairwood in Bowie. The homes have 1,942 finished square feet, with base prices from $305,900.
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K. Hovnanian Homes is offering single-family homes in its active-adult community in Middletown, Del., Four Seasons at Silver Maple.. The homes, which are pre-construction priced at $219,990 to $309,990, will have two to four bedrooms, two to four baths and 1,251 to 5,400 finished square feet.
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A walks past an uprooted tree that lies on the river bed of the swollen Shonai River at Kasugai, central Japan,on Wednesday Sept. 21, 2011 as powerful Typhoon Roke lashes across central Japan with heavy rains and sustained winds of up to 100 mph. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Farmlands are under waters flooded from the Toyo River in central japan on Wednesday Sept. 21, 2011 as powerful Typhoon Roke barreled across central Japan with heavy rains and sustained winds of up to 100 mph. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
