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Storm victims keep themselves dry in a boat and on the steps of a flooded basketball court that serves as an evacuation center as flooding continues for the fourth day Sunday in Bulacan province north of Manila. Back-to-back typhoons left at least 59 people dead in the northern Philippines. (Associated Press)

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Residents evacuate to safer grounds as massive flooding continues for the second day Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, at Calumpit township, Bulacan province north of Manila, Philippines. Typhoon Nalgae, the second typhoon in a week to hit the rain-soaked northern Philippines, added misery to thousands of people, some of whom are still perched on rooftops while several other Asian nations also reeled from flooding. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Two men and their ultra-light plane hang from a Ferris wheel while two children sit in a carriage near the top of the ride at a country festival at Old Bar, Australia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. The four people were trapped in the tangled wreckage for hours after the plane crashed into the ride. (AP Photo/Carl Muxlow)

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A relative of a plane crash victim cries in Bahorok, Nort Sumatra, Friday, Sept 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

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Dan Lemieux, manager of the Washington Monument inspection project, holds a 10-pound, dictionary-size chunk of marble his team removed from the monument while checking for damage from the Aug. 23 earthquake. (Associated Press)

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Emma Cardini, a civil engineer from Melrose, Mass., right, and a member of the difficult access team, dangles by a rope more than 500 feet above ground, with co-worker Daniel Gach, as they inspect the exterior of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday Sept. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Gordon H. Smith, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, says an FCC proposal to give broadcasters' spectrum space to wireless and broadband competitors would be "catastrophic" for his industry. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

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The center-island kitchen in the Sycamore model features 42-inch cabinets and stainless steel appliances.

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Stanley Martin Homes is building 209 single-family homes on half-acre sites at Selma Estates in Leesburg. The Sycamore model, with 3,281 to 6,448 square feet, is priced from $549,990.

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Dan Gach (left), Erik Shon (center) and Emma Cardini inspect the exterior of the Washington Monument for damage caused by last month's earthquake on Sept. 28, 2011. (Associated Press)

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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)