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Visitors embrace in front of the Wall of Names near the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa., on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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The Roda Stens art exhibition center is seen under the Alvsborg Bridge in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. Police said they had evacuated the arts center overnight Sunday because of a threat deemed to pose "serious danger for life, health or substantial damage of property." (AP Photo/Scanpix, Adam Ihse)

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Women mourn the dead in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on Sunday, Sept 11, 2011, after the ferry M.V. Spice Islanders sank early Saturday near the tourist destination of Zanzibar. (AP Photo/Ali Sultan)

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The Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to a contract extension with 30-year-old safety Troy Palamalu on Saturday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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The muddy interior of a Mini Cooper is seen in the parking lot of a Courtyard Marriott hotel on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Addison Edward, of Alexandria, Va., closes the door to his friend's Isuzu Trooper on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria on Sept. 9, 2011. The vehicle was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Addison Edward, of Alexandria, Va., attempts to start his friend's Isuzu Trooper on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria on Sept. 9, 2011. The vehicle was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Tow truck driver Terry Walker takes photos of a vehicle's muddy engine on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011, after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A sign reading "Not responsible for theft or damage to vehicles or contents" is seen in the basement parking lot at Alexandria Tech Center 4 on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The basement parking lot at Alexandria Tech Center 4 on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., is seen here on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Melvin Coto (left) and Jose Billalovos, employees with a clean-up and landscaping company, remove tree limbs and debris from a parking lot on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Nick Pyteo (left), a supervisor for a clean-up and landscaping company, chops up a large tree limb before hauling away a truckload of debris from a parking lot on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A cleaning crew removes mud from an office building's parking lot on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A cleaning crew removes mud from an office building's parking lot on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Muddy water sits inside the headlight of a Mini Cooper in the parking lot of a Courtyard Marriott hotel on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A clean-up crew collects tree limbs and debris that washed into the parking lot on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A cleaning crew removes mud from an office building's parking lot on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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William Borden takes photographs of the flood damage to his Lexus in the parking lot of Strayer University in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mud dries on the hood of a car parked on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 9, 2011, after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A large gas-powered water pump is employed Sept. 9, 2011, in the basement parking lot under the Alexandria Tech Center 4 on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va. The lot was flooded after heavy rains pounded the region the previous night. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)