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Townspeople watch as rescue workers tend to the injured and dead in flattened homes after a gasoline pipeline exploded Monday in Nairobi, Kenya. At least 75 people were dead and the toll was expected to rise; more than 100 suffered severe burns. (Associated Press)
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A bell is rung during the reading of the names of passengers and crew who died on Flight 93 during memorial services near the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2011. (Associated Press/Gene J. Puskar)
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A mourner bows at the coffin of Swedish professional ice hockey player Stefan Liv in the Arena in Yaroslavl, Russia, northeast of Moscow, on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, during a funeral service for the victims of Wednesday's plane crash. The sign on the coffin reads "Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv." (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk to the crash site of Flight 93 during their visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial Sunday, Sept., 11, 2011, in Shanksville, Pa., on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama lay a wreath at the Wall of Names at phase 1 of the permanent Flight 93 National Memorial near the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. Sunday Sept. 11, 2011, on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A person searches for anyone who may be occupying a building last month as raging floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene cross Route 100, closing the main road to traffic in Waitsfield, Vt. As the soggy Northeast tries to dry out from flooding and Texas prays for rain that doesn't come, it seems like an ideal match of oversupply and unquenchable demand. It isn't.
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A flag hangs from the frame above the front door of a home on Medina River Way in Steiner Ranch in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. Texas is in the midst of one of its worst wildfire outbreaks in state history.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A truck passes a cornfield near an intersection Thursday in Palmyra, Iowa. Tall stalks obstructing drivers' views are an increasing fall hazard in the Corn Belt as farmers expand their fields closer to the edges of roads.
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A bell is rung during the reading of the names of passengers and crew who died aboard Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. Memorial services were held near the crash site in Shanksville, Pa., on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk to the crash site of Flight 93 during their visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial on Sunday, Sept., 11, 2011, in Shanksville, Pa., on the 10th anniversary the attacks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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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)
