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Water Street sits under several feet of flood waters at Pennsylvania Avenue as several days of heavy rains cause flooding in Upper Marlboro, Md. on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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Utility workers watch encroaching flood waters on Water Street at Pennsylvania Avenue as several days of heavy rains cause flooding in Upper Marlboro, Md. on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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A car is engulfed with water as a flash flood occurs in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday, September 8, 2011. Rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is causing flash floods. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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A car is trapped in a parking garage as flood waters rise in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday, September 8, 2011. Rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is causing flash floods. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Students attending Strayer University on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., are trapped by flood waters Thursday, September 8, 2011. Rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is causing flash floods. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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SIGN OF THE TIMES: Water Street sits under several feet of floodwater at Pennsylvania Avenue on Thursday. Several days of heavy rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee followed Hurricane Irene to cause flooding. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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The offramp to Route 322 East in Hershey, Pa., was severely damaged by the excessive rainfall Thursday. The road is a major access point to the Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center. This and other flood damage is inhibiting emergency response to the hospital. (Associated Press)
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Red roses sit beneath the bench honoring Navy Cmdr. William H. Donovan at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington. The memorial is dedicated to the 184 people who were killed when a hijacked plane was flown into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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The Medal for Valor presented to George E. Clodfelter III for his actions at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, is displayed on the wall behind him in his home. He continually went into the building to rescue survivors. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Construction of the One World Trade Center continues Sept. 1, 2011, at ground zero in New York. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A flag noting the killing of Osama bin Laden is placed at the temporary memorial in Shanksville, Pa., to the pasengers who were killed while stopping terrorists aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on May 2.
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Bruce Shade is evacuated from his mobile home park along Zimmy's Drive in Conewago Township, Pa., on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. The remnants of slow-moving Tropical Storm Lee dumped more rain on the already waterlogged state, with forecasters warning residents across the state to brace for more potential flooding. (AP Photo/York Daily Record/Sunday News)
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Ryan Homes is building 81 town homes and condominiums at Market Square at Frederick in Frederick. The Mozart model town home, with 1,709 square feet, is priced from $269,990.
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Cars drive through high water on Route 50 in Cheverly, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. As the leftovers from Tropical Storm Lee brought welcome wet weather to farmers in the Southeast, many areas of the East Coast were getting soaked, bringing new concerns about flooding. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Donna Eldred and Don Bourcier lay flowers at a small memorial at the IHOP in Carson City, Nev., on Wednesday, the day after Eduardo Sencion (left) fatally shot four and wounded seven before killing himself. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The space shuttle Atlantis astronauts [from left] mission specialists Rex Walheim and Sandy Magnus, pilot Doug Hurley and commander Chris Ferguson acknowledge well-wishers after leaving the operations and checkout building en route to the launching pad at the Kennedy Space Center on July 8 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis was the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA.
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Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo and strong safety LaRon Landry will be game-time decisions on Sunday when Washington faces the Arizona Cardinals. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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This undated photo shows Canadian Brad McCrimmon, coach of the Lokomotiv ice hockey team, killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A Russian jet carrying the Lokomotiv team crashed while taking off Wednesday near the western city of Yaroslavl, 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the plane was carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey team from Yaroslavl. It was one of the worst plane crashes ever involving a sports team. (AP Photo/Photo Agency KHL)
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Illustration: Red tape by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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Associated Press Turkana people wait in line to receive food from a famine-relief charity in Turkana district, Kenya, on Aug. 30. The U.N. says tens of thousands already have died in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti owing to famine.
