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Workers clear vehicles from the scene of flash flood, caused by heavy rains, along Washington Blvd. where three people died while trapped in their car Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
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Pakistanis mourn the fatal shooting of their family member in Karachi on Thursday. A wave of violence killed dozens of people in Pakistan's largest city, with many of the victims tortured, shot and stuffed in sacks that were dumped on the streets, officials said. (Associated Press)
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Mourners carry the bodies of a former lawmaker of the ruling Waja Karim Dad party and his friend at their funeral in Karachi on Thursday. They were fatally shot in violence carried out by gang members. (Associated Press)
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A shura of village elders last month was sparsely attended, as were others in the past several months. Afghan leaders in Helmand province face daunting problems, such as drought, joblessness and the chaos of living between two determined combat forces.
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The kitchen in the Yates model is open to a breakfast area and the family room. Four bedrooms, two full baths and a laundry room are on the upper level.
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Ryan Homes is building 62 single-family homes on 5,000-square-foot sites at the Village of Idlewild in Fredericksburg. The Yates model, with 2,290 square feet, is priced from $309,990.
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Craftstar Homes is building single-family homes at Gibson's Grant, a planned community on Kent Island in Queen Anne's County , Md. The New Windsor model has 3,100 square feet and is priced from $469,900.
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This is an Aug. 9, 2011 file photo showing NCAA president Mark Emmert during a news conference in Indianapolis. Emmert says if the allegations against the University of Miami are true, it's yet another reason to make fundamental changes to college sports. Emmert issued a statement Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, after Yahoo! Sports reported a laundry list of allegations by a former Hurricanes booster. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Jared Cano, 17, faces charges in connection with a plot to to blow up his former high school on the first day of class next week. According to police, a confidential informant helped prevent "a potentially catastrophic event."
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Grounds crew member Brad Garrison tends to the field in preparation for the Little League World Series, which begins Thursday. (Associated Press)
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rod lamkey jr./the washington times Redsklns strong safety LaRon Landry played in just nine games last season before being placed on the injured reserve list Dec. 13 with microtears in an Achilles' tendon.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A towing-service employee wades through floodwaters to reach disabled cars on Amboy Road in Staten Island, N.Y., on Sunday. The weather service says showers and thunderstorms are expected to dump 2 more inches of rain on top of nearly 8 inches of rain that fell on New York City on Sunday. No deaths were reported.
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Rescuers from the Alaska Air National Guard carry one of the victims of a small-plane crash to a waiting HC-130 at McGrath Airport in Kuskokwim, Alaska, on Sunday. The pilot and one passenger were killed; a couple and their two children survived. (Anchorage Daily News via The Associated Press)
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wipes a tear during a memorial service for the five people who were killed when a stage collapsed Saturday at the Indiana State Fair. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Judy Nicewinter (center) comforts Dianne Semento during a memorial service at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, for those killed in a weekend stage collapse. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Police officers prepare to storm the building of the Defense Ministry in Tallinn, Estonia, Aug. 11, 2011. A gunman opened fire inside Estonia's Defense Ministry and tried to take hostages on Thursday, but he apparently was shot and killed by police who stormed the building, an official said.(AP Photo/Timur Nisametdinov/NIPA)
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The tsunami disaster and economic hardship in Japan have created a new breed of entrepreneurs. Kenji Yui (left) and Hideki Suenaga have opened a makeshift "temporary pub" in Ishinomaki where they sell sake and cheap clothing, and play classic rock covers for diehard locals who refuse to abandon the devastated business district. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Members of a Pakistani family (top) displaced by last's year flooding, erect their tent in Charsada, one of many villages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province devastated by water that in some places was 15 feet deep. Others find shelter in the ruins of a house in Charsada. In the village of Nowashera, flies gather on a little girl's face while she naps in a tent. In the nearby village of Wairar Sibra, however, locals are preparing to move into new houses, complete with electricity and courtyards, thanks to the largess of the man who owns the power plant looming over the settlement.
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Last August's flooding in tore through Azakheil near Peshawar, Pakistan. Residents of village whose lives were washed away complain that they have been largely forgotten.
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The wreckage of a Chinook helicopter shot down on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, is seen at the site of crash in the Tangi Valley of Wardak province, some 60 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 11, 2011. The crash killed 30 Americans and eight Afghans in the single worst loss of U.S. service members in the 10-year-old war. (Associated Press)
