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Crowds of people wait outside of Union Station on Tuesday. Inside, the quake sent screaming patrons and tourists rushing for the exits. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

A U.S. Capitol Police officer directs a cyclist away from the Capitol building on Aug. 23, 2011, following a 5.8-magnitude earthquake. The quake's epicenter was in Mineral, Va., east of Charlottesville, but could be felt along much of thee Eastern seaboard, including D.C. All downtown D.C. buildings were evacuated. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, moments after a 5.9-magnitude tremor shook the nation's capital. The quake, centered northwest of Richmond, was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. offers a bouquet of flowers to pay his respects to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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An image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and made from the GEOS East satellite shows Hurricane Irene on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, as it passes over Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The storm is on a track that could see it reach the Southeast coast of the United States as a major storm by the end of the week. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS EveningEggs are the creation of Mitzi Perdue, widow of poultry magnate Frank Perdue, who was desperate to find a pastime while recovering from injuries in a car accident.

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An armored vehicle speeds on the outskirts of Tripoli as huge smoke rises over the downtown area on Aug. 22, 2011. (Associated Press)

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A member of the Canadian Forces watches a helicopter in front of the wreckage of a chartered Boeing 737-200 aircraft that crashed into the hill behind on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in Resolute Bay in Canada's Nunavut territory. (AP Photo/Department of National Defense, Master Cpl. Randy Burnside)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Buffalo wide receiver Donald Jones reacts after absorbing a hard hit from Denver safety Rahim Moore during their preseason game Saturday.

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Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry will miss Sunday's game against the New York Jets with a strained left groin. (Associated Press)

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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."