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Amtrak passenger cars smolder after the train was struck by a semitrailer north of Fallon, Nev., on Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Liz Margerum, Reno Gazette Journal)
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In this aerial photo, a Conoco gas station is surrounded by sand bags, the flood waters of the Souris River and an oil slick Friday, June 24, 2011, in Minot, N.D. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the Souris River is flowing over most levees in Minot as it surges past a 130-year-old record level. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Phil Mendelson, chairman of the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, said, “The biggest issue here ... has to be the lack of clarity.” (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Trainer Lynn Whiting walks through the stable area Thursday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., surveying damage to at least nine barns by an apparent tornado Wednesday night. No horses or people were injured in the storm, but Thursday's scheduled races were canceled.
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Waterford Development is building 89 condominiums at Rhodes Hill Square in Arlington. The three low-rise buildings have a red brick exterior and white trim.
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People access damage at barn 40 int Churchill Downs after storms passed through the area in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, June 22, 2011. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Pam Spaulding)
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Washington Nationals relief pitcher Drew Storen (22) celebrates the 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners with catcher Wilson Ramos (3) during a game Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Family and friends of some of the crash victims spend time at a personal, makeshift memorial on The Charles A. Langley Bridge near the Fort Totten Metro Station in Washington, D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Judith Fernandez, sister of crash victim Ana Fernandez, wipes tears from her eyes as she spends time at a personal memorial to her sister and several of the other victims, on The Charles A. Langley Bridge near the Fort Totten Metro Station. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Keonda King whose little sister Lavonda "Nikki" King was killed in the crash, helps her nephew, Lavonda's son Andre, 5, write a note on his mother's memorial on The Charles A. Langley Bridge near the Fort Totten Metro Station in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, June 22, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Relatives and friends of nine people killed in the June 22, 2009, Metrorail Red Line crash attended a memorial ceremony Wednesday at the Fort Totten Station. A plaque placed at the station commemorates those who died. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Keonda King, whose little sister Lavonda King was killed in a Metrorail crash, holds her sister's son, Emmanuel King, 7, as she hugs Evelyn Fernandez, whose mother also was killed in the crash. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The Washington Times Darryl Benson-El sells fireworks to teens Dalonte Brown (left) and James Johnson at a stand on Bladensburg Road Northeast in the District in July 2009. In 2010, fireworks-related injuries sent 8,000 people to the emergency room, with an estimated 50 percent of injuries happening to people under 20 years old.
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A memorial plaque is displayed during a wreath laying ceremony at the Fort Totten Metro Station in Washington, D.C., for the nine people killed in the June 22, 2009 Metrorail crash. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Family members and friends of the nine people killed in the June 22, 2009, Metrorail crash lay roses on a memorial plaque at the Fort Totten Metrorail Station in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2011, during a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony. Monica Cochran (left center), whose sister Veronica Dubose was killed in the crash, hugs Evelyn Fernandez, whose mother was killed. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Brittnae Rowe displays a tattoo in the name of her best friend Lavonda "Nikki" King, who was one of nine people killed in the June 22, 2009, Metrorail crash, during a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony at the Fort Totten Metrorail Station in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Keonda King, whose younger sister, Lavonda "Nikki" King, was among nine people killed in a June 22, 2009, Metrorail crash, holds her sister's son Emmanuel, 7, as she hugs Evelyn Fernandez (in white), whose mother was killed in the crash, during a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony at the Fort Totten Metrorail Station in Washington, D.C., on June 22, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Carolyn Jenkins holds a photo of her daughter, Veronica Dubose, with a morgue tag affixed during a memorial service on June 22, 2011, near the Fort Totten Metrorail Station in Washington, D.C., for the nine people killed in a Metrorail crash two years ago. Mrs. Dubose was one of those killed in the crash. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Evelyn Fernandez (center) cries as she talks about the memory of her mother, Ana Fernandez, during a memorial service on June 22, 2011, near the Fort Totten Metro Station in Washington, D.C., for the nine people killed in a Metrorail crash two years ago. Ana Fernandez was one of those killed in the crash. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Family members and friends of the nine people killed in a June 22, 2009, Metrorail crash proceed during a memorial service on June 22, 2011, to the Fort Totten Metrorail Station in Washington, D.C., for a wreath laying ceremony. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
