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A Libyan child inspects damage caused by a rocket which fell through the roof of a house in Misrata, Libya, Friday, June 17, 2011, one of three that hit the city. East of Tripoli, Gadhafi's forces exchanged intense shelling with rebels who are slowly breaking the government siege on their western stronghold, the port city of Misrata. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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In this Tuesday, June 14, 2011, photo, a UPS Boeing 757-24APF cargo plane takes off from Miami International Airport in Miami. Shipping company UPS has been barred from moving air cargo through some U.K. facilities because of security flaws, the British government said Friday, June 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Boeing employees work in the 787 Dreamliner aft-body-assembly building on Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Charleston, S.C. The building is the size of 10.5 football fields and can house two 787 Dreamliners wingtip to wingtip. Boeing will be able to deliver three airplanes per month. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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Boeing Tool Service employee's Kelly Gates and Christian Moraga from Everett WA. are preparing locations in the Final Assembly Building to set up tools on June 16, 2011 in Charleston, SC. In July 2011 construction is to be completed on Boeing's Final Assembly Building which will be home to the second 787 Dreamliner final assembly and delivery facility. The building is the size of 10.5 football fields and can house two 787 Dreamliners wingtip to wingtip. Boeing will be able to deliver three airplanes per month. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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Players make their way around a water hazard during the first round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 16, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Flood waters from the nearby Missouri River cover a county highway on June 15, 2011, in Hamburg, Iowa. The water level continues to rise and officials say that it should crest sometime later this week. (Associated Press)
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K. Hovnanian Homes is building single-family homes with two to four bedrooms at Nassau Grove in Lewes, Del. The Charleston model, which has 1,450 square feet, is priced from $249,900.
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Mitchell & Best Homebuilders is building singe-family homes at Walnut Grove in Clarksville. The Eagle's Nest model, with 5,695 square feet, is priced from $1,099,900.
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Firefighters in Springerville, Ariz., sit outside tents Wednesday as smoke from the Wallow fire continues to rise nearby. A single campfire is the likely cause of what is now the largest blaze in Arizona history. (Associated Press)
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A ruptured levee on the Missouri River near Hamburg, Iowa, sends floodwaters over rural farmland on Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Smoke rises from the Track Fire burning near Raton, N.M., on Monday. The fire has charred about 2,700 acres and has forced the closure of Interstate 25 near the New Mexico-Colorado border.
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A police officer wears a mask while manning a checkpoint as smoke from the Wallow Fire fills the air near Springerville, Ariz., on June 11, 2011. (Associated Press)
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San Jose Earthquakes' Steven Lenhart celebrates after scoring a goal against the Columbus Crew during the second half of a game earlier this season. Lenhart scored three times and assisted once in the Earthquakes' 4-2 win over D.C. United. . (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
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Robert Lock (center) and Fred Campbell, both of Alpine, Ariz., load horses into a trailer in Luna, N.M., on June 10, 2011, as they prepare to return to Alpine during the Wallow fire. The major wildfire in Arizona's eastern mountains burned out of control early Friday after charring more than 603 square miles of timber, destroying dozens of structures and keeping thousands of evacuees away from their homes. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks during the dedication of Boeing Co.'s $750 million final assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C., on Friday, June 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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A firefighter sets a backfire Thursday in an effort to contain the Wallow Fire along Highway 260 near Eagar, Ariz. A spot fire at the edge of the larger blaze prompted the few residents left in Springerville and neighboring communities to flee. (Associated Press)
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In 1964, after Alaska was shaken by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake, Crescent City was hit hardest by the tsunami surges, which included a 21-foot wave that flooded the town and killed 11 people. (Photo provided by Del Norte, Calif., Historical Society)
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Sunken and damaged boats litter a basin at Crescent City the day after a powerful earthquake sent a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean. The surge of water broke up docks and bounced boats around the basin like billiard balls. (Associated Press)
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Residents of Crescent City, Calif., regularly practice evacuations in case of a tsunami. On March 11, their diligence paid off, though the tidal surge from Japan sank 16 boats in the harbor. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Many Americans trying to sell their homes are having to make some adjustments. Nearly 25 percent of the nation's 74.5 million homeowners have negative equity in their homes, and another 25 percent are nearing that point. (Associated Press)