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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Flood waters from the Mississippi River encroach on Mud Island and parts of downtown Memphis, Tenn., on Monday. The Mississippi crept toward the highest level ever in the river city, flooding pockets of low-lying neighborhoods.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas Wiens says his new face "feels natural." The Fort Worth, Texas, man received a new nose, lips, skin, muscle and nerves after his face was severely burned in an accident.

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A photo released by Tom Gordon shows damage caused by a PATH train accident at the Hoboken, N.J., station on Sunday, May 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Gordon)

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**FILE** In this photo from May 10, 2010, Belgium's Wouter Weylandt celebrates on the podium after winning the third stage of the Giro d'Italia. Weylandt was killed Monday in a crash during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia. (Associated Press)

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In this May 3 photo, people wearing rubber boots walk through a flooded street at high tide after helping residents clean up debris in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The area in this part of the city sunk nearly 2 feet 7 inches following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Associated Press)

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Floodwater surrounds two pickup trucks outside a garage in Memphis, Tenn., on Sunday, May 8, 2011. Residents were told Sunday to flee their homes for higher ground as the mighty Mississippi River edged toward the city, threatening to bring more flooding to parts of an area already soaked. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Emergency personnel gather near the entrance to the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) train station in Hoboken, N.J., on Sunday, May 8, 2011, after a train pulling into the station struck an abutment, causing minor injuries. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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A driver tries Thursday to drive on a submerged portion of Mississippi Highway 465 on his way to Eagle Lake, near Vicksburg, Miss., before rising flood waters stopped him. Residents along Mississippi River tributaries are evacuating ahead of the possible record flooding. (Associated Press)

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The rising waters of Lake Ferguson flood the Greenville Yacht Club on Thursday and are forcing the evacuation of its neighbor the Lighthouse Point Casino, in Greenville, Miss. (Associated Press)

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Thousands of people from Illinois to Louisiana have been forced from their homes, and anxiety is rising along with the rivers, though some of the most severe flooding has yet to hit. High water already threatens a house in Paducah, Ky., on the Ohio River.

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The Bornquist model at Bayside is priced from $339,990 and has 2,223 square feet. NV Homes is building approximately 1,400 town homes and single-family homes in the Delaware community.

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D.R. Horton is building 86 single-family homes on 6,000-square-foot sites at Brinkley Manor in New Market. The Monroe model, with 2,898 square feet, is priced from $339,990.

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President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama meets with police officers and first responders at the First Precinct before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama meets with police officers and first responders at the First Precinct before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, and others, meets with police officers and first responders at the First Precinct before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama pauses after laying a wreath at the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero in New York, Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)