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Kasey Medley (right) stands on the front porch of her flooded home with her friend, Erica Cass, on Tuesday in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Powerful storms that swept through the nation's midsection have pushed river levels to dangerous heights and are threatening to flood several towns in Missouri.
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After Tuesday's service for Chernobyl disaster victims at St. Elias Cathedral near the nuclear power plant site in Ukraine, (from left) Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Vladimir and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych ring bells in memory of the victims.
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Supporters of Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi inspect damage early Monday after an airstrike in Tripoli, Libya. The strike on Col. Gadhafi's sprawling residential compound badly damaged two buildings. (Associated Press)
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Sumi Abe, 80, is rescued from her tsunami-destroyed home in Ishinomaki, Japan, on March 20. Likely the most famous of the tsunami survivors, Mrs. Abe has come to personify the enduring spirit that many believe will help Japan overcome its worst crisis since World War II. (Asahi Shimbun via Associated Press)
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An employee of a Georgetown waterfront restaurant tosses beer bottles into a trash bin outside the Washington Harbour complex Thursday. Because of water damage from flooding, the restaurants have been forced to discard food, beverages and equipment. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Cleanup along the Georgetown waterfront at the Washington Harbour complex (top) in the District continued Thursday, following flooding earlier in the week. Teams from a property-restoration firm power-wash the deck below the waterfront's restaurants. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Jesus Gillian (left) and Boly Vasquez, who both work for Cabanas restaurant on the Georgetown waterfront, toss wine bottles into a trash bin Thursday. Water damage from massive flooding earlier in the week forced restaurants to discard food, furniture and more. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Being garaged saved the 30-year-old vinyl wood trim from fading. The 19-foot-long Mercury is one of the more luxurious station wagons.
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Miller and Smith is building single-family homes and town homes at Millville by the Sea in Millville, Del. The three-bedroom single-family homes are priced from $239,900 to $319,900.
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The Picasso features a center-island kitchen open to the family room on the main level. Upstairs, the master bedroom has two walk-in closets and a private bath.
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Ryan Homes is building town-home-style condominiums at the Villages of Urbana in Frederick. The homes are priced from $239,990 to $269,990.
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The open kitchen has stainless steel appliances, granite counters and upgraded cabinetry, some of which has glass fronts.
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** FILE ** Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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A woman sees a relative lying dead on the ground after he was killed by gunmen in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in December 2010. (Associated Press)
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ENVIRONMENTAL HIT: An oil-drenched bird in June 2010 struggles to climb onto a boom in Barataria Bay, La., which was affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. The April 20, 2010, explosion at the offshore platform killed 11 men, and the leak released an estimated 170 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. (Associated Press)
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A member of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's staff reaches into thick oil on the surface of the northern regions of Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La., in April 2010. Environmental activists predict it will be a long time before the full extent of the spill's impact on Gulf wetlands can be determined. (Associated Press)
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A wildfire threatens a house near Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas, where at least 18 homes and two churches were burned and residents fled. Wildfires in the past week have burned more than 1,000 square miles of Texas ranchland. (Associated Press)
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Millie Jernigan collects her belongings from her destroyed home in Askewville, N.C., on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 after tornadoes devastated the area Saturday. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
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An above-ground Metrorail station at Washington Dulles International Airport would be located here, outside Daily Garage 1, at the airport in Chantilly, Va. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Businesses and residents at Washington Harbour were ordered to evacuate as water engulfed garages and restaurants. "Had the wall been up, it would have prevented a flood," fire department spokesman Pete Piringer said of the missing gate. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
