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NVHomes is building single-family homes on 1-acre sites at the Warfields in Glenelg, Md. The homes have 2,708 to 4,576 finished square feet, with base prices from $679,990 to $809,990.

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A Libyan rebel runs for safety as shells explode in the distance on the frontline near Brega on Wednesday. Turkey is trying to broker a cease-fire in the fighting with Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces. The rebels blame the Turks for a lull in the NATO airstrikes that aided their cause. (Associated Press)

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A vessel still sits in a street of Kesennuma, Japan. The March 11 earthquake, tsunami and fires destroyed most of the fishing fleet, ports, and fishing industry along the northeastern coast of Japan. Now radiation has become an issue with seafood from the region. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)

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A worker (left) at a fish market reacts in an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake in northern Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Emergency personnel search the dunes and scrub near Oak Beach, N.Y., across the road from where eight bodies have been found. (Associated Press)

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This sushi assortment includes salmon roe, spicy tuna roll, tuna, yellowtail and salmon. The Food and Drug Administration is assuring Americans that food imported from the Pacific Ocean is safe, though increased safety inspections have been put in place. (The Washington Times)

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West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (center) attended a memorial service in Charleston for the coal miners who died a year ago, one of several services held in the state. Massey Energy Co., owner of the Upper Big Branch Mine where the 29 miners died, shut down production at all of its Appalachian sites in tribute. The cause of the tragedy is still being investigated. (Associated Press)

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A wreath and a list of the 29 miners who died at the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion were placed at the state coal miners' memorial in Charleston, W.Va., on the first anniversary of the explosion. (Associated Press)

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Evacuees of all ages use the stairs at Rikuzen-Takata No. 1 Junior High to bide time and to keep their knees strong in case they have to escape from earthquake aftershocks or another tsunami. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)

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Steve Sharp stands outside the large storage building behind his home in Heath, Ky., near Paducah, on Monday, April 4, 2011. The building lost its roof when what is believed to be a severe thunderstorm struck the area Monday morning. (AP Photo/Paducah Sun, John Wright)

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A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 sits in a remote area of the Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Ariz., on Monday, April 4, 2011, after a 5-foot-long tear in the aircraft's fuselage forced an emergency landing at the airport Friday. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Japan Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa, on board the USS Ronald Reagan on Monday, thanked the U.S. for its aid after the March 11 tsunami that ravaged Japan, telling the Reagan crew, "The entire Japanese people are deeply moved." (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Debt tsunami by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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Naoki Suzuki, a truck driver, stands near the site of his home in downtown Rikuzen-Takata where his wife, Kazue, tried to ride out the tsunami as it rose above a nearby three-story apartment complex and post office. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)

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A woman (center) and others pray at her missing parents' house, which was devastated by the March 11 tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, Japan, on Monday, April 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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A member of the National Transportation Safety Board investigating the emergency landing of Southwest Airlines Flight 812 cuts away a portion of the plane's fuselage on Sunday in Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo)

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission cites concern about too little oxygen and carbon dioxide buildup in the inflatable spheres known as "water walking balls." The commission is urging people to stay out of them because of a risk of suffocation or drowning. One company that sells the water balls says on its website that there is enough oxygen to last 30 minutes. (Associated Press/Consumer Product Safety Commission)