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A cellphone photo provided by passenger Joshua Hardwicke shows an apparent hole in the cabin of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 373-300 on Friday, April 1, 2011, as it makes an emergency decent into Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo/Joshua Hardwicke)
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Oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer holds a necklace made of ocean flotsam as he talks about how debris from Japan will wash ashore in Washington, as he sits at a Puget Sound beach Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Seattle. Ebbesmeyer, who has traced Nike sneakers, rubber bath toys and hockey gloves spilled from Asian shipping containers over the decades, expects the first items of flotsam from Japan's tsunamis and earthquake to hit West Coast beaches in a year. He says derelict fishing vessels may show up first, while other items like pieces from wooden homes and rubber survey stakes may take two to three years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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FILE- Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot environmental activists protest against Turkey's plans to build a nuclear power plant on its southern coast near a seismic fault line, during a demonstration in the divided island's capital Nicosia, in this file photo dated Saturday, March 19, 2011. Turkey is pushing ahead on building a nuclear power plant close to an earthquake-prone Ecemis Fault area on the Mediterranean coast, dismissing fears from neighboring Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou who claims that Japan's nuclear disaster is a warning of the risks to the whole region.(AP Photo/Philippos Christou)
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This photo provided by passenger Christine Ziegler shows an apparent hole in the cabin on a Southwest Airlines aircraft Friday, April 1, 2011, in Yuma, Ariz. Authorities say the flight from Phoenix to Sacramento, Calif., was diverted to Yuma due to rapid decompression in the plane. (AP photo/Christine Ziegler)
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Southwest Airlines flight 812 passenger Mary Flores, left, is hugged by her granddaughter, Dylan Dean, 9, center and daughter Desiree, right, after arriving at Sacramento International Airport Friday, April 1, 2011. A fuselage rupture and a sudden drop in cabin pressure forced the flight from Phoenix to Sacramento to make an emergency landing at a Yuma military base Friday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Japanese music band AKB48 performs during the concert "Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders" in Hong Kong on April 1, 2011. Hong Kong entertainment industry staged the charity concert to raise funds for victims of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami. From left are, Ayaka Umeda, Ami Maeda and Sakiko Matsui. (Associated Press)
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Japan-based Hong Kong singer Agnes Chan performs during the charity concert "Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders" in Hong Kong Friday, April 1, 2011. Hong Kong entertainment industry staged the concert to raise funds for victims of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Prince William, second right, stands with his search and rescue crew, from left to right winchman Sgt. Ed Griffith, Flight Lt. Alan Connor and winch operator Sgt. Paul Jones, alongside their Sea King helicopter at RAF Valley in Anglesey, north Wales, after a training exercise at nearby Holyhead Mountain Thursday, March 31, 2011. (AP Photo/PA, John Stillwell) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speak about nuclear power safety after their meeting in Tokyo on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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The owners expanded the home in 2009 with a large glass-enclosed addition. Instead of building a foundation for the addition, the owners suspended it on steel beams.
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Brookfield Homes is building 100 single-family homes at Little River Preserve in Chantilly. The homes are base-priced from $499,990 to $514,990.
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The Waverly has a first-floor study, a family room with a fireplace, a center-island kitchen and breakfast area, and formal dining and living rooms on the main level. Upstairs are four bedrooms, two baths and a laundry area.
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Foreign tourists arrive at Sattahip Naval Base in Chonburi province, Thailand, after being transported by a Royal Thai Navy ship Thursday, March 31, 2011. Thailand's navy has used helicopters and even an aircraft carrier to rescue more than 800 tourists stranded by heavy rains on the country's picturesque southern islands. (AP Photo)
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FILE - In this March 28, 2011 file photo, new vehicles damaged by the March 11 tsunami waters sit lined in a Toyota parking lot at Sendai port, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A shortage of auto parts and other components after Japan's earthquake has stirred unease about two pillars of manufacturing: the country's role as a crucial link in the global supply chain and "just in time" production. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)
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Residents search for anything worth keeping Wednesday in the earthquake- and tsunami-devastated town of Kesennuma in northern Japan. (Associated Press)
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A man looks at the devastation, which was partially caused by fire after an earthquake and tsunami that struck Kesennuma. (Associated Press)
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'THIS NIGHTMARE': Nearly three weeks of desperation and depravation after have given some of the earthquake and tsunami survivors the courage to visit Kesennuma, Japan. Just a month ago, the town was home to 70,000 people including fishermen, teachers, mechanics and clothing makers. (Associated Press)
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Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) deflects a shot by Washington Capitals' Matt Bradley (10) while Hurricanes' Bryan Allen (5) defends during a game in Washington on Tuesday. The Hurricanes won 3-2 in a shootout. The Capitals are working to improve in power-play situations. (Associated Press)
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National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman and Peter Pantuso, president of the American Bus Association, testified Wednesday at a Senate transportation subcommittee hearing on improving the safety of passengers on the country's large buses, or motorcoaches. Crashes in the past decade have taken dozens of lives. (Associated Press)
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A passenger piles her bags into a cab after waiting in the taxi line at Union Station. Under a proposed medallion system, a government agency would issue cab owners the medallions, which are affixed to the cabs as proof that they are licensed and allow them to pick up passengers. (Associated Press)
