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In this image made off Japan's NHK TV video footage, vehicles are washed away by a tsunami in the coastal area of eastern Japan after the country was struck Friday by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast. (Associated Press/NHK TV)
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A Los Angeles County lifeguard scoops up dead fish Tuesday in King Harbor in Redondo Beach, Calif. Tons of fish washed up dead, puzzling officials and triggering ongoing cleanup efforts. (Associated Press)
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NV Homes is building estate homes in Hunting Crest near Wolf Trap in Vienna. The homes range from 3,790 to 5,618 square feet and are base-priced from $1,324,990 to $1,489,990.
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Ryland Homes is building town homes at the Towns at Oak Hill in Gaithersburg. Construction on the three-level homes, which will have approximately 1,800 square feet, is set to begin in April.
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Craftmark Homes is building 118 single-family homes on sites of 8,005 to 17,945 square feet at the Meadows at Morris Farm in Gainesville. The homes have 2,654 to 4,275 finished square feet, with base prices from $434,900 to $504,900.
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Rescue workers search for victims after an earthquake jolted Yingjiang County in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The earthquake toppled houses and damaged a hotel and supermarket, killing at least 22 people and injuring more than 200, officials and state media said. (AP Photo)
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A resident of the Mid-City section of New Orleans watches from his porch during street flooding from heavy thunderstorms that rumbled through the area on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, dumping as much as 4 inches in one hour. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this image provided by NASA the space shuttle Discovery is seen from the International Space Station as the two orbital spacecraft accomplish their relative separation on March 7, 2011, after an aggregate of 12 astronauts and cosmonauts worked together for over a week. During a post undocking fly-around, the crew members aboard the two spacecraft collected a series of photos of each other's vehicle. Discovery ended its nearly 27-year flying career when it landed Wednesday. (AP Photo/NASA)
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An emergency vehicle stands by near the runway as space shuttle Discovery lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Space shuttle Discovery makes its final landing Wednesday after a mission to the International Space Station, its last flight after nearly 27 years of service. It will become a museum exhibit. (Associated Press)
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A Japan Railways employee helps a stranded bullet-train passenger after high-speed train service was suspended in Sendai, Japan, north of Tokyo, following a magnitude-7.2 earthquake in the country's north on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. There were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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**FILE** A model of the Boeing 747-8 aircraft is on display at the Asian Aerospace Expo and Congress 2011 in Hong Kong on March 8, 2011. (Associated Press)
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In this image released by Scribner, Greg Iles, author of "The Devil's Punchbowl, is shown. Mississippi writer Greg Iles is hospitalized in serious condition after being injured in a traffic accident in Natchez. Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said Iles, who lives in Natchez, was injured when his car collided with a pickup truck in U.S. Highway 61. Patrice Guilfoyle, a spokeswoman for the University of Mississippi Medical Center, said Iles was admitted Monday night. (AP Photo/Scribner, Ben Hillyer)
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A home is flooded in Washingtonville, N.Y., early Monday, March 7, 2011. Flooding has closed several roads in Ulster County and other areas south of Albany. Parts of upstate New York are buried under more than 2 feet of heavy snow, with freezing rain, sleet and 30-mph winds added to the mix, closing scores of schools and knocking out power to more than 40,000 utility customers. (AP Photo/Paul Kazdan)
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The Pu'u O'o crater of the Kilauea volcano on the "Big Island" of Hawaii is seen on Sunday, March 6, 2011, after the crater's floor collapsed on Saturday, causing new eruptions. (AP Photo/Tim Wright)
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Fighters against Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi carry a comrade fatally injured to a hospital in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, on Sunday. Thousands of Gadhafi supporters poured into the streets of Tripoli on Sunday, waving flags and firing their guns into the air. (Associated Press)
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Damage from Saturday's tornado, which killed one and injured at least a dozen others, is evident Sunday in Rayne, La. About 1,500 people were unable to immediately return to their homes, said Police Chief Carroll Stelly. (Associated Press)
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A tornado slammed Rayne, La., on Saturday, March 5, 2011, killing a young mother who was sheltering her child and injuring 11 other people. More than 100 homes were damaged, many of them destroyed, authorities said, and about 1,500 people were evacuated because of natural gas leaks. (AP Photo/The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, P.C. Piazza)
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In this Sept. 1, 2010, photo, workers drill wells as part of a project to clean up the groundwater at the site of a blowout at a natural gas well in northeast Wyoming's Line Creek Valley. The blowout in 2006 created a plume of pollution, including benzene, that has residents worried about the long-term safety of their drinking water. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
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Lexus has also positioned this one well for the younger set, offering commonly desired tech features like Bluetooth hands-free and audio streaming, full iPod control, XM Satellite Radio, keyless ignition and Lexus Safety Connect, all standard.
