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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 1996, file photo, Colorado Avalanche's Peter Forsberg, left, of Sweden, and Philadelphia Flyers' Rod Brind'Amour vie for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver. Forsberg announced his retirement from the NHL on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. A chronic foot ailment cut short the Swede's career. He made a brief return in 2008 and didn't play in the NHL again until this month. After a visa delay, he took the ice in just two road games, scoring no points, before deciding to end his career. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Colorado Avalanche Swedish forward Peter Forsberg with tears in his eyes announces his retirement from hockey during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, in Denver. Forsberg announced his retirement two games after returning to the NHL after a three-year absence. (AP Photo/ Ed Andrieski)
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Colorado Avalanche center Peter Forsberg (21), of Sweden, jumps over the boards to start a shift in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco looks on. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Colorado Avalanche's Peter Forsberg, of Sweden, looks on during a morning skate before their NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. Forsberg is expected to make his debut for the Avs on Friday after clearing up a work visa problem. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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A woman holds a child as they stand outside a building as a precaution after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake in Concepcion, Chile, Friday Feb. 11, 2011. The earthquake struck central Chile Friday, centered in almost exactly the same spot where last year's magnitude-8.8 quake spawned a tsunami and devastated coastal communities. Electricity and phone service were disrupted and thousands of people fled to higher ground following Friday's quake, but the government quickly announced that there was no risk of a tsunami, and there were no reports of damage or injuries. (AP Photo/Francisco Negroni)
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This image provided by the San Diego Fire and Rescue Department shows San Diego Fire Department paramedics assisting a victim at the site of a crash where a taxi cab driver plowed slowly into a crowd on a sidewalk in San Diego's busy Gaslamp District Saturday Feb. 12, 2011, injuring more than two dozen people, police said. (AP Photo/ San Diego Fire and Rescue Department, Maurice Luque)
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The structure of an electric car differs considerably from that of a conventional car — and the new components pose a number of new safety challenges.
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Sturbridge Homes is building 250 condominiums at Central Parke at Victoria Falls in Laurel. The homes are priced from $187,500.
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Miller & Smith is building 45 town homes at Autumn Walk at Emerson in Laurel. The homes have 2,737 to 2,903 finished square feet, with base prices from $389,990 to $414,990.
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Stanley Martin Homes is building 244 single-family homes at Selma Estates in Leesburg. The homes have 2,662 to 3,281 finished square feet and can be expanded to 6,053 to 6,448 square feet.
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Emergency workers gather at the scene after a small commuter aircraft carrying 10 passengers and two crew crashed on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, as it tried to land in heavy fog at Cork Airport in Ireland. (AP Photo/Niall Carson, Press Association)
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Security forces, emergency responders and civilians stand near a destroyed building after a car-bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, 180 miles north of Baghdad, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)
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Flames rise Tuesday from Enterprise Products, a petroleum plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas. A Mont Belvieu police dispatcher said there were no reports of injuries or evacuations after the fire broke out at the Enterprise Products site. (Associated Press/ Houston Chronicle, Billy Smith)
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At the state Capitol on Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona state Rep. Steve Farley discusses legislation that would ban the sale of extended-clip gun magazines. Looking on were the former fiancee and parents of one of the Tucson, Ariz., shooting fatalities. (Associated Press)
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An Afghan policeman runs to the scene of an explosion in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Police say the bomb exploded in a crowded intersection, but there were no reports of any fatalities. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Gregory L. Schulte, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said the International Space Station has had to maneuver around Chinese satellite debris. (Associated Press)
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Ron Zirkle, whose flight to Memphis, Tenn., has been canceled due to winter storms, is silhouetted against a snow-covered tarmac, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. Another blast of winter weather slammed Dallas with up to 5 inches of snow, making driving hazardous and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights as tens of thousands of football fans descended on North Texas for the NFL's Super Bowl football game with the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Cowboys Stadium, Sunday, Feb. 6 in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Artur Kubica, F1 Renault driver Robert Kubica's father, arrives at the Santa Corona hospital where his son is hospitalized, in Pietra Ligure, Italy, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. The surgeon who operated on Robert Kubica says the Formula One driver spent a tranquil night after an operation on his hand following a rally car crash. Surgeon Igor Rossello said Monday that it will take "at least six days'' to assess whether blood circulation was fully restored to the Polish driver's right hand. (AP Photo/Silvio Fasano)
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FILE - In this April 28, 2008, file photo, Colorado Avalanche center Peter Forsberg from Sweden, looks to pass against the Detroit Red Wings during the second period of Game 3 in the Western Conference semifinal hockey game in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
