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A rescuer carries an elderly woman to a temporary shelter as she is evacuated from her home on the slope of Mount Merapi, in Pakem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)
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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2008 file photo, country singer Garth Brooks performs during a charity concert in Los Angeles, to benefit the Southern California 2008 Fire Intervention Relief Effort (F.I.R.E). Brooks is going to be very busy in December. Brooks sold more than 140,000 tickets Saturday morning, Nov. 6, 2010, and his benefit concert for Nashville, Tenn., flood relief ballooned from one show to nine. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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The center-island kitchen in the Mount Vernon model at Hunting Crest has 42-inch maple cabinets, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and recessed lighting. A mudroom and laundry room are nearby.
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NV Homes is building 52 single-family homes on sites of 1 1/2 to 2 acres at Hunting Crest in Vienna, Va. The homes have 3,790 to 5,618 finished square feet, with base prices from $1,319,990 to $1,469,990.
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Kettler Forlines Homes is building 77 single-family homes on sites of one-third acre to 1 acre at Brightwell Crossing in Poolesville, Md. The homes have 2,472 to 4,108 finished square feet, with base prices from $529,900 to $689,900.
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Rescuers search for victims at a village hit by pyroclastic flows from Tuesday's eruption of Mount Merapi in Kinahrejo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. The volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia, spasms from the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth. (Associated Press)
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Tsunami survivor Rick Hallett, a boat captain, hugs his Indonesian wife, Hesti Dwiningsih, upon his arrival in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Rescue workers help people evacuated from their homes on the slope of Mount Merapi. About 800 miles away, emergency services were assisting victims of an earthquake and tsunami. (Associated Press)
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A villager watches Mount Merap in Indonesia. Scientists warned that mounting pressure could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (Associated Press)
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More than 1 million Haitians live in refugee camps like this one in Port-au-Prince since an earthquake destroyed an estimated 110,000 homes and apartments. (Associated Press)
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A submersible with professor Steve Ross inside is raised from the Gulf of Mexico onto Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise after exploring coral reefs on the floor of the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana on Saturday. (Associated Press)
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The Rev. Appolonia Okwu of Nigeria works to build a fire in her hand-built mud-and-straw brick oven in Lineville, Ala., on Oct. 5. She is one of 19 trainees from 10 countries learning how to make the efficient, clean-burning cook stoves from mud bricks. (Associated Press)
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FILE- In this April 11, 2009, file photo, Vancouver Canucks center Rick Rypien warms up before facing the Colorado Avalanche in an NHL hockey game in Denver. Rypien has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, for grabbing a fan while heading to the locker room in a game against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Colorado Avalanche's Adam Foote, left, checks New York Rangers' Michael Del Zotto during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern responds to a question during a news conference in New York, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Ryan Homes is building 1,400 single-family homes on sites of less than a quarter-acre at Brunswick Crossing in Brunswick. The homes have 1,944 to 2,935 finished square feet, with base prices from $294,990 to $388,990.
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Richmond American Homes is building 104 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Saratoga Hunt in Woodbridge. The homes have approximately 2,500 to 3,400 finished square feet, with base prices from $399,990 to $474,990.
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An oil-coated pelican off the coast of Louisiana in June is a reminder of the toll of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion caused untold damage to the Gulf's waters and shores. (Associated Press)
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A Peregrine falcon perches on a cliff in Greenland. Researchers from the Peregrine Fund are examining the birds as they migrate through southern Texas for any potentially harmful effects from BP's April 20 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Associated Press)
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Rescued miner Claudio Acuna (center) helps break down the tent where his family lived while he and 32 other miners were trapped for 69 days at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, until Wednesday's dramatic rescue. Before breaking down Camp Hope on Sunday, Mr. Acuna and others gathered for a Mass at the mine. (Associated Press)
