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A local man in Cauayan in the northeastern Philippines prepares Monday to cut and remove trees downed by Super Typhoon Megi, which cut off power, phone and Internet service and was accompanied by huge waves and near-zero visibility. (Associated Press)
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The NIS Jugopetrol oil refinery operates in Pancevo, Serbia, where NATO bombings 11 years ago released mercury, dioxins and other cancer-causing compounds into the Danube River. (Associated Press)
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Green Bay Packers' Donald Lee fumbles the ball on a hit from Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Washington recovered, and Packers' Jermichael Finley left the game with an injury suffered later on the play. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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FILE- In this Oct. 3, 2010, file photo, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jordan Shipley is checked by medical personnel after a hard hit from Cleveland Browns safety T.J. Ward in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Cleveland. The violent hit that left Shipley with a concussion was an illegal one, earning Browns safety T.J. Ward a $15,000 fine. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
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Former leprosy patient Adelino Quelo, 68, crouches outside his hut in Malelat, West Oe-cusse, overlooking the East Nusa Tengara province of Indonesia. (Associated Press)
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The Adams III model at the Villages at Peppermill has has 1,890 square feet and is priced from $269,990.
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This modern-day "castle" in Bethesda's Burning Tree Valley neighborhood is on the market for $3,389,000.
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The Colby model features a library, dining room, family room and center-island kitchen on the main level with four bedrooms and two full baths upstairs.
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Osman Araya (right) greets a relative moments after being the sixth miner rescued early Wednesday from a collapsed gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile. Thirty-three men were trapped in the mine for 69 days. (Associated Press)
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Rescued miner Juan Andres Illanes Palma salutes Wednesday at his arrival to the surface from a collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile, where he and 32 other miners were trapped for more than two months. Palma was the third miner to be rescued. (Associated Press)
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Rescue workers and officials on Tuesday test the capsule that will be used to extract the 33 trapped miners one by one from the collapsed San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile. The first of 33 trapped miners was expected to be lifted to the surface late Tuesday after surviving more than two months below the surface. (Associated Press)
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In a July 28, 2010, file photo, the deepwater rig Noble Danny Adkins is seen from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's helicopter as he arrives to tour the rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The Obama administration, under heavy pressure from the oil industry and others in the Gulf Coast, on Tuesday, Oct. 12 2010, lifted the moratorium on deep water drilling that it imposed in the wake of the disastrous BP oil spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 1:00 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Paula in the Caribbean Sea. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
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In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, Kim Jong Un, center, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspects the newly-built State Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, stands on the stage during his inspection of the newly-built State Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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On Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, a man working on the rescue of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, shows one of the pairs of overalls the miners will wear during their ascent to the surface. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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The remains of a bus lay next to a railway train at the site of an accident outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. The crowded passenger bus collided with a train in eastern Ukraine Tuesday, killing 40 people and leaving 11 in critical condition, police said. The Interior Ministry said that the collision occurred outside the town of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region after the bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train. Thirty-seven people from the bus died on the spot and another person died later in the hospital. There were no injuries reported on the train.(AP Photo/Emergency Situations Ministry)
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The remains of a bus lay next to a railway train at the site of an accident outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. the crowded passenger bus collided with a train in eastern Ukraine Tuesday, killing 40 people and leaving 11 in critical condition, police said. The Interior Ministry said that the collision occurred outside the town of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region after the bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train.Thirty-seven people from the bus died on the spot and another person died later in the hospital. There were no injuries reported on the train.(AP Photo)
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Victims bodies lie at the side of the track at the scene of an accident outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after the bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train. At least 40 people were killed officials at the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. Another eleven people were injured. Road and railway accidents are common in Ukraine, where the roads are in poor condition, vehicles are poorly maintained, and drivers and passengers routinely disregard safety and traffic rules. (AP Photo)
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Victims bodies lie at the side of the track at the scene of an accident outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after the bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train. At least 40 people were killed, officials at the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. Another eleven people were injured. Road and railway accidents are common in Ukraine, where the roads are in poor condition, vehicles are poorly maintained, and drivers and passengers routinely disregard safety and traffic rules. (AP Photo)
