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The outline of the Washington Monument can barely be seen from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, during a heavy rain storm. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Joshua Pattel, 6, of Brisbane, Australia, plays in water flowing down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, during a heavy rain storm. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with Fisher-Price, announced a voluntary recall of the Fisher-Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles because a child can strike, sit or fall on the protruding plastic ignition key, resulting in serious injury, including genital bleeding. (AP Photo/U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
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In this undated photo released on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center in front, poses with senior Workers' Party officials in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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The home at 17607 Claggett Landing Road in Upper Marlboro is on the market for $779,000. The 10-year-old home has more than 4,000 square feet and sits on 3.66 acres.
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M/I Homes is building 47 town homes on 2,178-square-foot sites at Station View in Ashburn. The three-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath Ballston model homes have approximately 2,350 finished square feet and are base-priced from the upper $300,000s.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Emergency vehicles can be seen at the top left as traffic backs up at the scene of a commuter bus crash on Interstate 270, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, in Bethesda, Md.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A crane lifts a wrecked commuter bus at the scene of a crash on Interstate 270, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, in Bethesda, Md. The bus plunged off the highway outside the nation's capital, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen, including children, authorities said.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A crane lifts a wrecked commuter bus at the scene of a crash on Interstate 270, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, in Bethesda, Md. The bus plunged off the highway outside the nation's capital, killing one person and injuring at least a dozen, including children, authorities said.
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A protesting truck driver argues with policeman, left, after officers inspected vehicles during a demonstration at a highway toll station, in Elefsina , near Athens, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Greece has already endured two weeks of protests by truck drivers who have made it difficult for businesses to get supplies. Bus and trolley drivers walked off the job for several hours while Athens' metro system and tram were to shut down at noon. National railway workers walked off the job at noon, disrupting rail connections across the country, while doctors at state hospitals went on a 24-hour strike.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A rescue worker uses a zip-line to cross a civilian through an overflowed river in the town of Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed dead, authorities said, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)
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Workers remove mud from a house in Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed deaths, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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Cars are buried under mud after a landslide in the town of Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed dead, authorities said, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)
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Men inspect a vehicle buried under mud after a landslide in the town of Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed dead, authorities said, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)
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Overall view of the town of Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010, after a landslide occurred. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed dead, authorities said, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)
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People remove mud from a street after a landslide in Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed deaths, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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People rest at a temporary shelters in Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. The mudslide has left 11 people missing and there are no confirmed dead, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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Washington Police officers collect evidence at a crime scene on 13th and U Street in Northwest Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Police are searching for a suspect in a shooting and subsequent car crash that left one person dead and two others wounded on Washington's popular U Street corridor (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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New BP Chairman Bob Dudley, left, addresses members of the Southern Governor's Association meeting in Hoover, Ala., Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 regarding the Gulf oil spill. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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A man comforts a grieving woman near the scene of the shooting, which occurred in Matapan, a neighborhood that had 14 homicides in 2010 before Tuesday, compared to six in the same time last year. (Associated Press)
