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A massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Firefighters from San Bruno and surrounding cities are battling the blaze that started on a hillside and is now consuming homes in a residential neighborhood. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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A massive fire is roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Firefighters from San Bruno and surrounding cities are battling the blaze, which started on a hillside and is now consuming homes in a residential neighborhood. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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A helicopter drops water on a massive fire through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Firefighters from San Bruno and surrounding cities are battling the blaze that started on a hillside and is now consuming homes the San Francisco suburb. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Two cars burned after a massive fire roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Firefighters from San Bruno and surrounding cities are battling the blaze that started on a hillside and is now consuming homes in a residential neighborhood. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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A woman is treated by firemen after an explosion in San Bruno, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Several homes were destroyed as a massive fire roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno. (AP Photo/Mike Adaskaveg)

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A home for sale sign is shown in front of home that was destroyed after a massive fire that roared through a mostly residential neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. Firefighters from San Bruno and surrounding cities are battling the blaze that started on a hillside and is now consuming homes in a residential neighborhood. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, left, listens as officials describe destruction following a gas explosion during a press conference in San Bruno, Calif., Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Fire crews sprayed water on smoldering homes Friday morning after a massive explosion apparently triggered by a broken gas line sent flames roaring through a neighborhood near San Francisco, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, officials said.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Evacuees look for donated clothing at a Red Cross shelter in San Bruno, Calif., Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, following a massive fire in their neighborhood on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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A volunteer, left, helps an evacuees who wished not to be identified, at a Red Cross shelter in San Bruno, Calif., Friday, Sept. 10, 2010, after she was injured at her home that burned down during a massive fire in her neighborhood on Thursday. According to officials, the massive explosion was apparently triggered by a broken gas line that sent flames roaring through a neighborhood near San Francisco. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Unidentified employees talk outside the scene of a workplace shooting at the Kraft Foods Inc. facility in Northeast Philadelphia on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)

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** FILE ** A S.W.A.T. officer exits the scene of a workplace shooting at the Kraft Foods Inc. facility in Northeast Philadelphia on Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS After a regional airliner crashed in western New York in February 2009, killing 50 people, Obama administration officials vowed to take swift action to prevent similar tragedies. High on their list: new rules governing the hours pilots may work, to prevent tired flight crews from making fatal errors.

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Illustration: Flag burning by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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credit three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines three lines. Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks to the media as Imam Muhammad Musri of the Islamic Society of Central Florida looks on at left, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

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New England Patriots safety James Sanders speaks to reporters during a media availability in the locker room at the NFL football team's facility in Foxborough, Mass., Thursday morning, Dec. 2, 2010. The 9-2 Patriots will face their 9-2 divisional rival New York Jets Monday night Dec. 6, 2010 in Foxborough. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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Dallas Police Officer David Meldrum turns around Wednesday after checking on a driver that stalled their car in water along the axis road of Interstate 35 in Dallas. The remnants of tropical storm Hermine moved through the area, causing minor flash flooding and road closures. (Associated Press)

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CREDIT two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines two lines. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, left, meets with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, after he made remarks at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Kaine was in Philadelphia to talk about the party's efforts for the upcoming midterm elections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Associated Press Greg Moore, a local business owner, rides a recreational water vehicle down a flooded street in Belton, Texas, on Wednesday, after Tropical Storm Hermine deluged the region.

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A home is engulfed in flames on Detroit's east side Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Fire officials say flames have swept through at least two dozen homes in Detroit, fanned by strong winds that are toppling power lines across the city. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Marcin Szczepanski)

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Firefighters work on a blaze in a commercial building in Detroit, Mich.,Tuesday, Sept.7, 2010. Fire officials say flames have swept through at least two dozen homes in Detroit, fanned by strong winds that are toppling power lines across the city. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Susan Tusa)