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Associated Press Boats are seen spraying water on an oil-and-gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on Thursday. All 13 crew members, wearing protective "Gumby suits," were rescued.
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Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 50 single-family homes on half-acre sites at North Ridge in Culpeper. The homes have 2,169 to 2,766 finished square feet, with base prices from $234,990 to $264,990.
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The main level of the Delaware model can be expanded with a full bath, an optional conservatory and room extensions. Upstairs, the home features four bedrooms, two full baths and a laundry area. Three bedrooms have walk-in closets.
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The Delaware model at North Ridge has been designed for family living with a two-story family room with a fireplace that is open to the a center-island kitchen and breakfast area. It has 2,687 square feet and is priced from $259,990.
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Miller and Smith is building 36 town homes at Maple Lawn in Fulton. The homes have 2,978 to 3,279 finished square feet, with base prices from $511,990 to $551,990.
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This image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows Hurricane Earl at 12:45 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. As of Wednesday night, Earl was a powerful Category 4 hurricane centered more than 520 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., with winds of 140 mph. (AP Photo/NASA)
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FILE - In a Nov. 21, 2009, file photo, Miami running back Damien Berry gestures as he walks off the field after an NCAA college football game against Duke in Miami. Berry and A.J. Highsmith are doing more than trying to uphold Miami's long tradition when they play for the 13th-ranked Hurricanes. They're trying to uphold the legacy of their respective fathers--both former Hurricanes standouts--as well. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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New vehicle window sticker proposed by Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation
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A surfer rides the waves in Buxton, N.C., as Hurricane Earl approaches on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. A tourist evacuation of Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island is under way as the storm heads toward North Carolina's Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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The house in Bakersfield, Calif., where emergency personnel discovered the body of a woman that had died inside the chimney on Aug. 30, 2010. (AP photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Henry A. Barrios)
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A Pakistani girl waits for relief goods along a road in Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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This image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows Hurricane Earl (lower right) at 1 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. At 11 p.m. EDT Tuesday the center of the storm was located about 910 miles south-southeast of Wilmington, N.C. The Category 4 hurricane was moving northwest at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds of 135 mph. (AP Photo/NASA)
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Pakistani flood survivors look into a tent to get relief in a camp set up for displaced people in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained. (Associated Press)
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TENT CITY: Pakistani families gather to get the evening meal from a food-distribution point in a camp for flood-affected people in Sukkur, Pakistan, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Visitors to Gettysburg one day will be able to pay respects to the last two troops who died on the battlefied. As the 95th anniversary approaches, Gettysburg-area residents and the Gettysburg Battlefield Detachment of the Marine Corps League are working to establish a memorial to honor Marine Corps Capt. George Hamilton and Gunnery Sgt. George Martin, who died in a plane crash on the battlefield during training maneuvers in June 1922. (Associated Press/File)
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Floodwaters from a nearby river surround a house after heavy rains from Hurricane Earl hammered Potters Village, on the outskirts of St. John's, Antigua, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)
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A Slovakian policewoman secures the building where a man identified by authorities as 48-year-old Lubomir Harman opened fire, killing six people and wounding more than a dozen in a Bratislava suburb on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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A man is led off of a plane at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Monday. Two passengers were held in Amsterdam for questioning after security scanning revealed suspicious luggage. (Associated Press)
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Men work on a new drill to be used in the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Felix Alonso)
