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Svetlana Kuznetsova, of Russia, serves to Flavia Pennetta, of Italy, during the Mercury Insurance Open tennis tournament in Carlsbad, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Graphic compares the BP oil spill with other sources of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, such as natural seepage and leaks
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A tree is uprooted in the yard of a home that is for sale in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Va. after storms caused damage and power outages, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010.
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Associated Press Emergency workers respond to an accident involving two school buses, a tractor trailer and a pickup truck Thursday on I-44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The school buses, carrying high school students, couldn't avoid a wreck of the trucks that had occurred in front of them.
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This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer rig on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. A girl on one of the buses and the driver of the pickup were killed. (AP Photo/KTVI)
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Miami offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson stretches out during practice, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in Coral Gables, Fla. Considered by some as the nation's No. 1 recruit a year ago, Henderson was on the Hurricanes' practice field with his new teammates as training camp opened Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer rig on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. A girl on one of the buses and the driver of the pickup were killed. (AP Photo/KTVI)
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A family trapped by heavy flooding is evacuated with other residents on a Pakistani army helicopter in Sanawan near Multan in central Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Flood survivors loaded down with possessions fled a growing deluge in Pakistan's most populous province Thursday as the government came under renewed criticism for its response to the worst monsoon rains in decades. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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NVHomes is building 102 town homes at the Villages of Urbana Towns in Urbana. The homes have 2,006 to 2,388 finished square feet, with base prices from $279,990 to $329,990.
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Williamsburg Homes is building 64 town homes at the Enclave at Ellicott Station in Ellicott City. The homes have 2,170 to 2,650 finished square feet and are priced from the low to upper $400,000s.
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JP Brehony Homes is building 10 to 15 single-family homes on sites of 10,000 to 18,000 square feet at the Cottage Collection in Vienna. The homes have 2,116 to 2,600 finished square feet, with base prices from $795,000 to $980,000.
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The center-island kitchen in the Gunnell Cottage model in the Cottage Collection features Mission-style cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counters. It has 2,262 square feet and is priced from $865,000.
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Plumes of smoke rise from burning tires during a plane crash drill at Harare International airport in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. The mock exercise created panic in the media and among residents of Harare as people began seeking information on what caused the crash. Zimbabwe officials now say that a report of plane accident at Harare's airport was false and only part of a training drill.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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Eddie Forsythe (left) and Don Rorabough dump a box of blue crabs onto a sorting table at B.K. Seafood in Yscloskey, La., on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Commercial and recreational fishing, with some restrictions, has started up again in southeast Louisiana in areas that were closed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (AP Photo/Chuck Cook)
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This frame grab image made from video provided by KTVK-3TV shows a fire at the scene of a plane crash near Deer Valley Airport in north Phoenix. (AP Photo/KTVK-3TV)
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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Robert L. Sumwalt asks questions at a meeting on the investigation findings and safety issues of the June 22, 2009 collision of two Washington Metrorail trains, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the NTSB in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 4:41 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, the new 75-ton cap sits atop the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In a significant step toward stopping the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP said Wednesday that mud that was forced down its blown-out well was holding back the flow of crude in the Gulf of Mexico and it was in a "static condition." (AP Photo/BP PLC)
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Family members mourn the death of a local leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement Raza Haider in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday. Gunmen killed dozens of people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a lawmaker, officials said Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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"Religious toleration is the bedrock of our freedom, but no nation is required to extend toleration to religions that preach against public order and safety," Republican House candidate Lou Ann Zelenik said.
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People carry bodies of local leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement Raza Haider, left, and his guard who were killed by unknown gunmen, for burial in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Gunmen killed dozens of people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a lawmaker, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
