Environment

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**FILE** U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice listens June 7, 2012, during a news conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Associated Press)

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At the back of the ground level in the Southwick model are the center-island kitchen, which is open to the family room and breakfast area.

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Basheer & Edgemoore is building 28 town homes at Boucher Place in the Eastport neighborhood of Annapolis. The Southwick model has 2,380 finished square feet and is priced from $427,900.

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U.S. tanks move during a military exercise near the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

Scientists and technicians work on their computers to control the launch of North Korea's Unha-3 rocket at the General Satellite Control and Command Center in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, 54 minutes after a long-range Unha-3 rocket was successfully launched on Dec. 12, 2012. (Associated Press/DigitalGlobe)

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Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists recorded the first local discovery of a Gonocerus acuteangulatus a leaf-footed bug known to occur in Europe when they intercepted the insect is a shipping container of Italian ceramic tiles Dec. 7, 2012. (Handout/J.D. Young, USDA APHIS)

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Injured Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick walks on the field after an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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DHS and its Customs and Border Protection agency have deployed drones to assist local law enforcement and other federal agencies on several occasions.

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**FILE** A123 Systems Inc. high power Nanophospate Lithium Ion Cell for Hybrid Electric Vehicles batteries are shown Aug. 6, 2009 in Livonia, Mich. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Bush (center) listens to Dave Vieau (right), president and CEO of A123 Systems, as he is shown a Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid car utilizing a lithium power battery during a demonstration of alternative fuel automobiles on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Feb. 23, 2007. At left is Energy Secretary Sam Bodman. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Latin singer Jenni Rivera rehearses April 25, 2012, at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Fla., for the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards. (Associated Press/Telemundo)

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Damage caused by a fire in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The fire department sent more than 190 firefighters to the blaze caused by superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, as he looks at the debris of a home that washed up onto the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after Superstorm Sandy rolled through Mantoloking, N.J. Sandy caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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** FILE ** An aerial view shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The tiny beachfront neighborhood, told to evacuate before Superstorm Sandy hit New York, burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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This Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough in New York. The tiny beachfront neighborhood was told to evacuate before superstorm Sandy hit New York and burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)