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A downed tree provided the backdrop for the fifth fairway at Congressional Country Club during the final round of the AT&T National. Volunteers and spectators were kept away for Saturday's third round because of damage to the course from heavy storms in the region Friday night. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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Trees and power lines litter roadways on Sunday in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Utility workers secure power lines on a pole as their team repairs lines downed by fallen trees in Springfield. (Associated Press)

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A utility worker clears a downed tree in Springfield, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday knocked out power to approximately one million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A utility worker secures a power line on a pole as his team repairs lines downed by fallen trees in Springfield, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday, June 29th knocked out power to approximately one million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A portable generator supplies power to a traffic signal on Route 1 in Fairfax, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday knocked out power to approximately a million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the Washington, DC region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A gas station, unable to pump gasoline because they have no electricity, displays a sign reading "No Power" in Springfield, Va., Sunday, July 1, 2012. A severe storm late Friday knocked out power to approximately one million residents, traffic signals and businesses in the region. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Many trees and power-lines still litter the roadways after last Friday's severe storms on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Many trees and power-lines still litter the roadways after last Friday's severe storms on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Many trees and power-lines still litter the roadways after last Friday's severe storms on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Pastor Mochel Morris delivers her sermon outside Christ Crossman United Methodist church because the electricity was off inside their building on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power after last Friday's severe storms. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Pastor Mochel Morris delivers her sermon outside Christ Crossman United Methodist church because the electricity was off inside their building on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power after last Friday's severe storms. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Pastor Mochel Morris delivers her sermon outside Christ Crossman United Methodist church because the electricity was off inside their building on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Falls Church, Va. Thousand of homes are still without power after last Friday's severe storms. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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A demonstrator holds a slogan and a photo of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during a rally in Tokyo on Sunday, July 1, 2012, to protest the restart of a reactor at the Ohi nuclear power plant. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)