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The bow of the Titanic rests on the bottom of the North Atlantic, about 400 miles southeast of Newfoundland. April 15 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship, touted as "unsinkable" because of its safety features, on its maiden voyage. (Associated Press)
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In Artisphere's Elevator to the Moon: Retro-Future Visions of Space, 15 artists have taken the predictions of the past — schematics, drawings, and literary descriptions of a year 2000 in which humans can taken an elevator to the moon — and renewed them for the future.
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Willem Dafoe plays a mercenary sent to Tasmania by a mysterious biotech company to hunt down a mythical creature in "The Hunter." (Magnolia Pictures)
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Connecting a rain barrel to a home's downspout captures rain water that then can be used to water plants. (Associated Press)
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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 112 single-family homes at Willowsford in Ashburn, Va., a 4,000-acre community with 2,000 acres of open space. The Huntington model, with 4,221 square feet, is priced from $709,990.
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The kitchen in the Duke model features an oversized center island and a breakfast area. Also featured are 42-inch cabinets, granite counters and recessed lighting.
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The Duke model at the Woodlands at St. Georges in Bear, Del., has 3,700 square feet and is priced from $498,995. Buyers of this model can choose from four facades.
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The unmanned Japanese fishing vessel Ryou-un Maru dirfts northwest in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 164 miles southwest of Alaska's Baranof Island on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)
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In the U.S., the Obama administration has been a big advocate for solar energy, with Mr. Obama recently touring and speaking at Sempra's Copper Mountain Solar 1 facility in Boulder City, Nev. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this April 4, 2012, file photo, President Obama listens to Jeffrey Martin, the chief executive officer of Sempra U.S. Gas Power, during a tour at the Copper Mountain Solar 1 facility in Boulder City, Nev. John Sowers and Kevin Gillespie also join the tour. (Associated Press)
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Even before cable news outlets began reporting the tornadoes that ripped through Texas on Tuesday, a map of the state began blinking red on a screen in the Red Cross' new social media monitoring center, alerting weather watchers that something was happening in the hard-hit area. (Associated Press)
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"There is development within North Korea of a road-mobile [ICBM] system that we've observed," says Adm. Robert F. Willard, U.S. Pacific Command chief. (Associated Press)
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Gasoline prices are shown at a local gas station in Miami, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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**FILE** Gina Johnson performs leak tests on hydraulic fittings at the Eaton Corp. plant in Berea, Ohio, on Jan. 25, 2012. (Associated Press)
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This undated photo of a fossil provided by the Beijing Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of a new species of tyrannosaur, Y. huali, shows it had feathers on its tail. (AP Photo/Beijing Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Zang Hailong)
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Some disgruntled Louisiana educators are weighing a bid to recall Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, but no one in the governor's mansion is panicking. (Associated Press)
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California Gov. Jerry Brown (left), Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar (right) and Uwe T. Schmidt of Solar Trust attend an event near Blythe, Calif., for the Blythe Solar Power Project in June. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** A volunteer from the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) pets a pit bull, one of more than 200 rescued from South Korean nationals at a coffee farm lot in San Pablo city, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, on April 3, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Firefighters and Emergency Ministry officials examine the scene of a fire at a market on the outskirts of Moscow on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The blaze killed 17 migrant workers. (AP Photo/Maxim Dmitriyev)
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A woman receives a free meal on April 1, 2012, during a soup kitchen organized by a Greek humanitarian group in Athens' main Syntagma square. (Associated Press)
