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Flames pour from the windows of an abandoned warehouse in Philadelphia as crews douse it with water from all sides. Hot embers from the main fire blew to nearby structures, causing small fires that damaged six homes. (Associated Press)
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who launched a new talk-radio show Monday, said he was "going to be confronting the issues and not the listeners." (National Press Club)
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Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy and Dwight Howard have had less than a cordial relationship. Even though Howard re-signed with the Magic for next season, reports emerged that Howard asked team officials to fire Van Gundy.(Associated Press)
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**FILE** A satellite image taken Sept. 27, 2009, shows a suspected nuclear enrichment facility under construction inside a mountain located north of Qom, Iran. (Associated Press/DigitalGlobe)
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It was a fitting end to the Masters for Bubba Watson, who waves to the crowd Sunday night at the green-jacket ceremony. (Associated Press)
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Tiger Woods reacts to missing a birdie chip on the 12th green during the second round of the Masters tournament Friday, April 6, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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A rocket lifts off from Musudan-ri, North Korea, in 2009. A launch that year took an easterly path that sent the rocket directly over Japan's main island. (KRT via Associated Press)
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North Korea says this month's planned launch from its new Tongchang-ri launch facility on the country's west coast will send the satellite into a polar orbit. (Digital Globe via Associated Press)
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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)
