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This map, released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is contained in a report from a study that analyzed the likely effects from terrorists setting off a 10-kiloton nuclear device a few blocks north of the White House. The map shows a summary of severe, moderate and light damage zones, and types of damage or injuries likely to be encountered by responders. (AP Photo/FEMA)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is pushing for an offshore wind energy bill after a similar measure failed last year because of bipartisan concerns over the likelihood that its implementation would drive up energy prices. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The Deepsea Challenger submersible with James Cameron inside is moved into place to begin its descent 7 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean to the Mariana Trench. The movie director spent more than three hours inside the trench. (National Geographic via Associated Press)
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An oil container, a bucket and a bag of trash litter a gully near Highway 85, a key route for truckers in North Dakota's oil country. Some of the industrial rubbish blows from unsecured truckloads, but the most frustrating trash is discarded urine. (Associated Press)
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A commercial billboard welcoming Pope Benedict XVI stands near Bicentennial Park. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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**FILE** Tugboats pull the crippled tanker Exxon Valdez towards Naked Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on April 5, 1989, after the ship was pulled from Bligh Reef. (Associated Press)
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EYA is building 112 town homes at the Townhomes at Mosaic District in Fairfax. The homes have 1,848 to 2,566 finished square feet, with base prices from $597,400 to the $800,000s.
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** FILE ** In this Oct. 14, 2011, file photo, Mike and Chantell Sackett of Priest Lake, Idaho, pose for a photo in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that property owners have a right to prompt review by a judge of an important tool used by the Environmental Protection Agency to address water pollution. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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** FILE ** A Taiwanese soldier stands at attention in front of a Patriot missile air defense system near the northern coastal town of Wanli, Taiwan, in October 2004. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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New X-ray research has shown that "Still Life With Meadow Flowers and Roses" really is by Vincent van Gogh. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this April 10, 2010 file photo, U.S. actor Sean Penn carries the belongings of a person displaced by the earthquake as people are relocated from the Petion ville Golf Club to a new camp, Corail-Cesselesse, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Penn is being honored by a group of Nobel laureates for his relief work in Haiti following the country's devastating January 2010 earthquake. Penn is to receive the 2012 Peace Summit Award at the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at an event in Chicago in April 2012 and is expected to draw such luminaries as Poland's Lech Walesa and the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
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Susan Eisenhower, President Eisenhower's granddaughter, has been critical of the design and is expected to testify before the hearing of the House subcommittee on national parks, forests and public lands Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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"The American Dream is still alive for those who pursue it," writes Sen. Marco Rubio in his forthcoming autobiography. (Sentinel Books)
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A helicopter flies above the Jefferson Memorial, seen here through cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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People take pictures of the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., from paddle boats on March 19, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A bison roams freely outside a pen enclosing others in Gardiner, Mont., in Yellowstone National Park. On Monday, 64 bison from Yellowstone were to arrive at Montana's Fort Peck Reservation under a relocation initiative to repopulate parts of the West with the animals. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Tongan King George Tupou V, who championed a more democratic system of government in his Pacific island nation, sits on the throne in Nuku'aloka, Tonga, in August 2008. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Glenn Jeffrey, File)
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President Obama holds hands with his daughters, Malia (left) and Sasha, as they leave Sea Life Park, a marine wildlife park, with family friends in Waimanalo, Hawaii, in December. (Associated Press)
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Oil wealth, if it occurs, stands to change the way of life on the Falklands. A survey ship (top) sails in Stanley Harbor before leaving on a scientific mission to study the undersea topography for offshore oil exploration. Penguins gather on the coast of Murrell Farm near the northeastern corner of the islands. (Associated Press)
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A house is missing part of its roof on Noble Drive in Huron Farms neighborhood of Dexter, Mich., on March 15, 2012, after a tornado hit the neighborhood. The slow-moving storm was part of a system packing large hail, heavy rain and high winds. (Associated Press/AnnAbor.Com)
