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Utility workers watch encroaching flood waters on Water Street at Pennsylvania Avenue as several days of heavy rains cause flooding in Upper Marlboro, Md. on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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A car is engulfed with water as a flash flood occurs in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday, September 8, 2011. Rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is causing flash floods. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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A car is trapped in a parking garage as flood waters rise in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday, September 8, 2011. Rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is causing flash floods. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Students attending Strayer University on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., are trapped by flood waters Thursday, September 8, 2011. Rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is causing flash floods. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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The offramp to Route 322 East in Hershey, Pa., was severely damaged by the excessive rainfall Thursday. The road is a major access point to the Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center. This and other flood damage is inhibiting emergency response to the hospital. (Associated Press)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano: Sept. 11 "was the signal of a change in the environment that we have to deal with, I think, throughout the foreseeable future."

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A seemingly intoxicated moose is discovered Sept. 6, 2011, entangled in an apple tree in Goteborg, Sweden. The animal was likely drunk from eating fermented apples. (Associated Press)

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FBI agents stand guard outside the headquarters of Solyndra, a solar firm in Fremont, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Ryan Homes is building 81 town homes and condominiums at Market Square at Frederick in Frederick. The Mozart model town home, with 1,709 square feet, is priced from $269,990.

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Cars drive through high water on Route 50 in Cheverly, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. As the leftovers from Tropical Storm Lee brought welcome wet weather to farmers in the Southeast, many areas of the East Coast were getting soaked, bringing new concerns about flooding. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Brandon Franklin picks up a tar ball washed in by Tropical Storm Lee from amid shells at Gulf Shores, Ala., on Sept. 6, 2011. Franklin, coastal plans manager for the city, said the tar balls are suspected of being pieces of submerged tar mats left over from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A poster of the movie "Captain America" stands in front of the main entrance to a cinema Tuesday in central Jakarta, Indonesia. A monopoly on film imports that is holding the number of Hollywood blockbusters entering Indonesia to a trickle faces growing scrutiny amid widespread disgruntlement.

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A pine tree possibly felled by a tornado damaged the home of Bob Van Derwart near Woodstock, Ga., on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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Smoke from a wildfire hangs in the sky on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Bastrop, Texas. Officials hope calmer winds will help firefighters battling the fires, which have destroyed nearly a thousand homes in the state in the past week. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Quarterback Stephen Morris (17) of the Miami Hurricanes runs into the end zone for a touchdown in the second half at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, Monday September 5, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Wide receiver Quintin McCree (#17) of the Maryland Terrapins breaks a runs against the Miami Hurricanes in Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland, on Monday September 5, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Miami Hurricanes fan Cetera Bunch wears a shirt which makes reference to the recent controversy surrounding the Hurricanes football program at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland, on Monday September 5, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Six months after a tsunami and nuclear disaster wiped out the fishing industry in northeastern Japan and scared domestic and foreign consumers away from Japanese seafood, Ofunato's fish market is bustling again. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)