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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, offers his "Back in Black" plan to reduce the federal deficit during a news conference Monday. It attempts to explain how to reduce the deficit by more than $900 billion during the next 10 years. (Associated Press)
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This panoramic view provided by NASA was photographed from the International Space Station, looking toward Earth past the cargo bay of the docked space shuttle Atlantis and part of the station, including a solar array panel, on Thursday, July 14, 2011, as the complex passed over the Southern Hemisphere. The Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, can be seen on Earth's horizon, and a number of stars also are visible. (AP Photo/NASA)
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Indonesia's Mount Lokon, seen from Tomohon, North Sulawesi, spews volcanic ash in its most powerful eruption yet on Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Traffic is blocked on the northbound of Interstate 405 freeway near I-10 freeway shortly after it closed for construction at midnight on July 15, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Michael Harris Homes is building 112 town homes at Symphony Park at Strathmore. Owners will be given a complimentary three-year membership to the Symphony Park Circle, which provides ticket discounts.
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The center-island kitchen in the Augusta model features 42-inch raised-panel cabinets. The kitchen is open to the breakfast area and family room.
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Steuart-Kret Homes is building 292 single-family homes at Agricopia in La Plata. The four-bedroom Augusta model, with 3,307 square feet, is priced from $456,900.
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The kitchen features a double sink, granite and marble counters, an oversized island, and state-of-the-art appliances.
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Kit Sullivan (center), of Roam Rides, talks about outdoor art during a two-hour graffiti tour in Wynwood. Artists looking for a space to paint legally here may seek help from Primary Flight, an organization that has brought hundreds of artists to the streets of the neighborhood. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Astronauts Ronald Garan Jr. (top) and Michael Fossum work outside the International Space Station during the last spacewalk of NASA's space- shuttle era on Tuesday. They retrieved a broken ammonia pump.
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Area residents Steve and Ky McDorman stand by the roadside as a funeral procession of emergency vehicles for Lt. Shannon Stone of the Brownwood Fire Department drives by on Monday, July 11, 2011 (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has phoned influential Republicans in early-voting New Hampshire and Iowa in recent days as he weighs whether to enter the race for the GOP presidential nomination. (Associated Press)
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"It's sad we even have to compare homicides in various jurisdictions." Lynn Rivers, Springfield, transportation
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In this combo of two photos, people walk along Prefectural Highway 30 sandwiched by floodwaters in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 24, 2011, after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area, top, and the same area, bottom, with an earth mover goes on reconstruction work as photographed on June 4, 2011. A strong earthquake hit hit Japan's northeastern coast on Sunday, but there were not any immediate reports of damage.
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The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off for the last time at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, July 8, 2011. The mission marks the end of more than 30 years of space shuttle flights for the NASA program. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off for the last time at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, July 8, 2011. The mission marks the end of more than 30 years of space shuttle flights for the NASA program. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of thousands of people watched from the roadside in Titusville, Fla., on Friday, July 8, 2011, as the space shuttle Atlantis launched from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, about seven miles away. Some claimed a spot the night before and slept in their vehicles while awaiting the launch. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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Donnie Green of Sanford, Fla., sells T-shirts on Friday, July 8, 2011, to drivers and passengers stuck in traffic on Route 1 in Titusville, Fla., following the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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ANDREW S. GERACI/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Scott Andrews confers on the phone Monday as he prepares remote cameras to record the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He has dozens of cameras set up at every conceivable angle.
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SCOTT ANDREWS On Launch Pad 39a at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Commander Alan G. Poindexter (center) prepares to enter Space Shuttle Discovery from the pad's "white room" on April 5, 2010. Photographer Scott Andrews took many such candid shots.
