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Ryan Homes is building town-home-style condominiums at the Villages of Urbana in Frederick. The homes are priced from $239,990 to $269,990.
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This is a copy of a composite photo made by Will Foreman from a speed camera on northbound Route 210 at Livingston Road in Forest Heights made on July 22, 2010, showing a truck owned by Mr. Foreman traveling on the road.
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A woman sees a relative lying dead on the ground after he was killed by gunmen in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in December 2010. (Associated Press)
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Tuesday's announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (center) that a federal agency has approved plans for the Cape Wind project off the Massachusetts coast clears the way for America's first offshore wind farm. (Associated Press)
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Crude gushes from the top of the transition spool, which was placed into the Deepwater Horizon wellhead to house the containment cap at the site of the leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The 2010 explosion at the offshore platform released an estimated 170 million gallons of crude into the Gulf. (Associated Press)
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ENVIRONMENTAL HIT: An oil-drenched bird in June 2010 struggles to climb onto a boom in Barataria Bay, La., which was affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. The April 20, 2010, explosion at the offshore platform killed 11 men, and the leak released an estimated 170 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. (Associated Press)
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A member of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's staff reaches into thick oil on the surface of the northern regions of Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, La., in April 2010. Environmental activists predict it will be a long time before the full extent of the spill's impact on Gulf wetlands can be determined. (Associated Press)
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Actress Tina Fey portrays then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" on Sept. 13, 2008, shortly after Mrs. Palin's selection as the Republican vice presidential nominee. (Associated Press)
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A wildfire threatens a house near Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas, where at least 18 homes and two churches were burned and residents fled. Wildfires in the past week have burned more than 1,000 square miles of Texas ranchland. (Associated Press)
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Millie Jernigan collects her belongings from her destroyed home in Askewville, N.C., on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 after tornadoes devastated the area Saturday. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
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Businesses and residents at Washington Harbour were ordered to evacuate as water engulfed garages and restaurants. "Had the wall been up, it would have prevented a flood," fire department spokesman Pete Piringer said of the missing gate. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on the banks of the Connecticut River in Vernon, Vt. (Associated Press file)
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to end the crisis at its tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, within six months. This is the operation floor in the reactor building of Unit 4 at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture. (Bloomberg)
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Steve Sawyer sorts through debris of a 3,500-square-foot home that was destroyed after a tornado swept through the area Saturday night in Gloucester, Va., in this photo taken Sunday, April 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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In this April 17, 2011, photo, Jeffery Lee looks at a photograph in the middle of debris that was once his friend's home in Fayetteville, N.C., after a tornado hit the area Saturday. North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue plans to tour areas that were hit hard by a ferocious storm system with twisters that ripped through the South, killing at least 45 people across six states. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft)
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In this April 17, 2011, photo, a business lies in ruin in Fayetteville, N.C., after a tornado hit the area Saturday. North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue plans to tour areas that were hit hard by a ferocious storm system with twisters that ripped through the South, killing at least 45 people across six states. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft)
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In this April 17, 2011, photo, homes lay in ruin in a subdivision in Fayetteville, N.C., after a tornado hit the area Saturday. North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue plans to tour areas that were hit hard by a ferocious storm system with twisters that ripped through the South, killing at least 45 people across six states. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft)
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This aerial photo taken Sunday, April 17, 2011, shows a home severely damaged by a tornado that ripped through Gloucester, Va., on Saturday. Tornadoes and flash flooding left several people dead in Virginia, and crews are continuing to assess damage that severe weekend storms caused across several areas of the state. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Randall Greenwell)
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This aerial photo taken Sunday, April 17, 2011, shows damage to Page Middle School by a tornado that ripped through Gloucester, Va., on Saturday. Tornadoes and flash flooding left several people dead in Virginia, and crews are continuing to assess damage that severe weekend storms caused across several areas of the state. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Randall Greenwell)
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Kathy Gay looks at the damaged ceiling in the home of her brother Gary Jordan on Sunday, April 17, 2011, in Gloucester, Va. Tornadoes and flash flooding left several people dead in Virginia, and crews are continuing to assess damage that severe weekend storms caused across several areas of the state. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Sunday declared a state of emergency, authorizing state agencies to assist local officials in response and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)
