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In this Friday, April 1, 2011, photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., workers for the company experimentally spray adhesive synthetic resin over the ground at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, northeastern Japan. TEPCO expects the resin spraying to prevent dust exposed to radiation materials from spreading out of the premises. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
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Japanese music band AKB48 performs during the concert "Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders" in Hong Kong on April 1, 2011. Hong Kong entertainment industry staged the charity concert to raise funds for victims of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami. From left are, Ayaka Umeda, Ami Maeda and Sakiko Matsui. (Associated Press)
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Japan-based Hong Kong singer Agnes Chan performs during the charity concert "Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders" in Hong Kong Friday, April 1, 2011. Hong Kong entertainment industry staged the concert to raise funds for victims of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Idaho Republican Rep. Michael K. Simpson and other critics say the Obama administration is violating a federal law that designates Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the leading candidate for nuclear-waste disposal. (Associated Press)
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"I could see the future. Maybe I could go there and help out. I had a vision. Now we're in the Final Four. My vision panned out," said Jamie Skeen, a fifth-year senior who transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University from Wake Forest. (Associated Press)
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Wizards point guard John Wall (right) scuffles with Miami Heat center Zydrunas Ilgauskas on Wednesday. The NBA suspended Wall for Friday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. (Associated Press)
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A billboard in President Obama's hometown is intended to "encourage reflection on the disproportionate number of abortions among African Americans."
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speak about nuclear power safety after their meeting in Tokyo on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Visitors at the American Museum of Science & Energy in Oak Ridge, Tenn., read text about the communities that were displaced to make way for the Manhattan Project. (Associated Press/American Museum of Science & Energy)
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Theaxes: entire back wall of the living room is windows. The room features radiant heat, built-in bookcases and suspended lighting.
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Architect Travis Price blended Japanese and Swedish design elements into this contemporary home in Rock Creek Forest. Built in 1990, the home is on the market for $1,795,000.
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Brookfield Homes is building 100 single-family homes at Little River Preserve in Chantilly. The homes are base-priced from $499,990 to $514,990.
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An Environmental Protection Agency RadNet air-monitoring station collects radiation data in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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FILE - In this March 28, 2011 file photo, new vehicles damaged by the March 11 tsunami waters sit lined in a Toyota parking lot at Sendai port, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A shortage of auto parts and other components after Japan's earthquake has stirred unease about two pillars of manufacturing: the country's role as a crucial link in the global supply chain and "just in time" production. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)
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Residents search for anything worth keeping Wednesday in the earthquake- and tsunami-devastated town of Kesennuma in northern Japan. (Associated Press)
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A man looks at the devastation, which was partially caused by fire after an earthquake and tsunami that struck Kesennuma. (Associated Press)
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'THIS NIGHTMARE': Nearly three weeks of desperation and depravation after have given some of the earthquake and tsunami survivors the courage to visit Kesennuma, Japan. Just a month ago, the town was home to 70,000 people including fishermen, teachers, mechanics and clothing makers. (Associated Press)
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Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) deflects a shot by Washington Capitals' Matt Bradley (10) while Hurricanes' Bryan Allen (5) defends during a game in Washington on Tuesday. The Hurricanes won 3-2 in a shootout. The Capitals are working to improve in power-play situations. (Associated Press)
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This image provided by NASA is the first ever obtained from a spacecraft in orbit about the Solar System's innermost planet, Mercury. The image was captured early this morning, at 5:20 a.m. EDT,Tuesday March 29, 2011. The dominant rayed crater in the upper portion of the image is Debussy. The bottom portion of this image is near Mercury's south pole and includes a region of Mercury's surface not previously seen by spacecraft. On March 17, 2011 (March 18, 2011, UTC), MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. (AP Photo/NASA)
