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** FILE ** In this Oct. 21, 2010, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, listens during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Associated Press EPA chief Lisa P. Jackson says greenhouse gases threaten the health of Americans and contribute to climate change.
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Titik Yuniarti is treated Dec. 15 in a Langsa, Indonesia, hospital for her injuries after she was beaten by a mob accusing her of attempting to abduct a child while searching for her daughter, who went missing in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Pardee Homes touts the 'green' aspect of its new Fair Oaks Ranch homes in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. More people purchased new homes in November, but not enough to signal that better times are ahead for the battered housing industry. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Firefighters help a woman from her vehicle on a flooded street in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2010. The tail end of a storm that dumped rain on Southern California for nearly a week gave the region one final lashing, burying cars in mud, washing hillsides onto highways, flooding urban streets and threatening dozens of canyon homes. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
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Stanley Martin Homes is building 215 single-family homes on quarter-acre homesites at Primrose Park in Wildewood, located in California in St. Mary's County. The homes have 1,801 to 3,292 finished square feet, with base prices from $269,990 to $372,990.
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The contemporary home has walls of glass that bring the outdoors in. It has 4,800 square feet of living space, plus an additional 2,000 square feet of patios, terraces and walkways around the home.
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The Gramercy model has a center-island kitchen on the main level and a master suite with a sitting area, private bath and two closets on the upper level.
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Van Metre is building 52 town homes at City Towns at the Overlook in Brambleton, located within walking distance of movies, restaurants and shops. The homes have 2,024 to 2,217 finished square feet, with base prices from $349,990 to $374,990.
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The Gramercy model at the City Towns at the Overlook in Brambleton has three finished levels. It is priced from $359,990.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A government ship sails past the South Korean Navy's floating base at sunrise Wednesday near Yeonpyeong island, South Korea.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago firefighters evacuate an injured comrade from an abandoned commercial building in the city's South Side. Two were killed and 17 injured when a blaze caused a wall and roof to collapse.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki waits to submit his new government for approval to the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad on Tuesday. Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved the new government. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. Coast Guard vessel searches for survivors in an area believed to be the crash site of a Puerto Rico National Guard helicopter in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2010. The chopper crashed Monday into the ocean after returning from a drug raid, with all six people aboard feared dead, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/El Nuevo Dia, Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)
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Associated Press South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island on Tuesday. North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for Seoul's military drills near the border Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program.
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A Haitian woman, carrying a bucket with goods to sell, walks by a house damaged by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince on Dec. 11.
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Associated Press photographs A Haitian man removes debris from a damaged house Dec. 11 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, nearly a year after the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean island nation. Haitian contractors have played a negligible role in the rebuilding process.
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Associated Press AGENT OF CHANGE: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says, "Several people running look like they are qualified."
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These bone fragments found by researchers on Nikumaroro Island in the South Pacific could help prove that famed aviator Amelia Earhart died as a castaway after failing in her quest to circumnavigate the globe. (AP Photo/The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery)
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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2010 file photo, a farmer walks through his corn field covered in volcanic ash from Mount Merapi in Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia. (AP Photo/File)
