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The Capitol Christmas tree is placed on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. The tree was cut down earlier this month in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in northwest Wyoming. The Washington Monument is in the background. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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The Capitol Christmas tree is placed on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. The tree was cut down earlier this month in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in northwest Wyoming. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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A supporter of Haiti's ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide holds calendars depicting Aristide that read in Creole: "Good return", near a polling station during general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Haitians are going to the polls in the midst of a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 1,600 people and hospitalized thousands as it still recovers from the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A police officer pushes voters against a wall covered with posters depicting presidential candidate Jude Celestin during general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Haitians are going to the polls in the midst of a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 1,600 people and hospitalized thousands as it still recovers from the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A young man collects election ballots inside a polling station that was destroyed by demonstrators in Grande Riu Du Nord village, Haiti, Monday Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Election ballots lay in the street after being swept into a pile outside a polling station in Grande Riu Du Nord village, Haiti, Monday Nov. 29, 2010. Haiti wrapped up their Sunday elections in discord while results were not likely until Dec. 7 and run-offs were expected for the presidential and nearly all senatorial and parliamentary races. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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People walk past a sand sculpture made by activists of Oxfam, a group of non-governmental organizations, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Russian scientist Sergey Zimov demonstrates the emission of methane trapped under the ice of a Siberian lake near the town of Chersky, Russia. In the last few decades, as the Earth has gradually warmed, the icy ground has begun thawing more rapidly, accelerating the release of methane - a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide - at a perilous rate.
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A tiny chapel is seen on the grounds of the Northeast Science Station near the town of Chersky in Siberia 4,000 miles east of Moscow. Gas locked inside Siberia's frozen soil and under its lakes has been seeping out since the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago.
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Greenpeace activists wave windsocks as they campaign for the use of renewable energy Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 in Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines. The Filipino activists called on President Benigno Aquino III to commit to 50 percent renewable energy by 2020 as one of the solutions to fight climate change. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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First lady Michelle Obama stands with daughters Malia and Sasha as she receives the official White House Christmas tree, a Douglas Fir from the Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Leighton, Pa., at the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, clinks glasses with officials during a signing of trilateral agreement before the opening of the APEC summit in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Russia, Japan and China signed an agreement to build a chemical plant in Tatarstan, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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Beazer Homes is building 141 town homes at Greenfield at Collegiate Acres in Hagerstown. The Morgan model home has 1,804 finished square feet, with base prices from $165,990.
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The Dylan model at Lee Square is an upper-level condominium with two finished levels, including an open center-island kitchen, family room and breakfast room on the main living level. It has 2,600 square feet and is priced from $229,990.
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A South Korean marine helps a woman disembark from a ferry ship Thursday as she returns to her home on Yeonpyeong Island. South Korea's president vowed to boost troops on the island targeted by a North Korean artillery barrage, while the North stridently warned of additional attacks if the South carries out any "reckless military provocations." (Associated Press)
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South Korean marines collect an unexploded shell fired from North Korea into a straw bag on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Park Ji-ho)
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Destroyed houses are evident from the air Wednesday on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. Officials say they found the burned bodies of two islanders killed in the North Korean artillery attack, marking the first two civilian deaths in the crisis. (Associated Press/Yonhap)
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An unidentified relative of Seo Jeong-woo, a South Korean marine killed on Yeonpyeong Island by North Korea's artillery attack, weeps during a memorial service at a military hospital Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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This Sept. 9, 2010 photo shows an Olympus Innov-X Delta Handheld XRF Analyzer testing glassware decorated with a Ronald McDonald character for cadmium, lead and other toxic elements in Los Angeles. The device is used for the analysis of environmental, geological, biological, industrial and other samples. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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In this Oct. 26, 2010 photo, a tiny chapel is seen on the grounds of the Northeast Science Station near the town of Chersky in Siberia 6,600 kms (4,000 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. Gas locked inside Siberia's frozen soil and under its lakes has been seeping out since the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. But in the last few decades, as the Earth has gradually warmed, the icy ground has begun thawing more rapidly, accelerating the release of methane _ a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide _ at a perilous rate. (AP Photo/Arthur Max)
