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Yukiya Amano of Japan, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, addresses the general conference of the IAEA at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A lynx with a tracking device thrives in the San Juan Mountains south of Creede, Colo. Colorado wildlife officials are declaring victory in their 11-year effort to reintroduce lynx to the state.
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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, at 4:45 a.m. EDT shows a swirl of clouds in the Atlantic Ocean associated with Hurricane Igor as it moves toward Bermuda as a Category 1 storm. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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A worker on the drilling floor is seen from the window of the drilling cage as the drilling pipe is removed on the Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Workers remove the drill pipe on the drilling floor of Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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** FILE ** The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R- Alaska, is seen climbing to the stage in preparation to announce her write-in campaign Friday, Sept. 17, 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)
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FILE - The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP's blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said late Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The final seal should happen by Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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An Afghan policeman provides a very visible show of security in front of an election campaign billboard in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Afghans to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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An Afghan policeman provides a very visible show of security in front of an election campaign billboard in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Afghans to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP's blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said late Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The final seal should happen by Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Cars are covered in debris after a severe storm moved through the area Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)
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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Emerald Camille tries to cover a hole in the roof of a friend's house after it was damaged by a storm in New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A fast-moving storm packing winds of up to 100 mph ripped through the city Thursday, knocking down trees and power lines, tearing off roofs in one Brooklyn neighborhood and leaving one person dead. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Rob Spillman uses a chain saw to cut branches from a fallen tree in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. Joseph Van Eken, right, assists in removing the branches. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A man steps through fallen branches in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A South Korean Marine jumps into the sea during the 60th Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 at sea near Incheon, the coastal city where United Nations Forces led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed in September, 1950 just months after North Korea invaded the South. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
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Toll Brothers is building 104 attached carriage-style homes at Tollgate Village in Bel Air. The homes have approximately 2,085 to 2,230 finished square feet, with base prices from $429,995 to $466,995.