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** FILE ** Vessels assisting BP and the Coast Guard in the capping of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead were hard at work on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana on July 18, 2010. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Vessels assisting BP and the Coast Guard in the capping of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead were hard at work on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana on Sunday.
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** FILE ** P.J. Hahn, Plaquemines Parish coastal zone director, lifts his boot out of thick beached oil on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, just off the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., in early June. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal looks over the berm system on the northern end of the Chandeleur Islands, La., Thursday, July 15, 2010. Jindal said the berm system was working to keep oil off the islands. A tightly fitted cap was successfully keeping oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time in three months, BP said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after attending a groundbreaking ceremony for the LG Chem plant that will manufacture advanced batteries for Chevrolet and Ford electric cars, Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Holland, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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American Tiger Woods drives the ball on the 16th hole on the first day of the Open championship in St. Andrews, Scotland on July 15, 2010. (UPI/Hugo Philpott)
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American Tiger Woods does a press up over his ball on the 14th fairway on the first day of the Open championship in St. Andrews, Scotland on July 15, 2010. (UPI/Hugo Philpott)
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American Tiger Woods drives the ball on the 4th hole on the first day of the Open championship in St. Andrews, Scotland on July 15, 2010. (UPI/Hugo Philpott)
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The living room features track and recessed lighting, a wood-burning fireplace and built-in cabinets.
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The homes at 221 and 223 11th St. SE have been renovated by local builders J.D. Schmidt and Jesse Connell. They are priced from $1,250,000 to $1,350,000.
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The kitchen in the Berkley model at the Duke in Old Town Alexandria has a breakfast bar. The Berkley flat has 1,557 square feet and is priced from $654,990 to $667,810. Three-level town homes also are available.
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A bank has foreclosed on this home in Palo Alto, Calif. Nearly 528,000 homes were taken over by lenders in the first six months of 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Philippines workers try to arrange a tarpaulin Wednesday from a billboard that collapsed on top of a house south of Manila due to strong winds from Typhoon Conson. (Associated Press)
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Residents push a stalled passenger "jeepney" Wednesday just hours after a typhoon blew through Manila and other provinces in the Philippines. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year, called Conson, had barreled toward the country's east coast Tuesday, prompting flight and ferry cancellations, school closures and warnings of floods and landslides. (Associated Press)
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Residents wade through a flooded street in Las Pinas, Philippines, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, hours after typhoon Conson lashed Manila and nearby areas. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A Muslim Filipino fixes the roof of his shanty after strong winds from typhoon Conson tore down several shanties around a mosque in Manila on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year killed at least 26 people and left some 38 others missing. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Workers place a makeshift bridge on one of the beams of a collapsed crane brought down by strong winds from typhoon Conson on the South Luzon Expressway in suburban Manila on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year prompted flight and ferry cancellations, school closures, and warnings of floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Filipinos try to arrange a tarpaulin from a billboard that collapsed on top of a house because of strong winds from typhoon Conson in Muntinlupa, Philippines, south of Manila, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year killed at least 26 people and left at least 38 others missing. No one was injured during this incident. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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A barefoot mother pushes a tricycle with her children on board as they look for a dry place to spend the night after their shanty collapsed in the onslaught of typhoon Conson on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Taytay township, Rizal province, east of Manila. The Philippines' first typhoon of the year prompted flight and ferry cancellations, school closures, and warnings of floods and landslides. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
