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** FILE ** A Metropolitan Police Officer helps control traffic along 2nd Street S.E. on Aug. 26, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sandbags were placed around grates on sidewalks outside the Foggy Bottom/George Washington University Metro station in northwest Washington on Aug. 26, 2011, a day before Hurricane Irene was expected to hit the D.C. region. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Sandbags were placed around grates on sidewalks outside the Foggy Bottom/George Washington University Metro station in northwest Washington on Aug. 26, 2011, a day before Hurricane Irene was expected to hit the D.C. region. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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People shop at discount warehouse club Costco in Arlington, Va., on Aug. 26, 2011, a day before Hurricane Irene was expected to hit the D.C. region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Joey Yalowitz (center) of Huntsville, Ala., helps a man with a case of bottled water at discount warehouse club Costco in Arlington, Va., on Aug. 26, 2011, a day before Hurricane Irene was expected to hit the D.C. region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Victor Korner loads his cart with bottled water on Aug. 26, 2011, at discount warehouse club Costco in Arlington, Va., a day before Hurricane Irene was expected to hit the D.C. region. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Jason Lacey throws a rope to add another line for his boat "Transit" at Anchorage Marina before the arrival of Hurricane Irene, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Erika Audfroid, a lifeguard with Nags Head Ocean Rescue, hoists a no swimming flag along the beach in Nags Head, N.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 as hurrican Irene takes aim at the North Carolina coast. The full force of Hurricane Irene was still a day away from the East Coast but heightened waves began hitting North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Libyan dead bodies lay in the hospital of Abu Salim district, in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. The four-story hospital was completely empty with shattered glass over the floors, dark with dried blood stains and with medical equipment strewn about. In the hospital yard next to the parking lot is a pile of 20 decomposing bodies, all of them darker skinned than most Libyans, covered with blankets. Gadhafi had recruited fighters from sub-Saharan Africa.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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A injured man is carried from a United Nation's office after a car blew up in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Aug 26, 2011. A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations' offices in Nigeria's capital Friday, killing at least sixteen people and shattering part of the concrete structure. (AP Photo/Felix Onigbinde)

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A injured man is carried from a United Nation's office after a car blew up in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations' offices in Nigeria's capital Friday, killing at least seven people and shattering part of the concrete structure. (AP Photo)

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A injured man is carried from a United Nation's office after a car blew up in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations' offices in Nigeria's capital Friday, killing at least seven people and shattering part of the concrete structure. (AP Photo)

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This image released by Saharareporters shows police and rescue workers after a large explosion struck the United Nations' main office in Nigeria's capital Abuja Friday Aug. 26, 2011, flattening one wing of the building and killing several people. A U.N. official in Geneva called it a bomb attack. The building, located in the same neighborhood as the U.S. embassy and other diplomatic posts in Abuja, had a huge hole punched in it. (AP Photo/Saharareporters)

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Graham Gano of the Washington Redskins (4) celebrates the extra point of DeAngelo Hall's touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens in the first quarter at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md, Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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DeAngelo Hall of the Washington Redskins (23) is defended by Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Ravens (81) as he scores a touchdown on an interception in the first quarter at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md, Thursday, August 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins wide receiver Terrence Austin scores a touchdown during the second half against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Atlantic City lifeguard, John Malecki, and Lt. John Ammerman put a lifeguard stand in a truck as they clear the beach in N.J. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Danny Drake) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Kiel Murphy, left, helps his father, Bill Brightbill, place boards over windows at Surfside Casuals in Nags Head, N.C. Preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Irene are underway as mandatory evacuations are in order for Dare County. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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The Savannah Row condominiums at 1215 N St. NW are designed around a garden court between a historic row house and a modern addition. The one- and two-bedroom homes are priced from the $300,000s to the $700,000s.

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A new home under construction displays a sale sign on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)