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Pyongyang residents sweep snow from the streets before the funeral procession for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo)

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Flood debris awaits pickup in front of a Christmas manger scene Wednesday at a West Pittston, Pa., home. Months after a tropical storm caused Susquehanna River flooding, many will be out of their homes for Christmas. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A resident of Cagayan de Oro in the southern Philippines dries his clothes on toppled trees along a riverbank on Thursday. Flash flooding Dec. 16 killed more than 1,000 people.

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D.R. Horton is building 13 single-family homes on 7,500-square-foot sites at Kensington Heights in Kensington. The Easton model, with 2,809 square feet, is priced from $629,990.

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A plow clears snow Tuesday in Amarillo, Texas. A late-autumn snowstorm lumbered into the Great Plains on Monday, turning roads to ice and reducing visibility to zero. The storm has been blamed for at least six deaths. (Amarillo Globe-News)

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Kevin Wesson shovels a path through the snow Tuesday for customers at the Water Still in Amarillo, Texas. The Monday snowstorm caused motorists to adjust their holiday plans midtrip, though some roads reopened Tuesday. (Amarillo Globe-News)

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Soldiers and health workers carry the body of a flash-flood victim in preparation for a mass burial at a public cemetery on Monday in Iligan city, southern Philippines. Tropical storm Washi blew away Monday after devastating the southern Philippines with flash floods that killed hundreds of people as they slept and turned two coastal cities into a muddy wasteland filled with overturned cars and uprooted trees. (Associated Press)

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, at 12:45 a.m. EST shows cloud cover over the Southwest as low pressure over the region kicks up a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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Police carry the body of a victim by a flash flood that hit Cagayan de Oro city, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. A tropical storm triggered flash floods in the southern Philippines, killing scores of people and missing more. Mayor Lawrence Cruz of nearby Iligan said the coast guard and other rescuers were scouring the waters off his coastal city for survivors or bodies that may have been swept to the sea by a swollen river. (AP Photo/Froilan Gallardo)

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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 107 villas at Greenfield Crossing in Aldie. The Hanover model, with 3,227 square feet, is priced from $429,990.

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Photo courtesy of Denise Willard Place faux snow or fine sand in a thrifted apothecary jar and then fill it with coordinating ornaments, some shiny, some with a matte finish.

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking Iowa by storm in the final weeks leading up to the Republican presidential caucuses.

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In this Sept. 20, 2011, file photo, a phone is held in a car in Brunswick, Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

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Tornado damage is seen from a bird's-eye view in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on May 7. America's wild weather year hit a new high: a devastating dozen billion-dollar disasters.

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Pedestrians photograph a traffic signal knocked down by high wind on Thursday in Pasadena, Calif. Some of the fiercest winds in years slammed California and moved across the West with gusts near 100 mph. (Associated Press)

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Keith Curo of Pasadena, Calif., stops to look over the damage caused by a fallen tree at a Shell gas station on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Pasadena. Some of the worst winds in years blasted through California overnight, with gusts up to 97 mph. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)