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A seemingly intoxicated moose is discovered Sept. 6, 2011, entangled in an apple tree in Goteborg, Sweden. The animal was likely drunk from eating fermented apples. (Associated Press)
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FBI agents stand guard outside the headquarters of Solyndra, a solar firm in Fremont, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Ryan Homes is building 81 town homes and condominiums at Market Square at Frederick in Frederick. The Mozart model town home, with 1,709 square feet, is priced from $269,990.
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Cars drive through high water on Route 50 in Cheverly, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. As the leftovers from Tropical Storm Lee brought welcome wet weather to farmers in the Southeast, many areas of the East Coast were getting soaked, bringing new concerns about flooding. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Brandon Franklin picks up a tar ball washed in by Tropical Storm Lee from amid shells at Gulf Shores, Ala., on Sept. 6, 2011. Franklin, coastal plans manager for the city, said the tar balls are suspected of being pieces of submerged tar mats left over from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A poster of the movie "Captain America" stands in front of the main entrance to a cinema Tuesday in central Jakarta, Indonesia. A monopoly on film imports that is holding the number of Hollywood blockbusters entering Indonesia to a trickle faces growing scrutiny amid widespread disgruntlement.
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A pine tree possibly felled by a tornado damaged the home of Bob Van Derwart near Woodstock, Ga., on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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Smoke from a wildfire hangs in the sky on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Bastrop, Texas. Officials hope calmer winds will help firefighters battling the fires, which have destroyed nearly a thousand homes in the state in the past week. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Quarterback Stephen Morris (17) of the Miami Hurricanes runs into the end zone for a touchdown in the second half at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, Monday September 5, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Wide receiver Quintin McCree (#17) of the Maryland Terrapins breaks a runs against the Miami Hurricanes in Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland, on Monday September 5, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Miami Hurricanes fan Cetera Bunch wears a shirt which makes reference to the recent controversy surrounding the Hurricanes football program at Byrd Stadium at the University of Maryland, on Monday September 5, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Six months after a tsunami and nuclear disaster wiped out the fishing industry in northeastern Japan and scared domestic and foreign consumers away from Japanese seafood, Ofunato's fish market is bustling again. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)
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A man walks on driftwood piled up on a bridge on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, after powerful Typhoon Talas struck Kiho, Japan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Gas & Electric contractor Nate Mickel of Altoona, Pa., works on a power line in Annapolis the day Hurricane Irene hit.
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Overflowing water from a river floods a residential area in Nachikatsuura, Japan, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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The emperor penguin nicknamed "Happy Feet," who washed up on a New Zealand shore two months ago, looks out of his temporary crate before his release into the Antarctic Ocean on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd.)
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In this image released by New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd., the wayward emperor penguin dubbed "Happy Feet" slides down a makeshift water slide into the Antarctic Ocean south of New Zealand as he is released from the NIWA research vessel Tangaroa on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/NIWA)
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North Korean workers unload emergency flood aid sent from the United States at the Pyongyang airport in North Korea on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. The small but symbolic shipment of emergency aid for the flood-stricken North is the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the countries. (AP Photo/Associated Press Television News)
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Alabama Department of Transportation road crews clear debris from the road to Dauphin Island, Ala., early on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, as Tropical Storm Lee continued to meander along the Gulf Coast, bringing torrential rains and flooding. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets supporters at The Machine Shed restaurant, in Urbandale, Iowa, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
