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The structure of an electric car differs considerably from that of a conventional car — and the new components pose a number of new safety challenges.

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Sarah May Casareto, 33, of Forest Lake, Minn., has been charged with one felony count of theft of a controlled substance. (AP Photo/Hennepin County [Minn.] Sheriff’s Office)

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The condominium homes range in size from 1,465 to 1,703 square feet. Buyers can add an electric fireplace to the living room.

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Sturbridge Homes is building 250 condominiums at Central Parke at Victoria Falls in Laurel. The homes are priced from $187,500.

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Miller & Smith is building 45 town homes at Autumn Walk at Emerson in Laurel. The homes have 2,737 to 2,903 finished square feet, with base prices from $389,990 to $414,990.

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The center-island kitchen in the Sycamore model at Selma Estates has hardwood floors, granite counters, 42-inch cabinets and stainless steel appliances. The model is base-priced from $549,990 and has from 3,281 to 6,448 square feet.

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Stanley Martin Homes is building 244 single-family homes at Selma Estates in Leesburg. The homes have 2,662 to 3,281 finished square feet and can be expanded to 6,053 to 6,448 square feet.

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Clothes dry in the sun outside a shack in Juba. Even aid workers live in shipping containers, and 85 percent of the population is illiterate, but excitement over independence is widespread. (Associated Press)

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In this provided by Wake Forest University, Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter, right, visits with player Kevin Jordan one day after donating a kidney to Jordan at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Jordan was diagnosed last April with ANCA vasculitis, a type of autoimmune swelling disorder caused by abnormal antibodies. (AP Photo/Wake Forest University, Steve Shutt)

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In this provided by Wake Forest University, Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter, right, visits with player Kevin Jordan one day after donating a kidney to Jordan at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Jordan was diagnosed last April with ANCA vasculitis, a type of autoimmune swelling disorder caused by abnormal antibodies. (AP Photo/Wake Forest University, Steve Shutt)

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Gregory L. Schulte, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, said the International Space Station has had to maneuver around Chinese satellite debris. (Associated Press)

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (left) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu look over a map of areas under consideration for wind energy development. Leasing of sites could begin by the end of the year. They made the announcement Monday morning. (Associated Press)

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Flames are seen after an explosion went off at a gas terminal in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, in El-Arish, setting off a massive fire. No injuries were reported, and the blaze was quickly brought under control after the gas flow was shut off. (AP Photo/Ashraf Swailem)

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Locals walk through a garden square in Mission Beach, Australia, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, after Cyclone Yasi brought heavy rain and howling winds gusting to 186 mph. The cyclone destroyed dozens of homes, ripped roofs and walls from dozens more as well as cutting power supplies in two regional cities and laid waste to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of banana and sugar cane crops. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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An optimistic message is displayed on a destroyed home in Tully, Australia. Cyclone Yasi, the most powerful storm to hit the area in nearly a century, caused widespread damage but no deaths because residents heeded orders to evacuate. (Associated Press)

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This computer generated image courtesy of SeaWorld shows an artist rendition of the new SeaWorld show "One Ocean." The new SeaWorld show will feature killer whales as ambassadors of the sea with an educational theme. (AP Photo/SeaWorld)

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos shakes hands with women in a camp of displaced people in Galkayo town in Somalia. The U.N. and aid agencies are warning of a possible catstrophe in Somalia, where a severe drought has plunged millions of Somalis into crisis. The drought has increased the number of malnourished children, displaced thousands of people and killed thousands of animals. (AP Photo/Malkhadir Muhumed)