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An unidentified rescue worker walks past debris after a tornado tore through Cincinnati, Ark., early in the morning on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A tornado fueled by an unusually warm winter air sliced through parts of the South and Midwest early on New Year's Eve, killing six people, injuring several others and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)
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Canned goods lie inside the pantry of a home destroyed by a tornado that tore through the small town of Cincinnati, Ark., in western Washington County, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)
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Margie Sisemore cleans up in the after a tornado destroyed several homes in the small town of Cincinnati, Ark., in western Washington County early in the morning on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. A tornado fueled by an unusually warm winter air sliced through parts of the South and Midwest early on New Year's Eve, killing six people, injuring several others and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)
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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2010 file photo, people walk down a street amid earthquake rubble in Port-au-Prince, haiti. In 2010 crisis has piled upon crisis in Haiti. More than 230,000 are believed to have died in the quake, and more than a million remain homeless. A cholera epidemic broke out in the fall, and in its midst a dysfunctional election was held, its results still unclear.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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A wallaby stands on a large round hay bail trapped by rising flood waters outside the town of Dalby in Queensland, Australia Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Days of torrential downpours have left parts of central and southern Queensland state inundated, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, cutting off roads and forcing the entire populations of two towns to evacuate. (AP Photo/Anthony Skerman)
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This undated handout photo provided by the National Nuclear Safety Administration shows a container loaded onto a plane, in Sevastopol, Ukraine. In a secret operation to secure nuclear material, the United States has helped Ukraine send to Russia enough uranium to build two atomic bombs. (AP Photo/National Nuclear Safety Administration)
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The sky above Sydney Harbor lights up with the 9pm fireworks display on new year's eve in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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An Indian laborer plucks tea leaves at a tea garden in Amchong tea estate, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Tea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of their brew. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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KEY EVENTS: A looter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, fends off rivals a week after the Jan. 12 earthquake in that impoverished country. (Associated Press)
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A man, wielding a broken bottle, defends himself and an item he looted in downtown Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 after an earthquake shook Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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An aerial photo shows the Gulf of Mexico more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning on April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Richmond American Homes is building 16 single-family homes on sites of one-third acre or larger at Springs at Lenah in Aldie. The homes have 2,796 to 3,308 finished square feet, with base prices from $539,990 to $609,990.
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K. Hovnanian Homes is building 57 single-family homes on sites of one-third to one-half acre at Dixon Crossing in Bowie. The homes have 2,498 to 3,150 finished square feet, with base prices from $349,990 to $429,990.
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Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich. China's interest here is high. Six government officials from the south's oil producing region flew to China earlier in the fall, and analysts say China is trying to improve ties with the south and maintain them with the north. (Associated Press)
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Seven state-history-themed paintings hang in the lobby of the Georgia Department of Agriculture in Atlanta. Incoming Georgia agriculture Commissioner Gary Black wants to remove them as racist. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Leacroft Green places a package to the correct shipping area at an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Goodyear, Ariz., on Nov. 11, 2010. (Associated Press)
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Members of the fire service fill tanks with water as people line up with empty bottles to collect water, as tens of thousands of homes and businesses are affected by severe water shortages caused by broken pipes, outside Avoniel leisure center in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/PA, Paul Faith)
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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, people walk amongst trees shedding their leaves and changing to seasonal autumnal colors at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London. U.S. and British scientists have drawn up a list of all the world's known land plants - a 300,000-species strong compendium which they say will boost conservation and help regulate trade and medicine. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
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An Iraqi policeman stands guard while hundreds of vehicles line up to be searched at a checkpoint in Baghdad on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. Security officials are investigating the possibility of removing some of the hundreds of checkpoints across the city in a sign of the improving security situation. The checkpoints are designed to catch insurgents, but they also slow traffic in the already congested city. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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A man on Monday tries to restrain a woman reacting outside a motel room where authorities say five teenagers apparently died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Hialeah, Fla. (Associated Press)
