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**FILE** James Carter, 30, an unemployed teacher's aide from Largo, Md., gathers information from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center during the 2011 Career Fair at Prince George's Community College in Largo on Nov. 3, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Nicholas Briganti (center), governor of the New York Stock Exchange, works with traders on the floor of the Exchange on April 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

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President Obama waves Nov. 7, 2012, as he exits Air Force One in Washington with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha on return to the White House after spending Election Night in Chicago. (Associated Press)

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Integrity Homes is building up to 300 single-family homes at Willowsford in Aldie. The Addison model has 2,986 square feet and is priced from $549,990 to $579,990.

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NVHomes is building 17 homes at Riverwood at Ferry Point, south of Mount Vernon along the Potomac River. The Clifton Park model has 4,576 square feet and is priced from $1,189,990. Homeowners association fees are $120 per quarter.

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The home at 3906 Railroad Ave. in Fairfax is on the market for $999,000. The five-bedroom home has four full baths and a powder room.

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A television feed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows President Obama (left) and his daughter, Malia, on Nov. 7, 2012, the day after he was re-elected. U.S. investors dumped stocks and turned their focus to a world of problems, including a "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts at home and a deepening recession in Europe. (Associated Press)

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A man stands outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2012. Asian stock markets tumbled after a ratings agency threatened to downgrade the U.S. if a solution to the so-called fiscal cliff isn't negotiated among lawmakers and newly re-elected President Obama. (Associated Press)

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Luke Scanlon (left) of MND Partners Inc., works Nov. 7, 2012, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (Associated Press)

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An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai on Nov. 8, 2012. Asian stock markets tumbled after a ratings agency threatened to downgrade the U.S. if a solution to the so-called fiscal cliff isn't negotiated among lawmakers and newly re-elected President Obama. (Associated Press)

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A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange looks at images of the presidential contenders on Nov. 7, 2012, the day after President Obama was re-elected. U.S. investors dumped stocks and turned their focus to a world of problems, including a "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts at home and a deepening recession in Europe. (Associated Press)

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 7, 2012, the day after President Obama was re-elected. U.S. investors dumped stocks and turned their focus to a world of problems, including a "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts at home and a deepening recession in Europe. (Associated Press)

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 7, 2012, about the elections and the unfinished business of Congress. (Associated Press)

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Cars navigate Queens Boulevard during a snow storm on Nov. 7, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced new warnings to evacuate their homes and airlines canceled hundreds of flights as the storm arrived only a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power. (Associated Press)