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The Bornquist model at Bayside is priced from $339,990 and has 2,223 square feet. NV Homes is building approximately 1,400 town homes and single-family homes in the Delaware community.
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D.R. Horton is building 86 single-family homes on 6,000-square-foot sites at Brinkley Manor in New Market. The Monroe model, with 2,898 square feet, is priced from $339,990.
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**FILE** In this photo from Jan. 10, 2011, Tom Stephens, Vice Chairman of General Motors, holds up the North American International Auto Show Car of the Year trophy awarded to the Chevrolet Volt. General Motors said Thursday its first-quarter net income more than tripled on strong car sales in the U.S. and China. (Associated Press)
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DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES A pile of splintered wood and debris is all that remains of a home on Ashley Drive in Rockville that was destroyed by a natural gas explosion. The tenants, who recently moved into the house, survived but were in serious condition after being blasted into the yard.
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**FILE** A home buyer who declined to be identified makes a bid on a house during an April 14 foreclosure auction in Las Vegas. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat, is preparing a fiscal plan that calls for a complete overhaul of the tax code but would leave Social Security untouched.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (left) is joined Tuesday by Carlos Tavares (right), chairman of Nissan Motor Co.'s Americas operation, as he announces the winner of the the city's Taxi of Tomorrow competition, Nissan's NV 200.
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Daniel Radcliffe (left) and John Larroquette debate "How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying." Mr. Radcliffe was expected to be nominated for a Tony, but was snubbed.
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Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has proposed cutting $6.2 trillion in government spending over the next decade as a start to dealing with the national debt. The plan relies on repealing the year-old health care law and deep cuts in Medicaid. (AP Photo)
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New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton favors higher taxes and more social spending. "We can change the government. We're not just going to oppose [Prime Minister Stephen] Harper, we're going to replace him," Mr. Layton said.
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Central Illinois farmer Tim Seifert loads his field planter with seed corn. Driven by the effects of low stockpiles and demand for livestock feed and ethanol, corn and soybean prices are high. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The loan of $26 million from a World Bank branch to Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal for a luxury hotel in Ghana has drawn criticism.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Amended guidelines that ban smoking in more indoor public venues in China went into effect Sunday, but the changes were not expected to have a dramatic impact. Nearly 30 percent of adults in China smoke.
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Angela Gray, of Cullman, Ala., weighs her future as she waits for help on the steps of the Cullman County Courthouse on Thursday. Her home was destroyed by a tornado.
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The center-island kitchen in the Harvard model features stainless steel appliances, granite counters, hardwood flooring and a pantry.
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Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun (left), shown with Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, has a financial stake in his team's Academic Performance Rating.
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The mounting federal debt is "the most important problem, at least in the longer term, that the United States faces," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a news conference Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Hubert "Hub" Schlafly helped invent the teleprompter and he won an Emmy Award for developing the first cable system that permitted subscribers to order special programs. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus defends real estate mogul Donald Trump as a possible GOP presidential candidate who should be allowed to speak his mind about any issue, even the “birther” one.
