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Resident Antonio Garces tries to recover his belongings Oct. 25, 2012, from his house in Aguacate, Cuba, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. (Associated Press)
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Soldiers and rescue workers patrol after the passing of Hurricane Sandy in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Thursday Oct. 25, 2012. Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba on Thursday as a potent Category 2 storm and headed for the Bahamas after causing at least two deaths in the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
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This NOAA satellite image taken October 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM EDT shows Hurricane Sandy over the Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and moving toward the north. Farther north, a cold front moves into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with showers and thunderstorms. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)
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These towering red sandstone cliffs, some reaching 3,000 feet, is just 15 miles west of metropolitan Las Vegas. (Associated Press)
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Dennis Bowser of Alum Bank, Pa., stands inside his small diner replica which he has built on his property, Alum Bank, Pa., Monday, October 22, 2012. "There's a lot of coal in this area, Says Bowser, "When you shut coal down, you get rid of a lot of jobs. It's their livelihood." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Dennis Bowser of Alum Bank, Pa., built a small diner replica on his property after retiring, Alum Bank, Pa., Monday, October 22, 2012. "There's a lot of coal in this area, Says Bowser, "When you shut coal down, you get rid of a lot of jobs. It's their livelihood." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Basheer & Edgemoore is building single-family homes at Maymount in Vienna. The Innsworth model, priced from $1,639,000 to $1,689,000, has four bedrooms, four full baths and a powder room.
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K. Hovnanian is building 122 town homes at River Pointe Towns in Leesburg. The homes have 1,942 to 2,554 finished square feet, with base prices from $389,990 to $459,990.
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The Buckingham model, which is priced from $429,990, features an open family room, breakfast area and center-island kitchen.
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FILE - This 2012 file photo shows Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. Kemp is in Arizona to begin rehabbing from the Oct. 5 surgery that repaired a torn labrum and damage to the rotator cuff, injuries resulting from a crash into the center field wall at Coors Field on Aug. 27. Doctors have said he should be ready by spring training. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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A man stands on boulders placed as a barrier to help prevent flooding of the seaside road that leads to the international airport as Hurricane Sandy approaches Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)
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A man balances a child and umbrella on his bike as it rains during the approach of Hurricane Sandy in Manzanillo, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
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Fisherman Hubert Dowie works to secure his boat before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Port Royal, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)
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A woman wades through flood water brought by Hurricane Sandy as she evacuates her home in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood of eastern Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)
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Waves, brought by Hurricane Sandy, crash on a house in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood in eastern Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)
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President Obama delivers boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts that he purchased nearby to firefighters at Fire Station No. 14. in Tampa, Fla., during an unannounced visit on Oct. 25, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee, argued Wednesday that the social safety net is beleaguered by government rules and misplaced priorities. (Associated Press)
