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M/I Homes is building 48 town homes at the Pointe at ArundelPreserve in Hanover. The homes have 2,178 to 2,251 finished square feet, with base prices from $374,990 to $379,990.
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Murillo/Malnati Homes is building the Calistoga Condominium at 2225 California St. NW near Dupont Circle. The nine homes range in size from 978 to 2,012 square feet and are priced from $625,000.
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Syrians check the damage to houses Aug. 15, 2012, after an air strike destroyed at least ten houses in the town of Azaz on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)
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Houses stand in a burned valley in Barranco de Guada on the Canary island of La Gomera, Spain, on Tuesday. Morocco sent two water-carrying planes to help Spanish firefighters in the battle to extinguish persistent wildfires. Cooler temperatures and a wind shift are helping turn the tide. (Associated Press)
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A Syrian man looks for survivors Aug. 15, 2012, under the rubble of destroyed houses after an air strike in the town of Azaz, Syria, on the outskirts of Aleppo. (Associated Press)
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Flames from the Taylor Bridge Fire climb the side of Lookout Mountain east of Cle Elum, Wash., on Aug. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** White smoke rises Aug. 7, 2012, from the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., during a controlled burn conducted the morning after a toxic fire at the refinery. (Associated Press/The Contra Costa Times)
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The shell of a burnt-out car is seen Aug. 14, 2012, in a neighborhood of Amiens, France. Dozens of young men rioted in a troubled district in northern France after weeks of tensions, pulling drivers from their cars and stealing the vehicles, and burning a school and a youth center. (Associated Press)
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Syrians inspect a hole allegedly made during an airstrike by government forces in the town of Marea, some 21 miles north of Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
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associated press A North Korean man cooks at a makeshift shelter set up in a riverbed in Songchon County, North Korea, on Monday. He and others from his village are working to rebuild the road and riverbank that was destroyed by July flooding. Floods killed at least 169 North Koreans nationwide and destroyed tens of thousands of homes. Corn, rice and soybean plants lay withered and stunted a month before harvesting season is set to begin.
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This image purports to show Col. Rafik Mohammed Suleiman, a Syrian pilot, being interrogated by a rebel officer after his Soviet-made MiG warplane was apparently hit by ground fire over Deir el-Zour province in Syria on Monday. (Associated Press)
