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Brookfield Homes is building 150 single-family homes on 7,000-square-foot sites at the Preserve at Goose Creek in Ashburn. The Yates model, with 3,097 square feet, is priced from $529,990.
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The owners restored much of the home's wood trim and electrified many of the original light fixtures.
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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Nasteho Hassan Mohyadin, 3, and her mother Farhid Ali Mohamed sit outside their small makeshift tent in a camp for those displaced by last year's famine or by conflict, in Mogadishu, Somalia. A whistleblowing report by a former Somali government official says that while tens of thousands of its citizens were dying from famine, the U.N.-backed Somali government spent only $1 million on social services despite having $58 million in revenue. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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The dusty streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, are part of the crumbling infrastructure the government is neglecting, despite $58 million in revenue last year. A report by a former Somali government official says that while tens of thousands were suffering and dying from famine, the U.N.-backed Somali government spent only $1 million on social services last year. (Associated Press)
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An Israeli diplomat's wife, her driver and two other people in a nearby car were injured when a magnetic bomb is believed to have been attached to the diplomat's car and then detonated. (Associated Press)
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Carolina Hurricanes right wing Chad LaRose celebrates with left wing Jeff Skinner after scoring in the second period at Verizon Center in Washington on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Vincent C. Gray (left), then D.C. mayor-elect, listens on Dec. 16, 2010, as his nominee for fire chief, Kenneth B. Ellerbe, fields a question at a news conference. Some say the city should have conducted a national search to fill the post. (Associated Press)
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Fire Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe served 27 years in the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department during his first tour of duty in the District, before leaving for Sarasota, Fla. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A 2007 bus crash in Kentucky was blamed on a driver who dozed off. A study by the National Sleep Foundation finds that transportation operators are sleepier than the average American employee, although bus operators are less likely to be suffering from a lack of sleep than pilots, train engineers and truck drivers. (Bowling Green (Ky.) Daily News via Associated Press)
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A firefighter exits the front of a heavily damaged two-story home in Hope Mills, N.C., on Tuesday. A Special Forces soldier died trying to rescue his two young daughters during a fire at the house. Edward Cantrell, Isabella Cantrell, 6, and Natalia Cantrell, 4, perished in the blaze. (Associated Press)
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The 2nd Corps of the Korean People's Army in North Korea conducts a live-fire exercise near North Korea's southwest coast on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo)
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The United Nations is sending two envoys to Syria to press the case to allow humanitarian relief workers unhindered access. These Syrian children fled with their families from Qusair, near Homs, to the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Qaa. (Associated Press)
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Piles of debris are all that remain, right, at the site of the St. Louis Catholic church, which collapsed a day earlier following explosions at an adjacent munitions depot, in Brazzaville, Congo Monday, March 5, 2012. Unknown numbers of victims are believed to be trapped under the rubble as rescues wait for the area to be safe to enter. (AP Photo/Elie Mbena)
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United and Delta have become the latest airlines to replace or upgrade overhead bins so they hold more luggage. The percentage of passengers bringing bags on planes has hovered around 87 percent in recent years. (Associated Press)
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A woman walks March 5, 2012, amongst debris near buildings damaged by the previous day's explosions at a munitions depot, in Brazzaville, Congo. International experts fought to prevent a fire from reaching a second arms depot in the capital of the Republic of Congo, a day after a blaze set off a series of explosions so violent they flattened buildings, killing hundreds and trapping countless others under the falling debris. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** A worker scoops up a layer of radiation-contaminated soil and ice in the garden of a private home in Fukushima, Japan, on Feb. 21, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Volunteers look for residents in need of assistance Sunday as they attempt to recover possessions from their homes in Henryville, Ind., destroyed by Friday's tornadoes. With routines and communication disrupted, people have gone back to basics to learn about their loved ones and start rebuilding their lives. At St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church (top), pews during Mass were filled not only with people but also with donated clothing and supplies. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Shrimp boats sit docked April 30, 2010, in Venice, La., near the mouth of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, 10 days after the oil-rig explosion that triggered a massive oil spill in the Gulf. BP will compensate claimants who can prove they got sick from the spill. (Associated Press)
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Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg struck out three Houston Astros during his 44-pitch outing at Space Coast Stadium. Washington dropped a 10-2 decision to Houston. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A rescue worker tries to enter a smashed rail car Sunday after two trains collided in Szczechociny, Poland. Two trains running on the same track collided head-on late Saturday, leaving at least 16 people dead and more than 50 injured. "It's a very, very sad day and night in the history of Polish railways," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. (Associated Press)
