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Photographs courtesy of Alan Goldstein Photography Brookfield Homes is building 70 single-family homes at Brookside in Warrenton. The Canterbury model, with 4,100 square feet, is priced from $449,990 to $484,990.
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LOT Polish Airlines Capt. Tadeusz Wrona speaks to the press at Poland's Warsaw Chopin Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, the day after he made a smooth emergency landing on a Boeing 767. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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A Boeing 767 of LOT Polish Airlines makes an emergency landing at the Warsaw airport on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, after experiencing landing-gear trouble. The plane was en route from Newark, N.J., with 231 people on board. (AP Photo)
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A U.S. soldier checks the damage at offices of the U.N.'s refugee agency, the UNHCR, caused by a suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Oct. 31, 2011. The attack killed four people and severely damaged the U.N. agency's building, Afghan officials said. (Associated Press)
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Watching "Brideshead Revisited" 30 years after the 11-part PBS series became a sensation in fall 1981 is a reminder of all that was marvelous about the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel. It faced so many impediments that it could have been a disaster. (Photograph provided by Acorn Media)
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Smoke rises from the damaged headhouse area of the Bartlett Grain Co. elevator in Atchison, Kan., on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Keith Myers)
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Buffalo running back Fred Jackson breaks from the grasp of Redskins safety LaRon Landry, Jackson finished with 120 yards on 26 carries. (Associated Press)
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A tree downed by a huge snowstorm is kept from falling to the ground by power lines Sunday in Glastonbury, Conn. States of emergency were declared in Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts and parts of New York. (Associated Press)
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The Honey Prairie fire, seen in June, has continued to creep through the Okefenokee Swamp while burning mostly underground. The fire, ignited by a lightning strike April 28, has so far cost taxpayers $52.7 million. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Businessman Herman Cain (left), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (center) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are pictured before a Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
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Frank Forgione (center) of the West Harrison (N.Y.) Fire Department removes branches from a fallen tree to free a damaged vehicle on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Xavier Mascarenas)
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A rare October snow storm blankets Clarksburg, Md., on Saturday. The storm is expected to move through the region by late afternoon (Matthew Cella / The Washington Times)
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A woman struggles to walk as floodwaters gush through a marketplace Thursday in a riverside neighborhood near Bangkok's Grand Palace, built in the 18th century. Clamoring aboard bamboo rafts and army trucks, residents living on the heavily inundated outskirts of Bangkok fled waterlogged homes as floodwaters moved closer to the heart of the Thai capital. (Associated Press)
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License plates taken from drivers who owe traffic fines are stored in a warehouse in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Associated Press)
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Residents collect their morning ration of fresh water made from desalinated sea water in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu. The group of atolls situated north of Fiji and northwest of Samoa are suffering a severe drought and water shortage, coupled with contaminated groundwater due to rising sea levels. (Associated Press)
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In this Oct. 13, 2011 photo, Funafuti, the main island of the nation state of Tuvalu, is seen from a Royal New Zealand airforce C130 aircraft as it approaches at Funafuti, Tuvalu, South Pacific. Funafuti is the capital of Tuvalu, a group of atolls situated north of Fiji and northwest of Samoa, in the South Pacific ocean. The atolls are suffering a severe drought and water shortage, coupled with contaminated ground water due to rising sea levels. The governments of Australia, New Zealand and the United States are providing desalination plants to alleviate the critical water shortage for some 10,000 islanders. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Miller & Smith is building 256 town homes and town-home-style condominium homes at Gallery Park in Clarksburg. The homes have approximately 1,226 to 1,862 finished square feet, with base prices from $239,990 to $309,990.
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Safety George Wilson says fan support the Bills receive in Toronto doesn't compare with that they are afforded at Ralph Wilson Stadium. (Associated Press)
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British singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home on July 23. A coroner said she died of accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after weeks of abstinence. (Associated Press)
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Turkish rescuers carry Azra Karaduman, a 2-week-old baby girl they have saved from under debris of a collapsed building in Ercis, Van, eastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. The baby's mother, Semiha, was still alive, pinned next to a sofa. (AP Photo)
