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The kitchen in the Kent model has a 7-foot center island, 42-inch birch cabinets and a pass-through to the family room.
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** FILE ** This is a Thursday, May 26, 2011, file photo of people walking by Sony Building in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. The Japanese electronics and entertainment company reports fiscal first quarter earnings Thursday, July 28, that are expected to reflect a gradual recovery, despite the damage from the March earthquake and an embarrassing online security breach. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
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Hassan Mohamud (left) and Mohamed Hassan are spearheading a relief effort in the Minneapolis area for drought-stricken Somalia. The two men are part of an ad hoc committee that is working with the American Refugee Committee to raise money and collect supplies. "Because of my relationship to the people of Somalia back home ... I cannot afford to sit back and watch people go through these experiences," Mr. Hassan said. (Associated Press)
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South Korean soldiers remove mud on the street after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Seoul, South Korea, on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins safety Oshiomogho Atogwe (center) enjoys a light moment working out with former St. Louis Rams safeties Corey Chavous (left) and Aeneas Williams at a high school in St. Charles, Mo. (Sid Hastings/Special To The Washington Times)
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Associated Press Lawyer Hector Pineiro holds a photograph of a Kahr Arms handgun in Worcester, Mass., at the Aug. 15, 2002, announcement of a lawsuit against the gun maker in connection with the December 1999 fatal shooting of Danny Guzman. A settlement of the case was announced Tuesday.
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A New York magazine claims New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Roger Ailes "have a relationship" and dined together. (New Jersey Governor's Office)
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Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (center) talks at a hotel in Sundvolden, Norway, with survivors and grieving relatives of the victims of a horrific killing spree on an idyllic island retreat. (Associated Press)
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Firefighters try to estinguish flames at Tiburtina station, one of Rome's railway stations, Sunday July 24, 2011. A blaze forced cancellation or long delays for trains along the nation's major north-south routes passing through the capital. (AP Photo/Angelo Corconi)
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Emergency workers and people work to help passengers from the wreckage of train after two carriages from a high-speed train derailed and fell off a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Saturday, July 23, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Van Metre Homes is building 14 single-family homes on half-acre sites at Parkgrove in Broadlands. The Avery model, with 4,300 square feet, is priced from $787,490.
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The Avery model features a morning room, center-island kitchen and family room across the back of the main level. Upstairs are four bedrooms, each with a private bath, and a laundry room.
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A skateboarder rides through an opened fire hydrant in Detroit, Thursday, July 21, 2011 where the National Weather Service says the temperature is expected to reach 100. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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STS-135 shuttle pilot Doug Hurley gives a thumbs up during the post-landing news conference at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Thursday, July 21, 2011. The landing of the space shuttle Atlantis marks the end of NASA's 30-year shuttle program. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
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Members of Rage Mohamed's family are overtaken by a dust storm as they try to build a makeshift shelter on the outskirts of the world's largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, this month. It took the 15-member family five days to walk to the camp from their drought-stricken home in Somalia. (Associated Press)
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Somali women displaced by drought wait to receive rations at a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, on July 20. Southern parts of Somalia are experiencing famine, a U.N. official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. (Associated Press)
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Emergency crews work to save a mother and her four children after the family was pulled from a burning house in Medford, Ore., on Monday, July 18, 2011. Authorities believe the five, all of whom died, were stabbed and suffered smoke inhalation. (AP Photo/Mail Tribune, Bob Pennell)
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A new home is under construction in Springfield, Ill., on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Builders broke ground on more single-family homes and apartments in June as the home-construction industry tried to shake off a historically bad spring. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rachelle Friedman has her photo made by wedding photographer Martha Manning during the fitting for her wedding dress in Raleigh, N.C. Miss Friedman was left paralyzed after a pool accident that postponed her wedding plans.
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The main stage at the Ottawa Bluesfest collapsed during a severe thunderstorm that sent thousands of people running for cover on Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Ottawa. (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Leon Switzer)
