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Van Metre Homes is building 3,100 town homes at Stone Ridge in Aldie. The homes have 2,562 to 2,608 finished square feet, with base prices from $348,990 to $359,990.
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The Astoria model features a center-island kitchen open to the family room on the main level with three bedrooms and two full baths upstairs.
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The kitchen has a center-island cooktop, a second island with a breakfast bar, stainless steel appliances and granite counters.
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K. Hovnanian is building 55 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at the Palisades at Oak Creek in Upper Marlboro. The homes have approximately 3,025 to 4,100 finished square feet, with base prices from $442,990 to $529,990.
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Local residents help police in a rescue operation at the site of a truck accident in Sherpur, India, about 100 miles northwest of Dharmsala, on Thursday, March 3, 2011. The truck, which was carrying a wedding party, flipped over at a curve in Himachal Pradesh state's Chamba district on Wednesday night, killing 33 people, a police official said. (AP Photo/Suresh Kumar)
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Tracey Harris, second left, is assisted as he walks behind the coffin of her 9-month-old son, Jayden Harris, In Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Jayden who was killed Tuesday Feb. 22, 2011, when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch causing extensive damage and loss of life. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell)
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A Pakistani man examines the blood-stained car of Shahbaz Bhatti, minister for minorities affairs and the only Christian in the Cabinet, on Wednesday in Islamabad. Mr. Bhatti was fatally shot in the car near his mother's house. (Associated Press)
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Jaime Zapata, a special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was fatally shot in February in an ambush. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
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Edmonton Oilers left wing Dustin Penner (27) is congratulated by teammate Magnus Paajarvi (91), of Sweden, for scoring a goal while Colorado Avalanche center Jay McClement (16) skates by during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)
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A Washington Township school bus sits on the side of the road in Fishers, Ind., northeast of Indianapolis, on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Severe thunderstorms cut across central and southern Indiana early Monday, dumping heavy rains that flooded roadways and whipping up high winds that damaged homes and toppled trees and power lines. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger)
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A Libyan youths looks at a portrait of Libyan leader Moammar Ghadafi which he set alight in a destroyed conference room inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega, eastern of Libya, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. The embattled regime of Moammar Gadhafi is arming civilian supporters to set up checkpoints and roving patrols around the Libyan capital to control movement and quash dissent, residents said Saturday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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A relief worker walks past the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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Passengers disembark from a ferry carrying Americans and other foreigners which arrived at the harbor in Valletta, Malta, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. The Maria Dolores ferry left Tripoli's As-shahab port on an eight-hour trip to Valetta. Its passengers, at least 167 U.S. citizens and 118 other foreigners, have been aboard the catamaran since Wednesday in their quest to escape Libya's escalating turmoil, but rough seas prevented the ferry from leaving. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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The edge of a winter storm which hit the Tucson area is reflected in the water hazard on the third hole at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club before the finals of the Match Play Championship golf tournament Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in Marana, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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** FILE ** Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari is escorted to his initial court appearance at the Mahon Federal Building in Lubbock, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. Mr. Aldawsari, a college student from Saudi Arabia, is accused of buying chemicals online as part of a plan to blow up key U.S. targets, including the home of former President George W. Bush. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Zach Long)
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In this photo provided by the Dutch Defense Ministry and taken Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, passengers are seen aboard a Netherlands' C130 military aircraft as they are evacuated from Tripoli, Libya. The plane, carrying nine Dutch citizens and 33 others of various nationalities landed Thursday evening in Sicily, Italy, where the passengers stayed overnight. (AP Photo/Richard Frigge, Dutch Defense Ministry)
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A search and recovery operation personnel sifts through the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Feb 22. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. The crew of six astronauts are on an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Commander Steve Lindsey, right, waves as he and the crew of space shuttle Discovery, leave the Operations and Checkout Building to board the shuttle at pad 39A, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. The crew is on an 11-day mission to the international space station. Others from left, mission specialists Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen and pilot Eric Boe. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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From left: The crew of space shuttle Discovery mission — specialists Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen; pilot Eric Boe; and commander Steve Lindsey — leave the Operations and Checkout Building to be transported to Pad 39A to prepare for launch Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Associated Press)
