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The Andrew model at Bryans Crossing is available with an optional center island in the kitchen, which is open to the breakfast area and family room. The model has 2,333 square feet and is priced from $319,990.

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Farmers work on a field as Mount Merapi erupts in Cangkringan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano, one of 22 being closely watched following an increase in activity, unleashed its most powerful eruption in a deadly week Monday, spewing searing clouds of gas and debris thousands of feet (meters) into the air. There were no immediate reports of new casualties. (AP Photo/A.K. Hendratmo)

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Police officers drag a beaten up man who allegedly tried to loot from houses abandoned by their owners who fled to avoid the eruption of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano unleashed its most powerful eruption in a deadly week Monday, spewing searing clouds of gas and debris thousands of feet (meters) into the air. There were no immediate reports of new casualties. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

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** FILE ** Firefighters surround a Qantas Airbus A380 superjumbo jet after it made an emergency landing with 459 people aboard at Singapore's Changi International Airport after having engine problems on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

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A sign at a sewage pond at an unpermitted trailer park in Mecca, Calif., attests to the hazard there. Squalid housing for migrant farmworkers has for decades been a reality in many places where crops are grown. But the situation in the Coachella Valley, 150 miles southeast of Los Angeles, is unique for both its severity and for the hundreds of hidden and largely unplanned trailer parks that house workers. (Associated Press)

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Bystanders look at a sunken boat after then-Tropical Storm Tomas hit Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. Tomas, now a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to affect Haiti later this week. (AP Photo/Chris Brandis)

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Soldiers carry the coffin of a victim of the Mount Merapi eruption at a mass burial Thursday in Umbulharjo, Indonesia. (Associated Press)

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Mourners weep at the funeral of Maridjan, the spiritual guardian of Mount Merapi, Thursday in Glagaharjo, Indonesia. For 33 years, Maridjan sought to appease the volcano's spirits by throwing offerings into its crater. He died when he refused to flee its eruption. (Associated Press)

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San Diego Chargers wide receiver Richard Goodman, right, drops the ball as New England Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather, center, and safety James Sanders, left, dive for it in the second half during an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, in San Diego. Sanders recovered the ball. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

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Map locates a strong earthquake that struck Indonesia Monday; includes location of Indonesian volcano that erupted Tuesday

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A rescuer carries an elderly woman to a temporary shelter as she is evacuated from her home on the slope of Mount Merapi, in Pakem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Indonesia's most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, after scientists warned that pressure building beneath its dome could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2008 file photo, country singer Garth Brooks performs during a charity concert in Los Angeles, to benefit the Southern California 2008 Fire Intervention Relief Effort (F.I.R.E). Brooks is going to be very busy in December. Brooks sold more than 140,000 tickets Saturday morning, Nov. 6, 2010, and his benefit concert for Nashville, Tenn., flood relief ballooned from one show to nine. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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The center-island kitchen in the Mount Vernon model at Hunting Crest has 42-inch maple cabinets, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and recessed lighting. A mudroom and laundry room are nearby.

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NV Homes is building 52 single-family homes on sites of 1 1/2 to 2 acres at Hunting Crest in Vienna, Va. The homes have 3,790 to 5,618 finished square feet, with base prices from $1,319,990 to $1,469,990.

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Kettler Forlines Homes is building 77 single-family homes on sites of one-third acre to 1 acre at Brightwell Crossing in Poolesville, Md. The homes have 2,472 to 4,108 finished square feet, with base prices from $529,900 to $689,900.

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Rescuers search for victims at a village hit by pyroclastic flows from Tuesday's eruption of Mount Merapi in Kinahrejo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. The volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia, spasms from the Pacific "Ring of Fire," which spawns disasters from deep within the Earth. (Associated Press)

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Tsunami survivor Rick Hallett, a boat captain, hugs his Indonesian wife, Hesti Dwiningsih, upon his arrival in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Rescue workers help people evacuated from their homes on the slope of Mount Merapi. About 800 miles away, emergency services were assisting victims of an earthquake and tsunami. (Associated Press)

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A villager watches Mount Merap in Indonesia. Scientists warned that mounting pressure could trigger the most powerful eruption in years. (Associated Press)

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More than 1 million Haitians live in refugee camps like this one in Port-au-Prince since an earthquake destroyed an estimated 110,000 homes and apartments. (Associated Press)