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The Embassy, a 1920s-era apartment building in Columbia Heights, has been converted into contemporary condominiums. The homes are priced from the mid-$300,000s to the low $500,000s.

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Centex Homes is building 200 stacked town-home-style condominium homes at Buckingham Station in Germantown, Md. The homes have 1,267 to 1,783 finished square feet, with base prices from $272,990 to $339,530.

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The Orchid model at Buckingham Station occupies the third and fourth levels in each building. It is priced from $322,990.

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Navy officials load boxes of croissants onto a plane for the Carnival Splendor cruise ship on Tuesday in San Diego. The navy is sending more than 70,000 pounds of food to the ship. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Passengers walk past US Airways planes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in suburban Washington on Dec. 27, 2009. (Associated Press)

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A stretch of garden wall ringing an ancient house in Pompeii which gave way after days of torrential rain, is cordon-off in Pompeii, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Pompeii officials said an inspection found that a 40-foot (12-meter)-long section of wall forming part of the perimeter of a garden area near the House of the Moralist gave way in several points. They said the extreme sogginess of the soil brought down the wall in an area that hasn't been excavated near the house. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

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Chen Guangqian's daughter Chen Xiaofeng (in portrait) was the hit-and-run driver's victim. Her death last month crystallized popular outrage at abuses by China's elite. (Associated Press)

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Buckingham Commons Associates LLC is building 38 town homes at Buckingham Commons, located within walking distance of shops, restaurants and nightlife in Ballston. The homes have 1,472 to 2,034 finished square feet, with base prices from $625,000 to $725,000.

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Richmond American Homes is building 59 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Bryans Crossing in Bryans Road. The homes have 1,992 to 2,674 finished square feet, with base prices from $299,990 to $339,990.

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The Andrew model has formal living and dining rooms as well as a family room, kitchen and breakfast area on the main level. Upstairs are four bedrooms and two full baths as well as a laundry room.

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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)