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ASSOCIATED PRESS Although changes won't be noticed immediately, United and Continental airlines will combine their unionized work forces, merge reservation systems and repaint their planes with the United name and Continental globe logo.

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State police investigate a fatal accident on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in Woodbury, N.Y., in which a passenger van carrying members of a church flipped over on the New York State Thruway. The bishop of the small church and five other members died in the crash, and eight others were injured. (AP Photo/Times Herald-Record, Michele Haskell)

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A worker on the drilling floor is seen from the window of the drilling cage as the drilling pipe is removed on the Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Traffic is backed up on the New York State Thruway in Harriman, N.Y., on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, due to a fatal crash on the northbound side of Interstate 87 in Woodbury between exits 16 and 17. A minivan carrying members of a church crashed on the thruway on Saturday, killing at least six people and injuring eight others, authorities said. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Workers remove the drill pipe on the drilling floor of Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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** FILE ** The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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FILE - The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP's blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said late Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The final seal should happen by Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Workers operate a drill in the rescue effort for 33 miners trapped in the collapsed San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Thirty-three miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. On Friday, rescuers managed to drill a hole to where the miners were trapped, opening a way to pull them to freedom. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)

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The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP's blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said late Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The final seal should happen by Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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This photo illustraion made available on Aug. 11, 2010 by United Airlines and Continental Airlines shows changes to the visual branding for the new global airline. Shareholders of United's parent company and Continental Airlines are voting on a deal that would create the world's biggest airline. Results of the voting will be announced Friday Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Tammy Bryngelson)

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Cars are covered in debris after a severe storm moved through the area Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)

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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Emerald Camille tries to cover a hole in the roof of a friend's house after it was damaged by a storm in New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A fast-moving storm packing winds of up to 100 mph ripped through the city Thursday, knocking down trees and power lines, tearing off roofs in one Brooklyn neighborhood and leaving one person dead. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Henry Sealine, right, his wife Grace, center, and friend Chuck Swanson examine the damage outside their house on 110th Street after severe storm moved through in the Queens borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)

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A man steps through fallen branches in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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South Korean Navy helicopters fly during the 60th Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 at sea near Incheon, the coastal city where United Nations Forces led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed in September, 1950 just months after North Korea invaded the South. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

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Toll Brothers is building 104 attached carriage-style homes at Tollgate Village in Bel Air. The homes have approximately 2,085 to 2,230 finished square feet, with base prices from $429,995 to $466,995.

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Van Metre Homes is building 100 condominiums at Lansdowne Town Center in Leesburg. The homes have 1,407 to 1,619 finished square feet, with base prices from $249,990 to $269,990.