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Anti-Japan protesters march Sunday in China. Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags Sunday on an island claimed by both Japan and China. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A firefighter walks along a burnout line along a large wildfire in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico on May 29, 2012. (Associated Press/U.S. Forest Service)

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Richard "Bo" Bolton, a timber feller from Burney, Calif., cuts down trees burned in the Reading Fire along Highway 89 in Lassen National Park on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. The National Park Service is felling trees that burned in the fire to prepare the road for possible reopening this weekend. (AP Photo/Andreas Fuhrmann, Record Searchlight)

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** FILE ** Vendors that were caught unprepared try to recover their chairs after high waves dragged their beach stalls into the sea in Veracruz, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Tropical Storm Ernesto headed into Mexico's southern Gulf coast as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel for drenching rains. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

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David Powell, of the West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association, stands astride a bowling “lane” at the North American region finals at a state forest near Bruceton Mills, W.Va. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Chesapeake Energy Corporation owns a natural gas drilling site in Leroy Township, Pa. (Associated Press)

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M/I Homes is building 48 town homes at the Pointe at ArundelPreserve in Hanover. The homes have 2,178 to 2,251 finished square feet, with base prices from $374,990 to $379,990.

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Murillo/Malnati Homes is building the Calistoga Condominium at 2225 California St. NW near Dupont Circle. The nine homes range in size from 978 to 2,012 square feet and are priced from $625,000.