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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.

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Photograph provided by Roger LIn The Passive House in South Arlington features a modular scheme the uses shallow square trays of plants.

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China reportedly has told North Korea’s Kim Jong-un not to provoke South Korea militarily until after China’s leadership change this fall. (Associated Press)

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Protesters hold anti-Japan placards outside the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Wednesday. A dispute with China and South Korea over islands has long been a source of tension in the region and have threatened to boil over in recent weeks. The placards read: “Overturn Japanese militarism.” (Associated Press)

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Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, attends the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics on Friday, July 27, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Uotsuri Island, one of the East China Sea islands known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, is claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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The shell of a burnt-out car is seen Aug. 14, 2012, in a neighborhood of Amiens, France. Dozens of young men rioted in a troubled district in northern France after weeks of tensions, pulling drivers from their cars and stealing the vehicles, and burning a school and a youth center. (Associated Press)