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The cosmetically clean Wildcat only needed a rebuilt drivetrain to be whole. Note the cornering lights.
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The Valencia model has an open kitchen and breakfast area with a center island, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and 42-inch raised-panel cabinets. The breakfast area is adjacent to a two-story family room.
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Steuart-Kret Homes is building 12 single-family homes on 1-acre sites at Meriwether Farm in Glenelg. The Valencia model, with 3,937 square feet, is priced from $826,900.
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**FILE** Maryland's Terrell Stoglin (12) shoots over Duke's Seth Curry during the Terps' 73-55 loss at Duke on Feb. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)
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NBC "I'm happy to just be a petrified tree stump where I get a laugh because a bird lands on me and picks an insect out of my hair," actor Nick Offerman says of his "Parks and Recreation" character Ron Swanson, a masculine role model plagued by no breach of confidence.
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Soldiers scramble during clashes Wednesday with relatives of inmates after a deadly prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras. As many as 350 inmates are missing and presumed dead and at least 21were injured in the blaze, authorities said. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Soldiers scramble during clashes Wednesday with relatives of inmates after a deadly prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras. As many as 350 inmates are missing and presumed dead and at least 21were injured in the blaze, authorities said.
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In this illustration provided by the Swiss Space Center of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Feb. 15, 2012, the CleanSpace One is chasing its target, one of the CubeSats launched by Switzerland in 2009. (Associated Press/HO/T EPFL/Swiss Space Center)
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Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos (center) speaks Feb. 15, 2012, to the press after a meeting with the Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Athens. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Tsunami waves gush March 11, 2011, into a complex near the Unit 4 reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Okuma twon, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Associated Press/Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
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A bomb specialist examines debris Tuesday in Bangkok where two explosions rocked a neighborhood. An Iranian man injured by a grenade he was carrying also was linked to a blast that ripped part of a roof off a house. (Associated Press)
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A man walks past an iPad2 advertisement in Shanghai on Monday. A Chinese company will ask customs officials to ban imports and exports of Apple Inc.'s iPads. (Associated Press)
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The Surface Transport Traffic Control Center in London will be the nerve center for coordinating traffic during the Olympic Games. Ambulances, which are expecting an increase in demand, have particular fears about traffic not moving. (Associated Press)
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The Olympic Village, a construction zone a year ago, will house many of the 15,000 athletes coming to London this summer for the 2012 London Games. Traffic officials fear gridlock along the 100-mile Olympic Route Network of traffic lanes reserved for athletes, sponsors and dignitaries. (Olympic Delivery Authority via Associated Press)
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The winning ticket in a $336.4 million Powerball jackpot was purchased at this Stop & Shop supermarket in Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Dave Hansen)
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A firefighter extinguishes smoldering flames at one of the oldest cinemas in Athens on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, following a night of rioting after Greek lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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** FILE ** Gabe Watson (left) and Tina Thomas pose during their engagement. (AP Photo/Townsville [Australia] Coroners Court, File)
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez speaks Feb. 7, 2012, during a national address while standing in front of a Falklands Islands' map at Government Palace in Buenos Aires. (Associated Press)
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Southern Company official Thomas A. Fanning called the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of two nuclear reactors "a monumental accomplishment for Southern Company, Georgia Power, our partners and the nuclear industry. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Steam rises from the cooling towers of nuclear reactors at Georgia Power's Vogtle plant in Waynesboro, Ga., in April 2010. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, approved the construction of two new nuclear units at the Vogtle site — the first new reactors in the United States in 30 years. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
