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M/I Homes is building 47 town homes at Station View in Ashburn. The homes have 2,329 to 2,350 finished square feet, with base prices from $389,990 to $394,990.
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The home at 101 River Forest Lane in the Tantallon on the Potomac community in Fort Washington is on the market for $1,100,000. The six-bedroom home was built in 1987.
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The center-island kitchen in the Griffin model at the Legacy at Manning Village has an adjacent breakfast area.
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**FILE** The string of islands known as Senkaku islands in Japanese, and Diaoyu in Chinese, are seen here Sept. 29, 2010. Relations between China and Japan were strained when a Chinese fishing boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels earlier that month near the islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by both countries as well as Taiwan. (Associated Press)
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In this CD cover image released by Curb Records, the latest release by Tim McGraw, "Emotional Traffic," is shown. (AP Photo/Curb Records)
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Felicity Aston takes a picture of herself at Union Glacier on Nov. 19 before she traveled to her starting point on the Ross Ice Shelf for a solo ski trek across Antarctica. She completed her crossing on Monday. (Associated Press)
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Rob Van Winkle, also know as Vanilla Ice, lays flooring in the garage of a home he's remodeling in Wellington, Fla. After his early 1990 stardom faded, he became involved in real estate. He is starting in "The Vanilla Ice Project" a home renovation show, where the expert just happens to be Vanilla Ice. (Associated Press)
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Residents walk through the debris of their neighborhood after a possible tornado ripped through the Trussville, Ala., area in the early hours of Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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Poul Thomsen (right), the International Monetary Fund mission chief in Greece, European Commission official Matthias Mors (center) and Klaus Masuch of the European Central Bank leave Maximou mansion in Athens on Jan. 20, 2012, after a meeting with Greek Prime Minster Lucas Papademos. (Associated Press)
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Joe Paterno was a steady presence at Beaver Stadium, transforming Penn State into "Happy Valley" over 46 seasons. (Associated Press)
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Chobani produces 1.5 million cases of Greek yogurt a week at its plant in South Edmeston, N.Y. (Associated Press)
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The ruins of a home in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., are seen on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, after a wind-driven brush fire raced through the area. The blaze started shortly after noon Thursday and, fueled by wind gusts reaching 82 mph, mushroomed to more than 6 square miles before firefighters stopped its surge toward Reno. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney stands onstage in the rain Jan. 20, 2012, as he is introduced by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley during a campaign rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A woman shields herself from rain with a campaign poster Jan. 20, 2012, as Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a rally at the Harmon Tree Farm in Gilbert, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with supports during a campaign stop at Harmon's Tree Farm in Lexington, S.C., Friday, Jan., 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Firefighters wait for water Jan. 19, 2012, before attacking an outbuilding adjacent to a home in Pleasant Valley, Nev. Winds gusting up to 82 mph pushed a fast-moving brush fire south of Reno out of control as it burned several homes, threatened dozens more and forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate their neighborhoods. (Associated Press/The Reno Gazette-Journal)
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Porto Ercole, along the Argentario coast of Italy, is seen here on Jan. 18, 2012. A half-million gallons (2,400 tons) of fuel inside the capsized Costa Concordia cruiser liner risk polluting some of the Mediterranean's most pristine sea. (Associated Press)
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Toll Bros. is building 62 town homes and single-family homes on sites of one-eighth to one-quarter acre at Shady Grove Crossing in Derwood. The Crestbrooke model, with 3,170 square feet, is priced from $702,995.
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Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, speaks Friday in front of a painting by a Haitian artist at a Miami middle school about reconstruction in Haiti since a January 2010 earthquake there. Mr. Nelson is seeking a third Senate term this fall. (Associated Press)
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An early-morning walk in the snow is unusual for residents in Vancouver, Wash. Some residents enjoyed the snowfall in a region where heavy accumulations are rare, while emergency management officials worried about potential flooding. (Associated Press)
