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Miller and Smith is building 60 single-family homes on 5,084-square-foot sites at the Manor Homes at Madison Crescent in Gainesville. The Sydney model, with 2,765 square feet, is priced from $374,990.

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"I am confident that we will supply the information you have requested," Gary Mead of ICE told the House's immigration subcommittee. (Associated Press)

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"There are a number of statements that are either inaccurate or simply not well-considered" in the report on the postal "Alaska Bypass" program, said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican. (Associated Press)

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A local operator reports security information into the Early Warning Radio Network, which supplies radios to remote jungle villages in Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan so villagers can report attacks by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army. (Invisible Children via Associated Press)

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Workers inspect labels on vials containing H5N1 flu vaccine during production at the Beijing-based drug manufacturer Sinovac Biotech Ltd. on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback was critical of a teenager who sent out an unflattering tweet. Her principal ordered her to apologize, but she refused. (Associated Press)

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Beate Zschaepe surrendered to police days after a pair of pistols found in two violent fires led authorities to the Nationalist Socialist Underground. (Associated Press)

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David Barfield checks the drought-stricken saplings at his Christmas tree farm in New Caney, Texas. Only a handful of the 500 saplings he planted have survived this year's drought and summer heat wave. (Associated Press)

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David Barfield checks a dying tree Nov. 8, 2011, at his Christmas tree farm in New Caney, Texas. This year's historic drought has killed thousands of trees on Barfield’s farm and across Texas and Oklahoma. (Associated Press)

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Washington Capitals forward Jason Chimera has never had more than 17 goals in a season, but already has eight in 20 games this season. He's on pace for 33 goals this season. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha injured his left knee in practice and his status will be updated Friday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Kevin Kline's impending visit to D.C. will not see him promote the latest in desert solar power or international adoption policies, but rather, his bread and butter: Acting — Monday at Shakespeare Theatre Co., Sidney Harman Hall.

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This portion of a border fence stretches west of Nogales, Ariz., into the Coronado National Forest. An Arizona lawmaker, Republican state Sen. Steve Smith, who is leading an effort to build additional fences near the state's border with Mexico through donations, said he expects to begin construction on more barriers next year. (The Arizona Republic via Associated Press)

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Streetlights shine in the abandoned town of Iitate, northeastern Japan. Though the town lies outside the official exclusion zone around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, radiation levels were higher than some areas inside - forcing residents to evacuate months after the nuclear plant began leaking radiation.(Associated Press)