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North Korean farmers walk along a road through a farm field outside the eastern coastal city of Wonsan. This autumn, as farmers fan out into fields of corn, wheat, rice and cabbage, such pastoral scenes obscure the problems that the communist state has adequately feeding its people, especially the children. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Glyn Davies, U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, was named on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, as the new U.S. envoy on North Korea. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
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Toll Bros. is building 71 town homes in the Tournaments at Dominion Valley Country Club in Haymarket. The homes have 1,953 to 2,058 finished square feet, with base prices from $299,995 to $325,995.
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The main level of the Lindenhurst model has a family room with a gas fireplace adjacent to the kitchen and breakfast area. Upstairs are three bedrooms and two full baths.
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Investigators walk around a barn as animal carcasses lay on the ground at the Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville, Ohio. Eighteeen rare Bengal tigers were among the nearly 50 animals killed by sheriff's deputies. Six animals were captured alive and taken to the Columbus Zoo. (Associated Press)
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A sign warning motorists that exotic animals are on the loose stands along I-70 near Zanesville, Ohio. A wolf and a monkey were still unaccounted for after sheriff's deputies hunted down and shot nearly 50 other wild animals that were apparently freed by their owner. (Associated Press)
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Chief Financial Officer W.G. Stover from the bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra refuses to answer questions as he appears before the House Energy Commitee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Sept. 23 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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The departure of State Department special envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth highlights a policy split within the Obama administration about how to deal with he rogue communist state. (Associated Press)
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Investigators walk around a barn as carcasses lie on the ground at the Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville, Ohio, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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Undated artist rendering provided by EADS Astrium shows the scientific satellite Rosat. The German Aerospace Center said the retired satellite is hurtling toward the atmosphere and pieces could crash into the earth as early as Friday. (AP Photo/EADS Astrium)
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A revolutionary fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade at Gadhafi loyalists in downtown Sirte, Libya, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops have launched a major assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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A revolutionary fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade at Gadhafi loyalists in downtown Sirte, Libya, on Oct. 18, 2011. About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops have launched a major assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control. (Associated Press)
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"Difficult access team" engineers Katie Francis (left) and Emma Cardini check the National Cathedral on Monday for potential unseen damage caused by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the District in August. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A polar bear rests with her cubs on pack ice in northern Alaska. A federal judge in 2011 said the Bush administration violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to conduct an environmental impact review before issuing its ruling on the status of polar bears under the Endangered Species Act. (Associated Press)
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A worker starts to cut down a pine tree last month in Houston. The lack of rain and extreme heat during a historic dry spell in Texas have taken a brutal toll on forests and city parks, and the effects could alter the state's landscape for years. (Associated Press)
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Houston guard Wade Smith (foreground) leaps toward a ball fumbled by the Texans in the end zone as Baltimore's Haloti Ngata (92) bears down. (Associated Press)
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The natural gas industry has changed the career path for Cory May, 23, standing next to pump jacks at a storage facility in Zanesville, Ohio. After completing an 80-hour shale exploration certification course, the Marine combat veteran got a job cementing wells for Halliburton that will pay $60,000 to $70,000 a year. (Associated Press)
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Oregon's Bryan Bennett eludes Arizona State defenders during the second half of the Ducks' 41-27 win over the No. 18 Sun Devils. Oregon improved to 51. (Associated Press)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks about energy and environmental regulations at the United States Steel Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant in West Mifflin, Pa., Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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**FILE** Brian Harrison, CEO of the bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra, invokes his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination as he appears Sept. 23, 2011, before the the House Energy Commitee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. (Associated Press)
