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Ryan Homes is building 292 town homes at Dakota Crossing in Northeast Washington. The two- and three-bedroom homes have 1,642 to 2,218 finished square feet, with base prices from $327,990 to $399,990.
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Wilco released a new album last month, "The Whole Love," that debuted at No.5 on the Billboard 200 album chart. (Associated Press)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (left) endorses former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right) for the GOP presidential nomination on Oct. 11, 2011, during a news conference in Lebanon, N.H. (Associated Press)
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Barry Warner, setting a cable restraint trap in Coolbaugh, Pa., is a lifelong trapper, skilled at capturing wild animals. "Some people think trappers don't care about wildlife," he says. "It was my love for it that took me into this career." (Associated Press)
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Austrians in traditional clothes pass a sculpture of Arnold Schwarzenegger in a body-builder pose outside the new museum.
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Mike Tidwell (right) from the Chesapeake Climate Action Network addresses a rally outside the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington on Oct., 7, 2011, against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, photo riot police walk past the rolled down shutter of a shopping alley in Athens during a protest. Central Athens sees major avenues and roads blocked and traffic diverted by protests nearly every day. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
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Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, right, speaks in front of Federal Court in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, with Noah Greenwood, endangered species program director for the Center for Biological Diversity. Three groups, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Western Nebraska Resources Council and Friends of the Earth plan to file a lawsuit in federal court in Omaha, against TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, saying TransCanada has illegally cleared a 100-mile pipeline corridor through the Nebraska Sandhills, despite a federal law that prevents the launch of projects before they receive approval. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Prisoners at Ayutthaya province prison in central Thailand wade in chest-deep water to board a bus Thursday during an evacuation as storms continue to flood the area. Other countries in Southeast Asia also have endured the worst flooding in 50 years.
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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Oct. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks during a news conference at the White House on Oct. 6, 2011. (Associated Press)
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The center-island kitchen in the Daniela model has 42-inch cabinets, stainless steel appliances and recessed lighting.
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Richmond American Homes is building 20 single-family homes on half-acre sites at Townsend Manor in Clinton. The Daniela model, with 2,706 square feet, is priced from $359,990.
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The living room has a wood-burning fireplace and a wall of windows facing the backyard. It has high ceilings and cove lighting.
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**FILE** Fallen maple leaves carpet a lawn across the street from the First Baptist Church of Kingfield, Maine, on Sept. 30, 2011. As trees start showing autumn's golden, orange and red hues, nature lovers aren't the only ones taking note: Scientists are watching trees and making note of time that leaves change and drop as they seek to determine climate change's impact. (Associated Press)
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In this frame grab image taken from WCBS-TV, survivors cling to the bottom of a helicopter after it inverted following a crash in the East River in New York on Oct. 4, 2011. (Associated Press/WCBS-TV)
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"In the same way that the 'world arrogance' is present near our sea borders, we will have a powerful presence near the U.S. sea borders." — Rear Adm. Habilbollah Sayyari, Iran's navy chief
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High school students chant slogans outside the Greek Parliament during a protest in central Athens on Oct. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett in Pittsburgh on Monday said his plan for the state's natural-gas boom would let counties impose a fee on drilling to help pay to regulate it and fix any environmental damage. (Associated Press)
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Storm victims keep themselves dry in a boat and on the steps of a flooded basketball court that serves as an evacuation center as flooding continues for the fourth day Sunday in Bulacan province north of Manila. Back-to-back typhoons left at least 59 people dead in the northern Philippines. (Associated Press)
