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Ryan Homes is building 2,200 single-family homes on 0.17-acre homesites at Lee's Parke in Fredericksburg. The homes have approximately 1,680 to 2,822 finished square feet, with base prices from $242,990 to $309,990.
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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is said to be the source of the hundreds of thousands of classified documents made public by WikiLeaks. (Associated Press)
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Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly jump over burning items during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. Government-backed candidate Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat will advance to a second-round runoff in Haiti's presidential election, officials announced Tuesday as furious protests led by supporters of Mr. Martelly, the third-place candidate, broke out in the capital. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly demonstrate in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Dec. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
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Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly burn items during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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A man gestures during a protest of supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly demonstrate in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday. Supporters of eliminated candidates protested after officials announced that government-backed candidate Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat would advance to a runoff in the presidential election. (Associated Press)
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (left) says that congressional lame ducks "are acting more like chickens with their heads cut off."
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Soldiers and a resident carry a body recovered from the site where a landslide buried houses trapping dozens beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dug out of the mud. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
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A soldier walks at the site where a landslide buried dozens of homes following weeks of drenching rains in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Sunday Dec. 5, 2010. The Red Cross attribute more than 180 deaths to heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
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A woman sits in front of her home, destroyed by a landslide that buried dozens of houses and left dozens trapped beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dug out of the mud. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
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A police officer carries the body of a girl, covered in a blanket, at the site where a landslide buried houses trapping dozens beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains, in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dug out of the mud. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
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Residents of La Gabriela neighborhood who lost their homes when a landslide buried some 30 houses and trapped dozens beneath mud and rubble following weeks of drenching rains, sit on the sidewalk while rescue workers search for survivors in Bello, northwestern Colombia, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. At least 12 bodies were dug out of the mud. The Red Cross attributes more than 180 deaths to floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Colombia so far this year. (AP Photo/Luis Benavides)
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Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, plans to push for further renewable-energy subsidies before the lame-duck Congress expires. (Associated Press)
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A special select committee set up by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, in 2007 was used as a vehicle to promote "cap-and-trade" legislation for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. (Associated Press)
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A Russian firefighting plane sprays fire-extinguishing material over a wildfire in Ein Hod, Israel, on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. The cause of the worst forest fire in Israel's history is likely negligence, not arson, authorities said Saturday, as firefighters from around the world battled the blaze whipping through northern pine forests toward the Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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The 738-foot tanker Golden Seas makes 3.5 mph through 20-foot seas north of Adak Island, Alaska, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Coast Guard aircrews were launched from Air Station Kodiak in response to a report that the Golden Seas had lost propulsion and was drifting, but the crew of the vessel reported to a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew that they had regained propulsion and were awaiting a tug to escort them to Dutch Harbor. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis)
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A man skiis after heavy snowfall in the Thuringian Forest in Oberhof, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Large parts of Germany were hit by heavy snowfalls and icy wind. The winter weather with temperatures around the freezing point will continue tomorrow, according to forecasts. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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Two men cautiously walk on a flooded pier to reach a boat near flooded St. Mark square as high tides reached 1.36 meters above sea level, flooding more than half of Venice, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Heavy rains have caused damage in the last days and are blamed for the recent collapses in ancient Pompeii, as many rivers swell, snow fell copiously on the Alps and high water is a constant presence in Venice. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)
