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The Adams III model at the Villages at Peppermill has has 1,890 square feet and is priced from $269,990.

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This modern-day "castle" in Bethesda's Burning Tree Valley neighborhood is on the market for $3,389,000.

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The home at 1435 Waterfront Road in Reston's Newport Shores development is on the market for $925,000. The five-bedroom, four-bath house was built in 1995.

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Rescued miner Juan Andres Illanes Palma salutes Wednesday at his arrival to the surface from a collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile, where he and 32 other miners were trapped for more than two months. Palma was the third miner to be rescued. (Associated Press)

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Rescue workers and officials on Tuesday test the capsule that will be used to extract the 33 trapped miners one by one from the collapsed San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile. The first of 33 trapped miners was expected to be lifted to the surface late Tuesday after surviving more than two months below the surface. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, called the decision to lift the oil-drilling ban "a good start," but wants to get the entire industry back to work.

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In a July 28, 2010, file photo, the deepwater rig Noble Danny Adkins is seen from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's helicopter as he arrives to tour the rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The Obama administration, under heavy pressure from the oil industry and others in the Gulf Coast, on Tuesday, Oct. 12 2010, lifted the moratorium on deep water drilling that it imposed in the wake of the disastrous BP oil spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 1:00 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Paula in the Caribbean Sea. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

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Spectators watch the annual Arirang festival at May Day stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. North Korea's government used one of its most visible propaganda tools -- mass performances in a Pyongyang stadium -- to demonstrate its closeness to China as the Stalinist state embarks on a leadership change. Photographer: Dieter Depypere/Bloomberg

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Spectators watch the annual Arirang festival at May Day stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. North Korea's government used one of its most visible propaganda tools -- mass performances in a Pyongyang stadium -- to demonstrate its closeness to China as the Stalinist state embarks on a leadership change. Photographer: Dieter Depypere/Bloomberg

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A soldier stands guard outside May Day stadium during the Arirang festival in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. North Korea's government used one of its most visible propaganda tools -- mass performances in a Pyongyang stadium -- to demonstrate its closeness to China as the Stalinist state embarks on a leadership change. Photographer: Dieter Depypere/Bloomberg

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On Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, a man working on the rescue of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, shows one of the pairs of overalls the miners will wear during their ascent to the surface. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Victims bodies lie at the side of the track at the scene of an accident outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after the bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train. At least 40 people were killed officials at the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. Another eleven people were injured. Road and railway accidents are common in Ukraine, where the roads are in poor condition, vehicles are poorly maintained, and drivers and passengers routinely disregard safety and traffic rules. (AP Photo)

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Victims bodies lie at the side of the track at the scene of an accident outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after the bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train. At least 40 people were killed, officials at the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. Another eleven people were injured. Road and railway accidents are common in Ukraine, where the roads are in poor condition, vehicles are poorly maintained, and drivers and passengers routinely disregard safety and traffic rules. (AP Photo)

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People react at the scene of an accident outside the town of Marhanets, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 after a bus attempted to cross the track, ignoring a siren that indicated an oncoming train. At least 40 people were killed officials at the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. Another eleven people were injured. Road and railway accidents are common in Ukraine, where the roads are in poor condition, vehicles are poorly maintained, and drivers and passengers routinely disregard safety and traffic rules. (AP Photo)

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RESCUE READY: Air Force Pararescueman Alejandro Serrano with the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron test-fires his weapon over Kandahar province in case it's needed during casualty-pickup missions in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS WJZ-TV anchor Denise Koch, center, moderates a debate between Maryland gubernatorial candidates former Republican former Gov. Robert Ehrlich, left, and Democratic incumbent Gov. Martin O'Malley right, in Baltimore, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010.