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Shepherd's pie gets a new look and taste when made with ground sausage and beef, with a layer of corn and a sweet-potato topping. (Associated Press)
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Thin slices of flank steak and red onions, both marinated in Guinness beer, are covered with Boursin cheese and served on sourdough bread for a savory sandwich for St. Patrick's Day or anytime. (Associated Press)
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The home at 3517 Porter St. NW in Cleveland Park is on the market for $1,849,000. The semidetached home, built in 2005, has four finished levels and more than 4,100 square feet.
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At the rear of the main level are the open center-island kitchen, breakfast area and family room. Plenty of windows bathe the home in natural light.
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Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted over another work on the wall of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. (National Geographic via Associated Press)
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta prepares to depart from Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington on Monday, March 12, 2012, on a trip to Central Asia. (AP Photo/Scott Olson, Pool)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son Patrick sit in a coffee bar in Graz, Austria, in October. Patrick Schwarzenegger, 18, tweeted Saturday that he had received stitches down his back following "a little ski accident" in Idaho. (Associated Press)
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A vendor sells small statues of Cuba's patron saint, La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre (Our Lady of Charity), during a Santeria ceremony at the annual Caribbean Festival in Loma del Cimarron. (Associated Press)
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A Santero priest in 2010 holds machetes over his head as he moves around a fire during a Santeria ceremony at the annual Caribbean Festival in Loma del Cimarron, El Cobre, Cuba. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A dish of red curry potatoes and chickpeas, a great from-scratch recipe you can have on the table in under 30 minutes. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)
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The recipe for this dish pairs pancetta with hummus on sourdough bread with a topping of tomatoes, red onions and balsamic vinegar. Pancetta, a close relative to American bacon, is a must-have for authentic carbonara. Browning small chunks of it is a classic start to many Italian recipes. (Associated Press)
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Skiers sit on a chairlift ascending the Kotelnica Mountain in the village of Bialka Tatrzanska, southern Poland. (Associated Press)
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The home at 2710 Saint Josephs Drive in Bowie's Balk Hill community is on the market for $795,000. The house will convey to the new owner with all of the furniture, including the bedroom furnishings.
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The owners restored much of the home's wood trim and electrified many of the original light fixtures.
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The New York City-based Rent is 2 Damn High Party - founded by karate expert and Vietnam War veteran Jimmy McMillan, who has run for mayor three times and received 40,000 votes in the state's 2010 gubernatorial election - is inalterably opposed to, well, rent being too damn high. (Associated Press)
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Kristy Berington acknowledges fans Sunday as she makes her way along the trail during the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow, Alaska. The eight-day trek offers $50,400 and a new truck to the winner. (Anchorage Daily News via Associated Press)
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Washington Wizards' Jordan Crawford will get the start Saturday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers in place of Nick Young. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Windows are blown out of a Hilton hotel in downtown Branson, Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Kendra McKinley pulls a flag from the debris of her grandparents river camp home in Henderson Ky. Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Darrin Phegley)
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This photo taken Thursday, March 1, 2012, shows Sara Drescher, manager at 5th Ward Pub in the Walker's Point neighborhood in Milwaukee, where a marketing company is organizing a walking tour of bars where serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer hunted his victims. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
