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ON THEIR OWN: Iraqi army soldiers train with an M1 Abrams tank, purchased from the U.S., during an exercise in Baghdad.
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This easy, portable casserole takes the flavors of a creamy crab dip and turns it into a meal for 16 - or even more for a potluck dinner. (Associated Press)
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A US Marine walks through the rubble of the Iraqi Parliment Building in Saddam Hussein's Palace complex near the Tigris River Saturday, April 12, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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The Hanover model includes an open center-island kitchen, breakfast area and family room, with a formal living room and a formal dining room at the front of the main level.
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The home at 2910 Daniel Road in Chevy Chase's Ridgewood Village community is on the market for $935,000. The four-bedroom home was built in 1955 and renovated in 2010.
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The kitchen features white cabinets with a gray Corian counter. The owners added a shelf above the doorway leading to the dining room.
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The kitchen in the Archbold model available at 1801 Foxhall was designed by Lobkovich Inc., a Tysons Corner-based kitchen-design firm. It features professional-grade appliances and a butler's pantry.
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Photo courtesy of Denise Willard Place faux snow or fine sand in a thrifted apothecary jar and then fill it with coordinating ornaments, some shiny, some with a matte finish.
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By Angie Seckinger/Courtesy of Shanon Munn Using pretty display stands can make the desserts part of the table's decorations.
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** FILE ** Glyn Davies, the U.S. special representative for North Korea affairs, speaks to journalists at a hotel after he met with Chinese officials in Beijing on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Dr. Ken Neil, a Virginia Beach-area dentist, is rewarded with a hefty rockfish for braving the cold.
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Joseph Bottum “It's been sweet,” said South Dakota-based writer Joseph Bottum. “What else could one want for a Christmas piece?”
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**FILE** A tourist couple walks Dec. 8, 2010, in the shallow waters at a closed beach in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. (Associated Press)
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Workers prepare for lunch Dec. 7, 2011, in the kitchen at the Palio D'Asti restaurant in San Francisco. (Associated Press)
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Historian and school teacher Eleni Nikolaidou provides tips on frugal living in ''Starvation Recipes,'' a book targeted toward the millions Greeks who have found themselves in an new age of hardship. (Associated Press)
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The renovated kitchen has granite counters, stainless steel appliances, gas cooking and a pressed-tin backsplash.
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The Roosevelt model at Waverly Overlook includes a center-island kitchen with an adjacent breakfast area that opens to the family room.
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Jefferson Island, a 20-acre island in the Chesapeake Bay, is on the market for $3,950,000. The five-bedroom house on the island can be upgraded to a year-round home. There is also a three-bedroom guest house.
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Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, left, and team president David Samson chat as they walk through the lobby of the hotel hosting Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Dallas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/LM Otero) **FILE**
