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On Nov. 13 in D.C, Dandies & Quaintrelles is sponsoring the 2011 Tweed Ride, which will feature "multiple routes for riders of varying skill levels, so riders of all styles can happily cavort while decked out in your finest tweed attired."
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In this photo taken Oct. 28, 2011 and released by Ascent Services Worldwide LLC, climbers Silas Rossi, left, and Angela Hawse, in Halloween costumes, dangle beneath an overhang in the Guide's Olympics during the American Mountain Guides Association's annual conference at the Shawangunk climbing area in New Paltz, N.Y. (AP Photo/Ascent Services Worldwide LLC, Joe Lentini)
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The formal dining room has a wall of windows, a tray ceiling and herringbone-patterned hardwood flooring.
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The Pierce II model has a family room, great room and open kitchen and breakfast area on the main level, with a home office on the lower level. Upstairs are three bedrooms, two full baths and a laundry room.
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Photo by James Ray Spahn An indoor swimming pool can be attractive this time of year, but homeowners must be sure the space has adequate ventilation and insulation so the "whole house doesn't smell like chlorine," architect Jim Rill said.
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Visitors walk by vehicles on display at a Toyota Motor Corp. showroom in Tokyo on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Sections of the museum sit amid a tree-lined ravine in Bentonville, Ark. The museum is a 10-minute walk through the woods from Bentonville's downtown square, on 120 acres owned by the Walton family.
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Architect Moshe Safdie gazes out a window next to a large, untitled magnifying disk sculpture at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. The museum is scheduled to open Friday. (Associated Press)
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A portrait of George Washington, painted by Charles Willson Peale between 1780 and 1782, is displayed among other works from the Colonial period at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark. The museum, set to open Friday, will display about 440 works of art. Sections of the museum sit amid a tree-lined ravine in Bentonville, Ark. The museum is a 10-minute walk through the woods from Bentonville's downtown square, on 120 acres owned by the Walton family. (Associated Press)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell voted at noon today in Richmond in the 2011 election. At the polling place, he ran into former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder. (Photo courtesy of Michaele White, governor’s photographer)
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Pat Kenyon looks over the wine selection at a Costco warehouse store Oct. 31 in Seattle. Whether Costco will be able to sell hard liquor alongside the wine depends on the outcome of a Washington state referendum on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Customers taste red wine during the Vinexpo Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong in May 2010. The international wine and spirits exhibition caters to a growing number of Chinese who have developed a taste for imported wines, though U.S. wines are not high on their lists. (Associated Press)
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A container ship visits the port in Ningbo, China, which has been in business for 1,200 years and now handles more than 100 million tons of cargo a year. It is one of the few in the world to reach that mark. (Orange County [Calif.] Register)
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Orlando Magic President Bob Vander Weide arrives at a midtown hotel where NBA labor talks resumed , Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves after speaking at the Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)
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In this Nov. 2, 2011, photo, Clarence Turner of Little Canada, Minn., hands in his resume at the Minneapolis Career Fair held in Bloomington, Minn., where he was looking for a hotel audit job. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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**FILE** Delegates arrive Nov. 4, 2011, for the day's first working session at the G20 summit in Cannes. (Associated Press)
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The living room's wood-burning fireplace is flanked by glass-front cabinets and stained-glass windows.
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The Canterbury model features an open family room, breakfast area and center-island kitchen, linked with a butler's pantry to the formal dining room. Upstairs are three bedrooms and two full baths. The master suite can be expanded and a third bath added to the upper level.
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The great room has a floor-to-ceiling fireplace and a glass door that looks out onto the deck and oversized hot tub. All of the home's furnishings convey to the new owner.
