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Floor-to-ceiling windows let plenty of light in the living spaces at 22 West in the District's West End neighborhood..

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A Bangkok driver navigates his three-wheeled motorcycle taxi through floodwater that has stayed in Thailand more than a month. (Associated Press)

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Shoppers walk past a clearance sign at the New York & Company outlet store Nov. 9, 2011, at the Dolphin Mall in Miami. Americans spent more on autos, electronics and building supplies in October, pushing retail sales up for a fifth straight month. (Associated Press)

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A guide on paper for the design of a portion of a Nativity scene is attached to a wall of ice for artisan ice sculptors to go by in their work on the 100-acre exhibit at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. The third annual exhibition opens Friday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti leaves the hotel to start talks with parties' representatives in Rome on Nov. 14, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Guitarist Makana (background) wore an "Occupy With Aloha" T-shirt at the dinner of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Saturday night and sang his new song, "We Are the Many." (Associated Press)

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"Everything for that intersection where the bike was clocked, all the tickets should be revisited and everything from the last time the camera was calibrated, any tickets established should be revisited and refunded." George Anderson, 30, IT, Fairfax, management

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Protesters in Portland, Ore., pack up and leave hours before a mandate from the city to vacate the Occupy Portland Camp on Nov. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken Oct. 13, 2011, guests attending a preview of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art stand beneath curved wooden beams and skylights in Eleven Restaurant at the museum in Bentonville, Ark. The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was created using pieces acquired by Wal-Mart heir Alice Walton, who wanted to build something important in her hometown of Bentonville. The Moshe Safdie-designed museum is scheduled to open Nov. 11. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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A body is removed from a tent in the Occupy Salt Lake camp in Pioneer Park, Friday Nov. 11, 2011, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)

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Taylor Norton places a U.S. flag in front of the Vietnam Veteran's memorial following a Veteran's Day ceremony, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Eden Park in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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A U.S. Marine salutes the colors during a wreath-laying ceremony at the American Cemetery and Memorial at suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, as they pay tribute to U.S. veterans and their families on Veterans Day Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial contains the remains of WWII Americans who died in the Pacific, China, India, and Burma along with Philippine Scouts who served with the U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Philippine army Pfc. Enrico Disimulacion plays the Taps during wreath-laying ceremony at the American Cemetery and Memorial at suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, to pay tribute to U.S. veterans and their families on Veterans Day Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial contains the remains of WWII Americans who died in the Pacific, China, India, and Burma along with Philippine Scouts who served with the U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Guest bow their heads for a moment of silence during a VeteranÃs Day ceremony where President Barack Obama spoke, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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The sun rises over Oxon Cove Park and is reflected in a Potomac River estuary in Oxon Hill. Water quality in the Potomac was already bad and has grown worse in the past five years, a Potomac Conservancy report said Thursday. (Associated Press)

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The Archimedes Palimpsest - the oldest manuscript containing work attributed to the Greek mathematician Archimedes - is owned by a private Washington collector who paid $2 million for it at Christies.(The Walters Art Museum)

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Pedestrians, veterans and members of the media walk around the grounds of the newly renovated District of Columbia WWI Memorial after a rededication ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Robert Gallow, of Navarre, Ohio, attends a rededication ceremony of the District of Columbia WWI Memorial with a group of veterans from the Army & Navy Union on an annual trip to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2011. District leaders spoke out against a plan to rename the memorial to be a national and D.C. memorial, arguing that the District should be allowed to keep their memorial since each state has a dedicated memorial to those residents who served in WWI. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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A bronze plaque was specially recreated to replace a missing plaque at the center of the District of Columbia WWI Memorial as part of the memorial's renovation, seen during a rededication ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2011. The National Park Service did not have records of the exact design on the original plaque, with the exception of the design including an image of an eagle, but made the replacement to mesh with the marble patterns on the floor. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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A bronze plaque was specially recreated to replace a missing plaque at the center of the District of Columbia WWI Memorial as part of the memorial's renovation, seen during a rededication ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 10, 2011. The National Park Service did not have records of the exact design on the original plaque, with the exception of the design including an image of an eagle, but made the replacement to mesh with the marble patterns on the floor. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)