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The kitchen features granite counters and a six-burner stove. It has ceramic tile floors and a center island with an overhang that can be used as a breakfast bar. The kitchen is adjacent to the family room

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The home at 14311Waynesford Drive in Upper Marlboro is on the market for $625,000. Built in 1993, the Colonial-style home has four bedrooms, three fulls baths and a power room.

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Spring Gardens, the 18th-century home at 414 Franklin St. in Alexandria, is on the market for $4,200,000. It is said George Washington spent his last Fourth of July at the home in 1798, when it was a tavern and oyster house.

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The Westford model features a two-story foyer flanked by the living and dining rooms. The kitchen, family room and library are across the back of the home. Upstairs are four bedrooms and two full baths.

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A tourist from Switzerland, who asked not to be identified, rests on her shopping cart while shopping Nov. 9, 2011, at Dolphin Mall in Miami. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has no plans to curtail his trips to Monterey, Calif. "That's where his family lives, after all," a senior aide said. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Lukas Jordana, 7, of Sterling, Va., confidently takes to the ice wearing his full Alex Ovechkin gear Sunday during the opening weekend of the rink at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. (T.J. Kirkpatrick / The Washington Times)

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A break in the clouds allows enough sunlight to cast the shadows of skaters on the rink during the opening weekend of the National Gallery of Art sculpture garden ice rink in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 20, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Naomi Leibowitz, 6, right, with her mother Wendy, of Bethesda, Md., puts on her skates. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Lukas Jordana, 7, of Sterling, Va., dressed as the Capitols' Alex Ovechkin, skates past the National Archives during the opening weekend of the National Gallery of Art sculpture garden ice rink in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 20, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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The number of holiday air travelers also will rise slightly this year, the AAA predicts, but passengers will still be subject to security measures that make hitting the highway for Thanksgiving travel the "preferred choice." (Associated Press)

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British adventurer Felicity Aston skis across Iceland during a pre-expedition training trip. Ms. Aston plans to ski by herself across Antarctica. If she manages to complete this journey of more than 1,000 miles in late January, she'll become the first person to cross Antarctica alone under her own power. (Kaspersky One Trans-Antartic Expedition via Associated Press)

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Felicity Aston tunes up for her cross-Antarctica solo journey in Iceland. She'll be pulling 187 pounds of gear on a sledge that'll include freeze-dried food, fuel and a camp stove for melting snow. She'll also have a solar recharger and two MP3 players. (Kaspersky One Trans-Antartic Expedition via Associated Press)

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Phil Kessel (left) celebrates scoring Toronto's fourth goal in a 7-1 rout of Washington on Saturday night. The Capitals went 0-3 on their road trip. (Associated Press)

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"We include places that anyone lucky enough to travel internationally could try ... that I endorse," Anthony Bourdain says about "The Layover," which premieres Monday on the Travel Channel. (Associated Press)

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"There's a good and bad side. It means more jobs, but the negative thing is their poor salaries. I would like to see one in Southeast." Santos Parra, 42, restaurant owner, Washington, D.C.

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U.S. team's Phil Mickelson, left, is congratulated by his teammate Jim Furyk after sinking a winning putt on the 17th green during the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/David Callow)