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Photo courtesy of Virgil Ocampo If space is not an issue, a virtual golf course could be installed to create the ultimate man cave.

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The Fairgate model offers buyers the option of a family room with an adjacent center-island kitchen or a country kitchen. Standard features include hardwood flooring in the foyer, kitchen and powder room.

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The center-island kitchen in the Fairgate model has 42-inch oak cabinets and granite counters. The Fairgate is base-priced from $399,990.

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The home at 9300 Colesville Road in Silver Spring's North Hills community is on the market for $1,299,000. It was built in 1929 and served as the residence and professional office for a doctor.

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Representatives from the Italian Embassy present a wreath before the Columbus Memorial statue during a Columbus Day celebration and wreath presentation at Union Station in Washington on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Lauren Bieber and Mike Mull, both from Philadelphia, sit next to a haiku they wrote on the sidewalk near City Hall on Sunday in Philadelphia. Organizers of what is being called Occupy Philadelphia say the demonstration is meant to be a stand against corporate greed. (Associated Press)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks Oct. 7, 2011, at the Values Voter Summit in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Protester Jim Goodnow, a noncombat Vietnam veteran from Terlingua, Texas, has printed "End warfare, not healthcare" on his cast. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** For the best homemade butter, buy the best cream available. Agitate it by hand, mixer or food processor. (Associated Press)

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From left to right, Sea Salted Butter France, Black Truffle butter, top, Butter of Parma Italy, bottom, Vermont Cultured butter, Buerre d'Isigny France, top right, and Brookford Farm Uncultured butter in Concord, N.H. (Associated Press)

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Clockwise from top left: butter from Parma, Italy; Vermont cultured butter; Beurre d'Isigny, France; black truffle butter; sea-salted butter from France; and Brookford Farm uncultured butter from Rollinsford, N.H. (Associated Press)

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Tour: Moonlight Hike at Great Falls If this glorious fall weather has you itching to make the best use of your time before winter arrives, Great Falls National Park can scratch that itch. During the day, the riverside view of the Potomac as it crashes through Mather Gorge will take your breath away. Folks looking to shed civilization altogether should consider the night hike offered by the Capital Hiking Club, which takes you from the Old Anglers Inn on MacArthur Blvd. straight into Great Falls National Park, by way of a canal towpath (along which horses pulled barges loaded with goods). The four-mile, two-hour hike is flat, suitable for beginners as well as the elderly, the young, and even dogs (so long as the latter two are properly restrained). And since it begins at 8:30 p.m., even seasoned day-trippers will see a new side of the park. Oct. 7 at the parking lot across from Old Anglers Inn, 10801 MacArthur Blvd., Potomac, MD. Web: http://capitalhikingclub.org/events

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Under Secretary General Nicolae Ceausescu's 25-year dictatorship, all of Romania was a monument to his greatness.

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**FILE** Kyrgyz soldiers conduct a foot patrol on June 20, 2010, in the village of Surattash, 10 miles from the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, near the border of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. (Associated Press)

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The four-story building at 1020 Monroe St. Northwest has retail on the street level, including a restaurant and a coffee lounge, and is three blocks from the restaurants and shops along 14th Street. The one- and two-bedroom condos at 1020 Monroe are base-priced from the upper $200,000s to the mid-$400,000s.