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President Obama, accompanied by LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, gestures Sept. 26, 2011, during a LinkedIn town hall at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. (Associated Press)

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Bill Haas celebrates winning the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship golf tournament on the third playoff hole over Hunter Mahan on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. (Associated Press)

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Keyana Smith, 11, at center, of Washington, D.C., watches her brother James Taylor, 8, read in a family storytelling tent at the National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 25, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Jasper Rice, 4, center, with his mother Geraldine Hall, of Hyattsville, Md., plays with a model of the solar system in the Scholastic Magic School Bus at the National Book Festival. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Katey Caceres, 8, hugs the Sesame Street character 'Honker' during the National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.(T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Shelia P. Moses, left, an author for young readers, greets Samra Beyene, 11, center in glasses, of Haymarket, Va., and Nikita Rao, 7, of Herndon, Va., after speaking during the National Book Festival. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kerri DiZoglio, left, of Takoma Park, Md., reads to her son Alec Barrera, 2, as her son Jaeden Barrera, 4, reads with Theresa Bosanek, at right, while Julia Brunetti, 6, center, of Bethesda, Md., gets up to find a new book in a family storytelling tent at the National Book Festival. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Kelly Caldwell, center, of Washington, D.C., walks with her son Fionn, 4, behind her husband Chris through the National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 25, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in "Star Wars" (Lucasfilm Ltd./Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment)

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Five years or so ago, wine was mostly limited to customers occupying the premium seats at ballparks. But these days it's more likely to be in the main concourse, such as at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Red wine sales peak during the cooler month of October. (Associated Press)

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A fan looks over the selections at a wine bar at AT&T Park, home of baseball's San Francisco Giants. Wine is an option at many of the nation's ballparks. (Associated Press)

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Rookie center Cody Eakin, though offensively gifted, could fit in nicely on the penalty-killing unit should he be included on the Capitals' opening-night roster. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Honey-thyme glazed chicken is paired with cider gravy and baby spinach salad .The recipe has a sweet autumnal flavor that can be tailored to the preparer's region by using a local wildflower honey and a cider made with heirloom apples.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Honey-thyme glazed chicken is paired with cider gravy and baby spinach salad .The recipe has a sweet autumnal flavor that can be tailored to the preparer's region by using a local wildflower honey and a cider made with heirloom apples.

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The home at 3001 Westbrook Lane in Bowie is on the market for $2,500,000. Built in 2008, the home has six bedrooms and six full baths.

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The Tuscany villa model includes a kitchen, a great room and a separate dining room on the main level, with a private courtyard at the front of each home. Upstairs are three bedrooms and two or three full baths.

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Steuart-Kret Homes is building 44 villas at the Delight at Fairwood in Bowie. The homes have 1,942 finished square feet, with base prices from $305,900.

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K. Hovnanian Homes is offering single-family homes in its active-adult community in Middletown, Del., Four Seasons at Silver Maple.. The homes, which are pre-construction priced at $219,990 to $309,990, will have two to four bedrooms, two to four baths and 1,251 to 5,400 finished square feet.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to a crowd during a Labor Day pancake breakfast on Sept. 5, 2011 in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press)

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Soldiers and police block off a main road near a busy shopping mall in Veracruz, Mexico, where suspected drug traffickers dumped 35 bodies under an overpass during rush hour as gunmen stood guard. (Associated Press)