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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.
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The Daniela model includes a two-story family room open to the breakfast area and center-island kitchen. This level also has a study, a formal living room and a formal dining room. Upstairs are four bedrooms, two full baths and a laundry room.
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The center-island kitchen in the Daniela model has 42-inch cabinets, stainless steel appliances and recessed lighting.
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The home at 2200 Shiver Drive in Randall Estates, just south of Alexandria, is on the market for $539,000. The custom-designed home, built in 1966, has four bedrooms and three full baths. It sits on a half-acre site
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The living room has a wood-burning fireplace and a wall of windows facing the backyard. It has high ceilings and cove lighting.
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The owners added a cork floor and light-colored granite counters to the kitchen. They decided to keep the original birch cabinets because of their distinctive style.
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Protesters (from left) Justin Rodriguez, Eric Sponaugle and Lacy MacAuley chat Wednesday at McPherson Square. The three are among a few protesters loosely tied to Occupy D.C. who have been protesting by day and sleeping on sidewalks by night at the square not far from the White House. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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West Virginia acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (left, at podium) celebrates Oct. 4, 2011, with supporters at his campaign headquarters at the Marriott Hotel in Charleston, W.Va., shortly after being declared the winner in the race for governor. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta places a memorial wreath at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Monday, during his first trip to Israel as defense secretary. (Associated Press)
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Rachel Schneider of Brooklyn, N.Y., has her face painted to resemble a zombie before a march Oct. 3, 2011, at the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstration in Zucotti Park, located in New York's financial district. (Associated Press)
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Donated food piles up Oct. 2, 2011, in the kitchen area at the Occupy Wall Street rally in Zuccotti Park, a plaza near in New York City's financial center. (Associated Press)
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In this undated image provided by the Manda Bay resort hotel, a beach at Manda Island, Kenya, is seen. Suspected Somali pirates driving their boat under the cover of darkness kidnapped an elderly Frenchwoman on a resort island in northern Kenya early Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, a Western official and an area resident said. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Manda Bay)
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Two men and their ultra-light plane hang from a Ferris wheel while two children sit in a carriage near the top of the ride at a country festival at Old Bar, Australia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. The four people were trapped in the tangled wreckage for hours after the plane crashed into the ride. (AP Photo/Carl Muxlow)
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BRIGHT LIGHTS: The lights at the Lincoln Theatre on U Street in Northwest will go dark without an infusion of funds to keep it going, board members say. City leaders are being pressed to help. (The Washington Times)
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The Lincoln Theatre has been a U Street landmark for decades. Its board members are seeking help from the city to keep the venue financially afloat. (The Washington Times)
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The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., is giving away $25,000 worth of plastic surgery as part of a player's card loyalty promotion during October. The winner can mix and match various types of surgery. Critics say plastic surgery, like gambling, can be addictive. (Associated Press)
