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English tourists get off a bus at the Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks in Montpelier, Vt. The visitors said the damage from Tropical Storm Irene wasn't a concern, noting that they've seen ongoing repairs to the roads. "It's good to see that it's being done so quickly," tourist Barry Edwards said. (Associated Press)

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The Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., shown here on Sept. 22, 2011, is giving away $25,000 worth of plastic surgery as part of a player's card loyalty promotion in October. (Associated Press)

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On the market for $1,299,999, the home at 1735 19th St. NW has served as the rectory of St. Thomas Episcopal Parish for the last 40 years. The home has four finished levels and a deck.

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The kitchen has hardwood flooring and granite counters. There is pendant lighting above the center island, which has room for seating.

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The home at 2061 N. Plantation Drive in Dunkirk, Md., is on the market for $1,500,000. In Calvert County's Lyons Creek Hundred community, the home rests on 5.5 acres.

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The Sycamore model has a family room, breakfast room and kitchen across the back of the home. Upstairs are four bedrooms, each with a walk-in closet.

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Parx Casino is in the middle of expansion in Bensalem, Pa., near Philadelphia. Pennsylvania lawmakers grew tired of watching hundreds of millions of dollars leave the state each year as residents placed their bets at gambling casinos in neighboring states. Some gamblers headed east to Atlantic City, N.J. Others drove to West Virginia. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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SHOW ME THE MONEY: A cashier counts some of the take at Parx Casino, one of the hot spots that have kept gamblers in Pennsylvania. Since 2006, state gambling taxes and licensing fees have generated billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Bill Bregenzer of Flemington, N.J., shows off his winnings while standing in line for a cashier near the gambling floor last week in Parx Casino, near Philadelphia. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A protesting taxi driver carries a Greek national flag in front of the transport ministry during a protest in Athens on Sept 28, 2011. About 2,000 striking taxi drivers gathered to protest against government plans to open up their licensed profession to more competition. (Associated Press)

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David Nunes, a Colorado businessman, hopes to build the Crossroads Casino — a 300,000-square-foot project with table games, 5,000 slot machines, a dozen restaurants and a few thousand hotel rooms — in Milford, Mass., a sleepy town of about 28,000 located 40 miles west of Boston. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The parking garage of the Mohegan Sun casino in the rural southeastern corner of Connecticut has a sea of vehicles with Massachusetts license plates. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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GAME PLAN: A gambling floor at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Montville, Conn., draws many of its customers from Massachusetts, but the Massachusetts legislature is expected to pass a bill to allow three resorts and a slots parlor. New England states are hurrying to keep their resident gamblers home by opening casinos within their own borders. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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SHIPSHAPE: Alexandria Seaport Foundation apprentices join summer law-firm interns for a day of work on a 28-foot challenge wherry boat at the Alexandria waterfront in Old Town. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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

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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)