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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dinner is being served in Seattle at FareStart, a program that teaches cooking and other skills that can lead to a career in the restaurant business. The students have troubled pasts and are seeking a new start.

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Overflowing water from a river floods a residential area in Nachikatsuura, Japan, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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This book cover image courtesy of Aloha Publishers shows the cover of "Maggie Goes on a Diet," by Paul M. Kramer and Mari Kuwayama. The self-published book doesn't come out until next month, but there's already online outrage over it. (AP Photo/Aloha Publishers)

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A surfer waits with his board to surf on Sept. 1, 2011, in Dauphin Island, Ala. (Associated Press/Mobile Press-Register)

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BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES A sign in a window of Shaw's Tavern in the District notes the restaurant has been shut down until it is able to obtain a liquor license. The tavern's management team reportedly failed to acquire basic business, occupancy and liquor licenses from the city.

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In this Jan. 31, 2010 photo, a visitor inspects a Honda Motor Co.'s hybrid Fit at the Japanese automaker's headquarters in Tokyo. The Fit subcompact beat Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid last month to top Japan's auto sales model rankings, its first return to that spot in nearly two years, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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The kitchen has stone flooring, recessed and pendant lighting, granite counters, and a wood and stainless steel center island.

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The home at 7313 Summit Ave. in the Martin's Additions community in Chevy Chase is on the market for $895,000. The four-bedroom home, built in 1936, has an attached one-car garage.

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The Amherst model includes a family room with optional columns that opens into a breakfast area with an adjacent center-island kitchen. This model also has a library, a formal dining room and a formal living room on the main level.

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DISNEY DESTINATIONS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Aulani, a new Disney Resort & Spa in Hawaii, has a 950-foot-long lazy river that takes bathers through forests and caverns. The resort overlooks a white sand beach and a crystal blue lagoon (below). Hotel rooms range from $399 a night for a 420-square-foot room to $2,449 a night for the Ahu Ulu Suite (two bedrooms, 1,910 square feet). An ocean-view room runs $549 a night, which rivals prices at Hawaii's most posh resorts.

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Patrons eat out on the sidewalk patio of the Hawk 'n' Dove bar in Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. After more than 40 years in business, the bar, which has been an institution on Capitol Hill will be closing down Oct. 2. There will be a series of events and celebrations leading up to the closing, and all of the bar's contents will be auctioned off. Regular patrons told The Washington Times that they are saddened by the closing. Many consider it a home away from home where they gather with friends. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY BARBARA L. SALISBURY / THE WASHINGTON TIMES After 44 years in business, the Hawk 'n' Dove bar on Capitol Hill will be closing down Oct. 2. There will be a series of events and celebrations before then and all of the bar's contents will be auctioned off. "They just found somebody else willing to pay more, and I can't afford to pay more," owner Stuart Long said.

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BARBARA L. SALISBURY / THE WASHINGTON TIMES Phil Panitch and Betty Auman chat over lunch at the Hawk 'n' Dove bar on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the day its closing was announced. Mr. Panitch, who has been coming to the bar since 1976, said he was "shocked" to hear the news. Ms. Auman, who eats lunch here three out of five days of the workweek, said, "I couldn't believe it. I mean, it's an institution, and it's my lunchtime home with family that I regularly see."

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The North Korean leisure boat Mangyongbong is sent off on its first trial cruise Tuesday from the port city of Rason to the Mount Kumgang resort. The maiden voyage carried dozens of Chinese travel agents, international media and North Korean officials. (Associated Press)

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North Koreans and Chinese travel agents enjoy a buffet during the 21-hour trial cruise on the refurbished Japanese-built cargo ship. (Associated Press)

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North Koreans gather to send off the leisure boat Mangyongbong on a trial cruise to the Mount Kumgang resort from the port in Rason, North Korea, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Since the North barred South Korean tourists from the luxury resort, known abroad as Diamond Mountain, North Korea has begun courting Chinese and other international visitors. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)