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Frederick McDonald, a U.S. Naval Academy plebe from Oceanside, Calif., gets fit for a hat during Induction Day in Alumni Hall at the academy in Annapolis on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Eagles Landing, an 11-acre estate in Lorton with views of the Potomac River, is on the market for $5,374,000. The grounds include a carriage house with a three-car garage.

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Lennar is building 258 town homes at Fieldstone in Laurel near Arundel Mills mall. The Kentwell model has 2,125 finished square feet, with base prices from $339,990 to $355,990.

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The Kentwell model has a great room and kitchen on the main level with three bedrooms and two full baths upstairs.

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The center-island kitchen in the Kentwell model is open to the breakfast area. The kitchen has granite counters and oak cabinets.

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An extra-long granite breakfast bar in the kitchen offers an additional place to dine. On the opposite side is a food prep area with a sink.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Security guards for the 17th African Union summit, being held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, walk inside a luxury complex built for participants. It includes 52 luxury seaside villas, a man-made beach, high-end hotel and spa, golf course and conference center.

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Smoke rises from the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, after it was attacked by militants. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Visitors make their way up a makeshift grass path across the Ellipse to the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. The entire area, also called President's Park South, is set to be revamped after the National Capital Planning Commission invited five architectural-design firms from around the country to present plans for a new design. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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This video image shows Afghan police vehicles near the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul on June 28, 2011, following a blast at the hotel. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside the Western-style hotel, police said. (Associated Press/APTN)

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Truck loads of dirt for levees on the swollen Souris River arrive at a central location off Broadway Ave. Monday, June 27, 2011 in Minot, N.D. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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The Pioneers of American Industrial Design postage stamps honor 12 of the nation's most influential industrial designers. There will be a dedication ceremony at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. (Associated Press)

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Robert Polidori via Associated Press Jay Swayze's design for Girard Henderson's Las Vegas bomb shelter featured a backyard with fake greenery, a barbecue camouflaged in a fake boulder, swimming pool and patio area. Murals were painted on the interior of the home's protective concrete shell. Lighting could be adjusted to create day or night.

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Monika Wenger, the owner of the Gruener Baum (Green Tree) hotel, shows a drawing by Chinese architects of her hotel in Hallstatt, Austria. After taking photos and collecting other data on the village while mingling with tourists, Chinese architects plan to rebuild Hallstatt in Guandong province.

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Its beauty has landed Hallstatt, Austria, on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites and inspired a Chinese firm to build a lookalike version of the popular tourist destination in China.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS "Three Cups of Tea" co-author Greg Mortenson (left) shows the locations of future village schools to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the opening of Pushghar Village Girls School, 60 miles north of Kabul in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, in July, 2009.