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In this photo taken March 25, 1961 and provided by World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. Elvis Presley receives an award from members of The pacific War Memorial Commission at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. Fifty years ago, Elvis Presley helped raise money and bring attention to help build the USS Arizona Memorial. The King is being asked to deliver one more time. (AP Photo/ Word War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument)
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A Chinese man sits on a bench while holding a cigarette in his fingers in front of a pillar with a no smoking notice on display at a bus station in Beijing Thursday, March 24, 2011. On this week, Chinese health authorities renewed a push to ban smoking in indoor public places, adding more venues like hotels and restaurants as of May 1, though still excluding many workplaces. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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In this Sept. 25, 1953 file photo, actress Elizabeth Taylor stands on the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. Publicist Sally Morrison says the actress died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. (AP Photo/File)
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In this May 31, 1950 file photo, actress Elizabeth Taylor poses with her new husband, hotel heir Nick Hilton, as they stand on the terrace of their hotel room in Paris while on their honeymoon. Publicist Sally Morrison says Taylor died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure at age 79. (AP Photo/File)
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The Laogai Museum is relocating just north of Dupont Circle to a site that most recently was the house in MTV's "Real World: D.C." (laogaimuseum.org)
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MOG, which offers "all [the music] you can eat," can go from the breakfast table to the BMW Mini Cooper.
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"Bromptons are built the way everything else used to be built," Mr. McGettigan said. "It's light, it's fast. It has a quirky charm. It's tanklike but incredibly high-tech." (Associated Press)
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"It's light, it's fast. It has a quirky charm. It's tanklike but incredibly high-tech," Michael McGettigan says about the Brompton bicycle. His shop was one of the first in the U.S. to sell the British bikes. (Associated Press)
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This undated photo provided by the Milwaukee Art Museum shows a chair designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It's part of the show "Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century," which runs through May 15 and includes more than 150 works, scale models, furniture and photos. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Art Museum) NO SALES
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In this photo taken Feb. 20, 2011, Judy Bates prepares a meal to eat in with family and friends after church instead of going out to eat Sunday, in Dora, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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The black vinyl interior is just as the current owner remembered. (Bill O'Brien/The Washington Times)
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Beazer Homes is building 58 town houses at Brighton Place in Capitol Heights. The Chandler model has approximately 1,800 finished square feet, with base prices from the mid-$200,000s.
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The Chandler model has three finished levels with an optional fourth bedroom and third full bath on the lower level. The main level includes a living room, a dining room and an open kitchen and breakfast area with a door to a deck.
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The Chandler model at Brighton Place has 42-inch oak cabinets and a pantry in the center-island kitchen, which is open to the breakfast area. It is priced from the mid-$200,000s.
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Fox Hill residents can enjoy five restaurants, a fitness center, a performing arts center, a full-service spa and a wine cellar.
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The Davenport model at East Gate has 2,968 square feet and is priced from $530,900. Brick or stone fronts are optional.
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The Davenport model has an open great room and center-island kitchen on the main level along with a library and a formal dining room. Upstairs are four bedrooms and three full baths.
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The home at 2602 Brookeville Landing in Bowie's Woodmore community is on the market for $1,200,000. Built in 1987, the home sits on a lot of 1.34 acres.
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A woman talks with the driver before boarding a bus in Manhattan's Chinatown for a trip to a Connecticut casino. Her trip Tuesday was canceled after a fatal crash, but thousands of Chinese New Yorkers take buses every day to gamble in nearby states. (Associated Press)
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Shiite Bahraini youths haul debris into the streets of the western village of Malkiya on Wednesday in preparation for government-supporting forces they expect will roll into their Shiite Muslim village southwest of the capital of Manama. (Associated Press)
