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The three-bedroom Astoria model at Stone Ridge is an end-unit town home with 2,562 square feet. It is priced from $359,990.
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The Colonial-style home at 4618 Warren St. NW in the American University Park neighborhood is on the market for $1,049,000. The 1939 home was expanded in 2004.
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The kitchen features professional-grade stainless steel appliances, Mission-style cherry cabinets, black granite counters and a walk-in pantry.
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The kitchen has a center-island cooktop, a second island with a breakfast bar, stainless steel appliances and granite counters.
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The Colorado model's main level features a center-island kitchen with a breakfast area and a walk-in pantry. Upstairs are four bedrooms, each with at least one walk-in closet.
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Jordan's King Abdullah II, in an image made available by the Jordanian Royal Court, waves to crowds who throng the streets of Mazar Shamali, 80 miles north of Amman, to greet the monarch on Tuesday. The king appears to be almost universally popular in Jordan. (Associated Press)
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Laborers offload bags of coconut powder in January at Hamriyeh port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The goods were scheduled to be loaded onto a container ship for export to Iran. (Associated Press)
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A visitor looks at a 1st century AD gold crown from the tomb of a nomadic woman in the Tillya Tepe archaeological site in northern Afghanistan, on display in an exhibition 'Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World' at the British Museum in London, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The exhibition is showcasing over 200 objects belonging to the National Museum of Afghanistan which is currently undergoing reconstruction and accompanied by selected items from the British Museum. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Jane Russell performs at the Radisson Hotel in Santa Maria, Calif., in 2005. Miss Russell, the stunning star of films in the 1940s and 1950s, died Monday at age 89. (Associated Press/The Santa Maria Times, Aaron Lambert)
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Cuban chef Inti Langaney prepares vegetarian food at the eco-restaurant El Romero in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, last month. Located in the Las Terrazas natural reserve about 50 miles east of Havana, El Romero goes beyond garden-variety vegetables, spinning forgotten and little-known plants into delectable dishes. (Associated Press)
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Chef Langaney cooks vegetarian food using solar energy at El Romero last month. On its extensive menu: ceviche made from the stems of lily pads that grow wild, yucca and sweet potato "meatballs," pumpkin flower-paste crepes, sauteed prickly pear cactus with aromatic herbs. (Associated Press)
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Mariela Ducase checks lettuce at an organic farm in San Antonio de los Banos on New Year's Day. During the height of the winter growing season, the selection at state-run vegetable markets is largely limited to lettuce and cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, bell peppers and a variety of tubers. (Associated Press)
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Cuban chef Alfredo Varela prepares Super Romero, a vegetarian dish at El Romero last month. El Romero charges its Cuban clients just a fraction of the menu's list price. Still, despite its success, 90 percent of El Romero's clients remain foreigners, mostly tourists from Britain, Germany and Holland. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Frank Buckles receives an American flag during Memorial Day activities at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo., in 2008. Mr. Buckles, the last U.S. doughboy from the Great War, died on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, of natural causes at his home in Charles Town, W.Va. (Associated Press)
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Blogger Andrew Breitbart's new book is set for publication on tax day, April 15. (Hachette Book Group)
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** File ** Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny addresses party members at the Burlington Hotel on Dublin on Feb. 26, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Celebrity chef Melissa d'Arabian speaks to The Associated Press in Miami Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. She talked about the economics of eating and food. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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This Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 photo shows Lee Schrager, founder of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, during an interview with the Associated Press at the festival in Miami Beach, Fla. At the 10th anniversary of the South Beach Wine and Food and Festival, Schrager _ the man behind what some call the "Super Bowl of the food world" _ looked back on 10 years of great eats. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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In this publicity image released by Disneyland, marathoner Dean Karnazes, center, starts out his 3,000-mile run across the country at Disneyland park in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. His departure was aired on the morning talk show "Live! With Regis and Kelly." Karnazes is promoting fitness for Americans and young people in particular. The weekday talk show will air updates from his coast-to-coast road trip. It is scheduled to end May 11 when Karnazes is welcomed by co-hosts Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin to the show's New York studio. (AP Photo/Disneyland, Paul Hiffmeyer)
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FILE- This file image released by Food Network shows chef Michael Symon. Symon won for top burger at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival Burger Bash Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Food Network, FILE) NO SALES
