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Van Metre is building 52 town homes at City Towns at the Overlook in Brambleton, located within walking distance of movies, restaurants and shops. The homes have 2,024 to 2,217 finished square feet, with base prices from $349,990 to $374,990.
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The home has extensive hardwood flooring and many original features, including the wood-burning fireplace, its mantel and glass doors.
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Built in the late 1880s, the home at 7309 Piney Branch Road in Takoma Park, Md., is on the market for $675,000. The home has four bedrooms and two full baths.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama waves from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Wednesday before departing for his Christmas vacation in Hawaii.
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A young girl cries as passengers line up while waiting to check in for their flights at Heathrow Airport in London on Tuesday. More than half the flights were expected to be canceled.
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Passengers line up for Eurostar trains as a train leaves at St. Pancras Station in London. Major delays and cancellations persisted at European airports, including London's Heathrow, and on the Eurostar train link, leaving thousands stranded as Christmas approached. (Associated Press)
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Actor Barry Pepper plays Michael Scanlon, a former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay who helped lobbyist Jack Abramoff pull off his acts, in "Casino Jack," which opens on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, wearing a worker's helmet, takes a tour of the construction site of a new hall for high speed trains, during its inauguration at Rome's Tiburtina train station, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Alessandro Di Meo, pool)
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Then-Sen. Barack Obama walks the beach with daughters Malia (left) and Sasha during a vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, Aug. 12, 2008. The community is full of excitement over the family's return. (Associated Press)
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Workers clean up tar balls on Pensacola Beach, Fla. The lingering economic recession, a record cold Florida winter and the effects of the Gulf oil spill stalled the tourist traffic this year in parts of Florida.
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Archbishop Paul C. Marcinkus, a former head of the Vatican Bank, was the inspiration for Archbishop Gilday in "Godfather III."
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Michele Sindona smiles from behind bars during the preliminary hearing of a trial for the collapse of an Italian bank.
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The Clifton model has formal living and dining rooms flanking the foyer. Upstairs are a master suite with a luxury bath and two walk-in closets, three more bedrooms and two more baths.
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The Yardley model includes three bedrooms and two full baths upstairs but can be expanded into a four-bedroom home with a luxurious master suite, including two walk-in closets and spalike bath with a soaking tub and separate shower.
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The kitchen in the Yardley model at Snowden Bridge has 42-inch cabinets, a pantry and an adjacent breakfast area.
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People clamber on the rocky shore of Christmas Island during a rescue attempt as a boat breaks up on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. The wooden boat, packed with dozens of asylum seekers, smashed apart on cliff-side rocks in heavy seas off the Australian island, sending some to their deaths in the churning whitewater. (AP Photo/ABC)
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Colin Firth arrives at the red carpet during the first day of Dubai Film Festival in Dubai, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Farhad Berahman)
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This image provided Thursday Dec. 9, 2010 by SpaceX shows a wheel of cheese that was bolted onto the floor of its Dragon spacecraft capsule for Wednesday's test flight from Florida. The capsule containing the secret payload, the cheese, parachuted to a Pacific Ocean splashdown and is now on a barge headed to California. (AP Photo/SpaceX, Chris Thompson)
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This Nov. 14, 2010 photo shows crown roast of pork in Concord, N.H. Maya Angelou's new cookbook, "Great Food, All Day Long," features holiday-worthy dishes like this crown roast of pork. (AP Photo/Larry Crowe)
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FILE - In a Dec. 1, 2010 file photo, Howard Stern attends the Quentin Tarantino Friars Club Roast at the New York Hilton Hotel in New York. Stern announced Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 that he has signed a new 5-year contract with SiriusXM Radio. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
