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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS People walk along Broad Street during a winter storm on Sunday in Philadelphia, where flights were canceled.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Pilot Mark Shelton carefully lowers two desert bighorn sheep to the ground at Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management near Alpine, Texas.

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A member of the Seehunde Berlin, or Berlin Seals, swimming club takes a dip in the frozen Orankesee lake in Berlin on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Every Christmas, the club arranges a holiday swimming session in the lake. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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A tourist hangs on a ribbon with messages wishing for reunification of the two Koreas at a barbed-wire fence at the at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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The contemporary home has walls of glass that bring the outdoors in. It has 4,800 square feet of living space, plus an additional 2,000 square feet of patios, terraces and walkways around the home.

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The home of architect Charles M. Goodman at 510 Quaker Lane in Alexandria is on the market for $1,249,000. It has four bedrooms and three baths.

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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)