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The living room has ebony-stained wood floors, two seating areas, a wood-burning fireplace and recessed lighting.

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The Montgomery model includes a library, formal living and dining rooms, a family room and a center-island kitchen and breakfast area on the main level.

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The fully fenced backyard has a stone-paved central patio surrounded by garden beds. There is plenty of space for gardening and entertaining.

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The library has a wall-length bookcase, hardwood flooring, a picture window facing the private patio and a glass door to the backyard.

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The town home at 2537 Waterside Drive NW is on the market for $1,100,000. Built in 1942, the home has four finished levels.

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In May 1997, a Hutu refugee with his hands bound pleads for his life to two soldiers, whom the photographer identified as Rwandan Tutsis, about 30 miles south of Kisangani in Congo, then known as Zaire. The photographer said the soldiers killed him moments later. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin holds son Trig as she addresses a Tea Party Express rally at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The sign is a reference to the Boston Tea Party. (Associated Press)

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Bedbugs have moved beyond New York City hotels, finding their way into the Empire State Building, Bloomingdale's and Lincoln Center, among other places, though not as major infestations. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE In this Sept. 8, 2010 photograph, a Costco customer prepares to pump gasoline at a Costco in Redwood City, Calif.

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Associated Press photographs Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White (center) greets supporters Saturday at Los Generales Restaurant in Laredo, Texas, before joining them on a walk throughout Laredo's west side.

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The gourmet kitchen has two islands, granite counters and a butler's pantry with its own ice machine and refrigerator.

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The home at 10010 High Hill Place in Great Falls is on the market for $3,895,000. The seven-bedroom, eight-bath home, which was built in 1995, is on a 1.79-acre lot.

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The center-island kitchen in the Avalon model at Brunswick Crossing has maple cabinets, recessed lighting and gas or electric cooking.

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The Avalon model includes a two-story family room with a fireplace and a wall of windows on the main level, along with a center-island kitchen and breakfast area, a study, a living room and a formal dining room. Upstairs are four bedrooms and two full baths.

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The Christopher model at Saratoga Hunt has a center-island kitchen with oak cabinets, a walk-in pantry and recessed lighting.

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The Christopher model includes a formal dining room and a study on the first floor in addition to an open great room, breakfast area and center-island kitchen. Four bedrooms and two full baths are upstairs.

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The house at 6710 Allegheny Ave. is on the market for $759,000. Built in 1923, the current owners' renovations almost doubled the size of the original home.

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The kitchen features white cabinets, many with glass fronts, black appliances and a bright breakfast hear.

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Patrick Mooney, his wife, Joan Mooney (center), and another woman sing the national anthem at the start of a Tea Party Express rally on Tuesday in Las Vegas. The Tea Party Express bus is on the second day of its 29-stop tour. It will cross 20 states before ending up in Concord, N.H., on Nov. 1. (Associated Press)