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Actor Andy Serkis and wife Lorraine Ashbourne arrive for the London Film Festival 2010 Awards ceremony, at the LSO in central London, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. The festival runs for a fortnight until 28 October. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

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**FILE** Director Oliver Stone poses for the photographers during a photo-call for the movie "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in Berlin on Oct. 12, 2010. (Associated Press)

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The Adams III model has a breakfast area and kitchen at the back of the main level, with an open living and dining room at the front. Upstairs are the master suite with a private bath and two more bedrooms that share a bath.

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This modern-day "castle" in Bethesda's Burning Tree Valley neighborhood is on the market for $3,389,000.

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The home at 1435 Waterfront Road in Reston's Newport Shores development is on the market for $925,000. The five-bedroom, four-bath house was built in 1995.

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Beyond the center-island kitchen is a breakfast area that includes a built-in desk. Windows on two sides let in plenty of light.

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The Colby model at Powell's Landing has a spacious center-island kitchen open to a breakfast area. Just off the kitchen are a walk-in pantry, a mudroom and a powder room. The model is priced from $414,990.

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The Colby model features a library, dining room, family room and center-island kitchen on the main level with four bedrooms and two full baths upstairs.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the crowds from the sunroof of his SUV, upon his arrival in Beirut on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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The U.S. government is trying new approaches to get students to choose healthier foods. It is giving $2 million to food-behavior scientists to find ways to use psychology to improve youngsters' use of the federal school lunch program and fight obesity. (Associated Press)

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A giant poster of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on display in the southern village of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, in preparation for Mr. Ahmadinejad's visit there. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

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North Korean family eat at a fast food restaurant in a park in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. North Koreans took a long weekend to celebrate a major political anniversary and the unveiling of leader Kim Jong Il's heir-apparent in scenes of revelry that contradicted the shortages normally associated with this reclusive country. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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North Koreans look out from windows as they ride on a bus in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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In this Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 photo, North Koreans eat at a fast food restaurant in a park in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreans took a long weekend to celebrate a major political anniversary and the unveiling of leader Kim Jong Il's heir-apparent in scenes of revelry that contradicted the shortages normally associated with this reclusive country. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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A train crashed into a bus outside Marhanets, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, when the bus driver attempted to cross the track after ignoring a warning siren from the locomotive and a red light that indicated an oncoming train. (AP Photo)

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A concert at the Tijuanarte Art Festival on Oct. 3 was part of a larger effort by the "stigmatized" Mexican border city "to show its true side." (Associated Press)

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Republican Assemblyman Van Tran speaks at Tea Party rally in Garden Grove. His race against Ms. Sanchez is unusual in pitting two minority candidates against each other.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, campaigns in Garden Grove, Calif., Saturday, as she faces her first real challenge in 14 years, from a Vietnamese assemblyman who came to America as a refugee.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS In this police booking photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Monday Oct. 11, 2010 showing George Maloof Jr. who was arrested late Saturday night, near Spanish Trail Country Club, where he lives. The owner of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas says he spent a night in county jail after being arrested near his home on suspicion of drunken driving.