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Tourists look from their balconies at the Intercontinental hotel after it was invaded by gunmen who took hostages in the Sao Conrado neighborhood near the Rocinha Slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday Aug. 21, 2010. A police spokeswoman said that within a few hours the hostages were freed and the suspects surrendered. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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President Barack Obama waves to a crowd as he leaves the Bunch of Grapes book store in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on Friday, Aug. 2010, where the first family is vacationing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar takes a closer look Thursday in an area that was open water two years ago before a wetlands restoration project in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge off Louisiana. He and other federal officials led an inspection tour of the refuge in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar takes a closer look Thursday in an area that was open water two years ago before a wetlands restoration project in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge off Louisiana. He and other federal officials led an inspection tour of the refuge in the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.
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An inmate and his son embrace after the closing recital of the summer camp. Thirty of North Branch's 1,470 inmates applied to participate in the summer program.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Guests at an Alikewise.com launch party at the Gallery Bar in New York discuss books. Alikewise.com founders Matt Sherman and Matt Masina started the site as a way to connect people based on their favorite reads.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS First lady Michelle Obama harvests vegetables in the White House garden on the South Lawn in June with the help of children from Hollin Meadows Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. Mrs. Obama launched a campaign against childhood obesity.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth checks the training camp play book during NFL football training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va. Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth checks the training camp play book during NFL football training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va. Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.
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In addition to a two-story family room, the Somerset model features a study and formal living and dining rooms on the main level. Upstairs is the master suite with a luxury bath, two walk-in closets and a sitting area. Three more bedrooms and a second full bath complete the level.
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The Somerset model at the Villages of Savannah features a dramatic two-story family room with a wall of windows and an adjacent breakfast area and center-island kitchen wrapped in walls of windows.
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The home at 7602 Connecticut Ave. in Chevy Chase, Md., is on the market for $1,729,000. The 1928 Mediterranean-style home has been completely renovated.
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The kitchen, which was remodeled in 2006, has 42-inch cabinets with under-cabinet lighting and Silestone counters.
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The Astoria has an open family room, center-island kitchen and breakfast area on the main level. Upstairs, the master bedroom has two walk-in closets and a bath with a shower. Two more bedrooms share a second bath.
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President Obama hosts an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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As flood survivors climb on a truck with donated relief goods in Punjab province, one throws a water bottle at a passing truck. (Associated Press)
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Rachel Moore, Executive Director of the American Ballet Theater, looks on during a press conference at the Palco hotel in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Aug.17, 2010. Moore announced that the ballet company directed by her will travel to Cuba to participate in the International Ballet Festival that will be held in Havana Oct.28 - Nov.7.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
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This 1949 photo released by Herman Leonard Photography, shows Billie Holiday cooking a steak for her dog Mister in her apartment in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. The photographer, Herman Leonard, said she came to the door wearing a simple house dress and an apron and "First I thought, this is the maid." But it was Holiday, one of the greatest voices of modern time, whom Mr. Leonard would continue to photograph throughout her life. (AP Photo/Herman Leonard Photography, LLC., CTSIMAGES)
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Marine One (L), carrying President Obama, and a support helicopter fly past the Washington Monument as Mr. Obama heads for a trip to Wisconsin and the west coast, in Washington on August 16, 2010. (UPI/Kevin Dietsch)
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Chris Drummond, of Sydney, Australia, draws a portrait of Elvis Presley on Elvis Presley Boulevard in front of Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn., home, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Elvis Presley fans from around the world flocked to Graceland on Sunday for the annual late night procession past the king of rock 'n' roll's grave. Presley died at his Graceland mansion Aug. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
