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The kitchen has an L-shaped counter and a center island that serves as a breakfast bar and also has a cooktop. The cabinetry coordinates with the hardwood floors. The owners opted to add a bump-out that extends the kitchen and adds a breakfast room.
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The Aurora town homes at the Courts at Bonaventure have three finished levels and 1,926 finished square feet. Buyers can add an island to the kitchen or opt for a country kitchen, which eliminates the dining room.
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The Aurora features the living room, dining room and kitchen on the main level with a powder room. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a full bath. Buyers can add a three-level sunroom, more baths and a finished lower level.
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The formal living room has a gas fireplace, floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass doors to a terrace.
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The home at 2901 Audubon Terrace NW in the Forest Hills neighborhood is on the market for $3,975,000. The 6,150-square-foot, three-level home has a rooftop patio.
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A destroyed structure lies behind a fire hydrant on on property near Jump Creek Ranch Road in the mountains of Tehachapi on Tuesday July 27, 2010. More than 30 homes were lost in the small hill community of Old West Ranch and another 150 structures were threatened, firefighters said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Felix Adamo/The Californian)
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Aretha Franklin performs with surprise guest Ronald Isley at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Rick Norsigian holds up a photograph made from a glass negative shot by photographer Ansel Adams during a news conference in Beverly Hills on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Leyali Awaja sleeps in one of the tents. Her family has been homeless since Israel's December 2008 military offensive against Gaza. (Associated Press)
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Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park, Pa., faces an uncertain future. The mansion, just outside of Philadelphia, was home to the uber-wealthy Widener family and called "the last of the American Versailles." The 70,000-square-foot Georgian-style palace designed by architect Horace Trumbauer has 110 rooms. (Associated Press)
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Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Spain reacts on the podium after the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 102.5 kilometers (63.7 miles) with start in Longjumeau and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 25, 2010. Left is Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, second overall, and right is Denis Menchov of Russia, third place overall. (AP Photo/Alain Mounic, pool)
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Chef and owner Melissa Perello pours a glass of the house white wine from a pitcher etched with one ounce markings after drawing it from a tap at her Frances restaurant in San Francisco, Friday, July 23, 2010. Customers at the restaurant are charged $1 for each ounce they consume. Ordering wine by the glass used to mean scant choices and bland options. That's changed, with restaurants amping up the volume on what's available by the glass and making sure that the wines poured are at optimal freshness. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Fredericksburg's Troop 165 walk their bikes in the BSA Grand Centennial Parade after biking to Washington from Annapolis, Md. on Sunday, July 25, 2010. Members of the troop rode 2,000 thousand miles in 33 days in the Cycling the Loop for Scouting event. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Peter Cihelka)
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A technician works on an unmanned electric-powered vehicle in Parma, Italy. Next week, four electric-powered orange vans depart on what has been conceived as the longest-ever test drive of unmanned vehicles: an 8,000-mile, three-month road trip from Italy to China. (Associated Press)
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Water from Iowa's Maquoketa River surges over the bridge of the Delhi Dam as areas surrounding the river continue to flood on Saturday, July 24, 2010. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Julie Koehn)
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No swimming and hazard flags fly from a lifeguard station as beach goers stand on the shore watching surfers Friday, July 23, 2010 on Miami Beach, Fla. A tropical storm warning has been issued for the Gulf coast as Tropical Storm Bonnie begins moving over South Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves before boarding a plane for departure back home following the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum meeting at the airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kham, Pool)
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A cow and a clown come face to face as hot air balloons are inflated at the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, Friday, July 23, 2010, in Readington, N.J. The festival runs through Sunday, July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/ Mel Evans)
