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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)
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Some hot air balloons fly as crews inflate others early Friday, July 23, 2010, at the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, in Readington, N.J. The festival runs through Sunday, July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/ Mel Evans)
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Hot air balloons are inflated early Friday morning, July 23, 2010, at the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, in Readington, N.J. The festival runs through Sunday, July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/ Mel Evans)
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A hot air balloon flies in the early morning Friday, July 23, 2010, at the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in Readington, N.J. The festival runs through Sunday, July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/ Mel Evans)
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People inflate hot air balloons early Friday, July 23, 2010, at the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in Readington, N.J. The festival runs through Sunday, July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/ Mel Evans)
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**FILE** This image from the Huntington Beach, Calif., Police Department shows Robert Rizzo, former city manager of Bell, Calif., who was arrested near his home in Huntington Beach in March and charged with misdemeanor drunken driving. (Associated Press/Huntington Beach Police Department)
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A hipster walks by the Macri Park bar in the Williamsburg section of the New York borough of Brooklyn. The bar is one venue that hosts “hipster speed dating,” where groups of people have microdates at events such as "The Internet Killed Your Social Skills." (Associated Press)
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The fenced yard contains a patio that is accessed through French doors. The brick wall of the adjacent garage includes an arched niche that can be used for a potted plant or sculpture.
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The home at 5708 Little Falls Road in Arlington is on the market for $899,000. The five-bedroom home was built in 1937.
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Buyers can customize their homes with a fireplace with a marble surround or a floor-to-ceiling stone surround.
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The Dixon model includes a library, a center-island kitchen with a breakfast area, a family room, and formal living and dining rooms on the main level. Upstairs are the master bedroom with a sitting area, luxury bath and walk-in closet; two additional bedrooms share a hall bath.
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The center-island kitchen in the Dixon model at the Village of Idlewild has 42-inch cabinets and recessed lighting. It has 2,508 square feet and is priced from $259,990 to $279,990.
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Ryland Homes is building 875 single-family homes at the Village of Idlewild in the city of Fredericksburg. The homes have approximately 2,200 to 3,540 finished square feet, with base prices from $241,990 to $344,990.
