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In this undated photo provided by Heritage Auction Galleries, a 1940 Batman issue #1 comic book owned by longtime Fairbanks, Alaska comic book buff Mike Wheat is shown. Wheat has put the rare comic on the auction block through Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, where it's expected to fetch more than $40,000. (AP Photo/Heritage Auction Galleries) NO SALES
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James Joyce and Sylvia Beach outside the door of Shakespeare and Company on the Rue de l'Odeon in Paris in 1920
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A young Taiwanese man displays his Chinese styled tattoos at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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A exhibitor carries an iguana at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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Two women take a break outside of the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (Associated Press)
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Ehibitors arrive at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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Two women take a photograph outside of the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (Associated Press)
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Visitors arrive at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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Friends inspect each other's tattoos at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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A tattoo artist starts a tattoo on the back of a visitor at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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A tattoo artist starts a tattoo on the back of a visitor at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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A Taiwanese woman displays her body tattoo at the International Tattoo Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 30, 2010. Tattoos, once seen as a symbol of underworld membership in conservative Taiwan, have burst into the mainstream. Tattoo artists from around the world flocked to the festival to display their works. The festival will run from July 30 to August 1. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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The Heritage model has an open great room, breakfast area and center-island kitchen, a formal dining room, and a bedroom with a private full bath on the main level. Upstairs are four more bedrooms, three baths and a laundry area.
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The floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, surrounded by windows, is the focal point of the two-story family room. The room features easy access to the kitchen and backyard.
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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)
