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This NOAA satellite image taken October 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM EDT shows Hurricane Sandy over the Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and moving toward the north. Farther north, a cold front moves into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with showers and thunderstorms. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)

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K. Hovnanian is building 122 town homes at River Pointe Towns in Leesburg. The homes have 1,942 to 2,554 finished square feet, with base prices from $389,990 to $459,990.

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A man stands on boulders placed as a barrier to help prevent flooding of the seaside road that leads to the international airport as Hurricane Sandy approaches Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)

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A man balances a child and umbrella on his bike as it rains during the approach of Hurricane Sandy in Manzanillo, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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Fisherman Hubert Dowie works to secure his boat before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Port Royal, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)

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A woman wades through flood water brought by Hurricane Sandy as she evacuates her home in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood of eastern Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)

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Waves, brought by Hurricane Sandy, crash on a house in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood in eastern Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)

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People remove a boat from the water ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Manzanillo, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall near the country's most populous city on a track that would carry it across the Caribbean island to Cuba, and a possible threat to Florida. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Category 2 Hurricane Sandy moving northward across eastern Cuba with sustained wind speeds of 110 mph as weakening Tropical Storm Tony is in the central Atlantic Basin moving ENE with sustained winds of 50 mph. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, at 1:45 p.m. EDT shows Hurricane Sandy (lower left) across the central Caribbean moving northward toward Jamaica and Cuba. Tropical Storm Tony (top right) is seen along the tail end of a cold front across the central Atlantic. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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A man balances a child and umbrella on his bike as it rains during the approach of Hurricane Sandy in Manzanillo, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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RST Development is building 46 condominium homes at the Orion in Silver Spring. The homes have up to 1,132 square feet and are priced from the mid $200,000s.

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In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, photo, new homes are constructed in Edmond, Okla. U.S. builders started construction on single-family homes and apartments in September at the fastest rate since July 2008, a further indication that the housing recovery is strengthening. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki,)

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Brown marmorated stink bugs will be looking for warmth inside homes as the weather cools. Besides being household pests, the bugs attack fruit crops and could cause considerable damage to mid-Atlantic farms next spring. They also have shown up in Oregon orchard areas, where they could threaten the wine crop. (Associated Press)