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Pulte Homes is building 150 Grand Villa town homes on 6,500-square-foot sites at Trent Grove at Brambleton in Ashburn. The homes have approximately 3,161 to 3,660 finished square feet, with base prices from $434,990 to $469,990.

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Fred Willard (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

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Jasika Nicole (AP photo)

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A helicopter heads toward a wildfire on June 25, 2012, after loading a bucket full of water north of Helena, Mont. Scorching heat and high winds caused wildfires to break out across the southwestern portion of the state, forcing the evacuation of more than 200 homes. (Associated Press)

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A bridge is destroyed by flooding July 7, 2012, in the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik in southern Russia. Torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water in the Black Sea region overnight, unleashing intense flooding that killed more than one hundred people and forced many to seek refuge in trees and on roofs, officials said. (Associated Press)

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Frank Moralez sells cold beverages to motorists July 7, 2012, on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia. Temperatures of more than 100 degrees were forecast in Philadelphia and excessive heat warnings were issued for several states in the Midwest as a heat wave continued. (Associated Press)

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Lillian Mariscalo of Oyster Bay, N.Y., cools off in the waters of an Oyster Bay beach on Long Island's North shore Saturday, July 7, 2012. The heat gripping much of the country was set to peak Saturday in several places, with temperatures of more than 100 degrees expected in Philadelphia, excessive heat warnings in the Midwest and ongoing power outages of more than a week in the mid-Atlantic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Sophie, 3, from Connecticut, frolics with a water sprinkler set up at the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, rear, in Washington Saturday, July 7, 2012. The heat gripping much of the country is set to peak Saturday in many places, including some Northeast cities, where temperatures close to or surpassing 100 degrees are expected. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)