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This NOAA satellite image taken on Saturday, June 23, 2012, shows shower and thunderstorm activity developing around an area of low pressure spinning in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
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Emergency responders work on a wild land fire that is threatening homes in Saratoga Springs, Utah, Friday, June 22, 2012. About 1,000 homes are being evacuated after high winds kicked up a fire near a northern Utah dump. Fire officials were calling in additional aircraft to fight the fast-moving fire near Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain. At one point, the fire threatened an explosives factory. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Jeffrey D. Allred)
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Environmental activists, one portraying Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff holding a banner symbolizing "dirty money" made from fossil fuel subsidies, protest on the final day of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gives a speech June 22, 2012, at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks June 22, 2012, at the NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials) conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Associated Press)
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Residents of New Delhi are paying the toll of an unprecedented water shortage as a result of the destruction of natural sources such as the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers. Top left: In some parts of China, those who must venture outside need heavy protection against raging sandstorms, which are blamed on a mentality of growth at any cost. (Associated Press)
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Residents of New Delhi are paying the toll of an unprecedented water shortage as a result of the destruction of natural sources such as the Ganga and the Yamuna rivers. In some parts of China, those who must venture outside need heavy protection against raging sandstorms, which are blamed on a mentality of growth at any cost. (Associated Press)
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Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses June 20, 2012, for a photo at the United Nations conference on sustainable development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro. (Associated Press)
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The mansion at the corner of 1120 Rhode Island Ave. NW is being converted into eight condos. The homes at Newport Tower range in size from 500 to 675 square feet and are priced from $349,000 to $424,000.
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@Chart text:The condos at Newport Tower will be similar to those built at a Lock 7 project at 1221 12th St. NW. and will include custom kitchens, restored heart pine flooring, stained-glass transoms and energy-efficient windows.
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@Chart text:The condos at Newport Tower will be similar to those built at a Lock 7 project at 1221 12th St. NW. and will include custom kitchens, restored heart pine flooring, stained-glass transoms and energy-efficient windows.
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Van Metre Homes is building 159 condominiums at Mercer Park Metropolitan Flats and Towns at Stone Ridge in Aldie. The homes have 1,000 to 2,534 finished square feet, with base prices from $199,990 to $309,990.
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The Page model features an open family room, center-island kitchen and breakfast area on the main level. The Page has 1,800 square feet and is priced from $272,990.
