Environment

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A wildfire burns in the Bradshaw Mountains in Prescott National Forest in Arizona on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Arizona Republic, David Wallace)

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Stanley Martin Homes is building 204 single-family homes on sites of 3 acres or larger at Huntleigh at Creighton Farms in Aldie. The Sutton model, with 3,694 to 6,590 square feet, is priced from $734,990.

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The former Bella Vista restaurant overlooking the Potomac River in Rosslyn has been converted into eight co-op units known as the Vistas at River Place South. All eight homes have high ceilings and walls of windows that frame river and city views.

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The penthouse homes are priced from $395,000 to $595,000 and have 697 to 1,457 finished square feet. Co-op fees average $650 monthly.

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In a Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, file photo, Walter Lee, right, manager of Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, leads the evaluation as the Tennessee Valley Authority conducts an emergency preparedness drill in the Central Emergency Control Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry)** FILE **

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More than 100 people rallied outside the State House in to support emergency legislation that would muzzle the far-reaching opinion on pit bulls and pit bull mixes. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Palestinian farmer Elayan Shami places eggplants in a maze to direct the water downhill from one terrace to another in his field in the West Bank village of Battir. Residents of Battir, one of the last West Bank farming villages using an irrigation system from Roman times, say their way of life is endangered as Israel prepares its West Bank separation barrier. (Associated Press)

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Lady Gaga poses during a visit to the Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest free-standing broadcast structure, in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Fargo artist Stevie Famulari works on the project at a greenhouse in Fargo, N.D. Famulari, a New York City native who teaches landscape architecture at North Dakota State University, has created five wearable garments made from plants that grow, flower, and reseed themselves. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)