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Parts of a beer factory's facilities are collapsed as the employees gather on the rooftops after a powerful earthquake in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Flames rise from an oil refinery after a powerful earthquake in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture (state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Oarai town is submerged after a tsunami in Ibaraki prefecture (state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The tsunami spawned by the largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday, sweeping away boats, cars, homes and people. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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This October 2008 photo shows the Fukushima No. 1 power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. Japan's top government spokesman says the country has issued a state of emergency at the nuclear power plant after its cooling system failed. There was no radiation leak. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Flames rise from houses on fire after powerful earthquakes hit Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Osamu Kanazawa, The Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Stranded commuters wrap themselves in blankets bracing for chilly evening at a park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, following a strong earthquake hit eastern Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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Hotel employees squat down in horror at the hotel's entrance in Tokyo after a strong earthquake hit Japan Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

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Stranded commuters watch a TV news on a powerful earthquake at Tokyo railway station as train services are suspended in Tokyo Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coasts Friday. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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Stranded commuters sit inside Tokyo railway station as train services are suspended due to a powerful earthquake in Tokyo Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coasts Friday. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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An earthquake-triggered tsunami washes away a warehouse and vehicles in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, Friday March 11, 2011. The ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coasts. (AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Keiichi Nakane)

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Evacuees wait in an evacuation area following an earthquake in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, March 11, 2011. Japan was struck by its strongest earthquake on record, an 8.9-magnitude temblor that shook buildings across Tokyo and unleashed a seven-meter-high tsunami that killed hundreds as it engulfed towns on the northern coast. Photographer: Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg

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Houses swallowed by tsunami waves burn in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast on Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Flames rise from houses and debris half submerged in tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, an oil refinery burns in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture Japan, Friday March 11, 2011, following a massive quake. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down the coast. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)

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Workers are seen inside the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Thursday, March 10, 2011, in Honolulu. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has widened its tsunami warning to include Hawaii and the rest of the Pacific Ocean. The first waves were expected to arrive at 2:55 a.m. HST Friday. (AP Photo/ Marco Garcia)

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In this image made off Japan's NHK TV video footage, vehicles are washed away by a tsunami in the coastal area of eastern Japan after the country was struck Friday by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast. (Associated Press/NHK TV)

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A Los Angeles County lifeguard scoops up dead fish Tuesday in King Harbor in Redondo Beach, Calif. Tons of fish washed up dead, puzzling officials and triggering ongoing cleanup efforts. (Associated Press)

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NV Homes is building estate homes in Hunting Crest near Wolf Trap in Vienna. The homes range from 3,790 to 5,618 square feet and are base-priced from $1,324,990 to $1,489,990.

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The finished lower level features space for casual entertaining, including a wet bar and a wood-burning fireplace.

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Ryland Homes is building town homes at the Towns at Oak Hill in Gaithersburg. Construction on the three-level homes, which will have approximately 1,800 square feet, is set to begin in April.