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An Afghan policeman provides a very visible show of security in front of an election campaign billboard in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Afghans to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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The Transocean Development Driller III, the rig responsible for drilling the main relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil wellhead, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. A relief well drilled nearly 2.5 miles beneath the floor of the Gulf of Mexico has intersected BP's blown-out well, a prelude to plugging it once and for all, the U.S government said late Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The final seal should happen by Sunday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Cars are covered in debris after a severe storm moved through the area Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)
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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Emerald Camille tries to cover a hole in the roof of a friend's house after it was damaged by a storm in New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A fast-moving storm packing winds of up to 100 mph ripped through the city Thursday, knocking down trees and power lines, tearing off roofs in one Brooklyn neighborhood and leaving one person dead. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Residents in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York circle around a car crushed by a fallen tree, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Rob Spillman uses a chain saw to cut branches from a fallen tree in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. Joseph Van Eken, right, assists in removing the branches. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A man steps through fallen branches in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A brief but severe storm has swept through New York City, uprooting trees and damaging cars. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A South Korean Marine jumps into the sea during the 60th Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 at sea near Incheon, the coastal city where United Nations Forces led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed in September, 1950 just months after North Korea invaded the South. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
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Toll Brothers is building 104 attached carriage-style homes at Tollgate Village in Bel Air. The homes have approximately 2,085 to 2,230 finished square feet, with base prices from $429,995 to $466,995.
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The Villandry model at Creighton Farms has 4,850 finished square feet and is base-priced at $1,431,750, without the land. Open and wooded lots are available for $644,000 to $798,000.
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Van Metre Homes is building 100 condominiums at Lansdowne Town Center in Leesburg. The homes have 1,407 to 1,619 finished square feet, with base prices from $249,990 to $269,990.
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Van Metre Homes' Soho model at Lansdowne Town Center in Leesburg has a center-island kitchen with 42-inch maple cabinets and granite counters. It has 1,407 square feet and is priced from $249,990.
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Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy to North Korea, speaks to reporters in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Mr. Bosworth is in China for talks with Chinese officials on restarting stalled negotiations on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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A classified 1969 map produced by the People's Republic of China official map authority lists the "Senkaku Islands" as Japanese territory, underming Beijing's more recent claims that the islands it calls the Daiyoutai Islands are Chinese territory. The map bolsters Tokyo's claims to the sovereignty.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen on Tuesday looks over a Conductivity-Temperature-Depth carousel, which is used to assist Deepwater Horizon oil spill response efforts by capturing subsurface water samples on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana.
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In this Aug. 13, 2010, photo, Duke Energy linesmen work on power lines in Charlotte, N.C. Output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities edged up 0.2 percent last month, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday. It rose 0.6 percent in July. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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This Sept. 7, 2010 picture provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows walruses on the barrier island beaches near Point Lay, Alaska. Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on has melted. Federal scientists say this massive move to shore by walruses is unusual in the United States. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)
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Kevin Feinstein shows a horsetail plant while leading a foraging walk in Oakland, Calif. Foodies and novelty chefs are learning to identify, harvest and prepare edibles that grow in the wild as a way to connect with their environment. (Associated Press)
