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The home at 1020 Union Church Road in McLean is on the market for $1,399,000. The four-bedroom home, which has more than 5,750 finished square feet, was built in 1983.

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Filipino protesters burn caricatures of a monkey bearing the face of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a rally demanding wage increase for workers near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Filipino protesters carry caricatures of a monkey bearing the face of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a rally demanding wage increase for workers near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 1996, file photo, Terry Collins, the newly appointed manager of the California Angels, speaks at a news conference in Anaheim, Calif. Collins is a major league manager once again, hired by the New York Mets to help revitalize a franchise that has struggled on the field and at the gate. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press of the hire on condition of anonymity Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010, because the two sides were still working out terms of the contract. The person said an announcement is expected early in the week. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

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Municipal workers scuffle with riot police in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Mounds of rubbish have piled up on the streets of the Greek capital, as the strike by municipal employees against wage cuts and planned layoffs of contract workers entered its fifth day Tuesday. Greece will receive the next part of its euro110 billion ($150 billion) bailout package, but still faces challenges in its reforms and must make an extra effort to meet next year's deficit targets, the IMF, ECB and EU executive said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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The shadows of municipal workers displayed , with the banner that reads '' Hands off, of our rights '' during a protest in Athens, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Mounds of rubbish have piled up on the streets of the Greek capital, as the strike by municipal employees against wage cuts and planned layoffs of contract workers entered its fifth day Tuesday. Greece will receive the next part of its euro110 billion ($150 billion) bailout package, but still faces challenges in its reforms and must make an extra effort to meet next year's deficit targets, the IMF, ECB and EU executive said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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People walk past a poster with the words "General Strike it's not one right. It's many." Tuesday, Nov. 23 2010, in Lisbon. Workers' unions have united in a call for a general strike for Nov. 24 protesting the government's package of austerity measures aimed at controlling the country's current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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A man hands out leaflets reading: "General strike" to commuters arriving in Lisbon from across the Tagus river Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Workers' unions have united in a call for a general strike for Nov. 24 protesting the government's package of austerity measures aimed at controlling the country's current financial crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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**FILE** Transportation Security Administration employee Anthony Brock (left) demonstrates a new full-body scanner with TSA employee Andres Lozano at San Diego's Lindbergh Field on Sept. 1, 2010. The American Civil Liberties Union has denounced the machines as a "virtual strip search." (Associated Press/San Diego Union Tribune)

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In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2010, Transportation Security Administration employee Anthony Brock, left, demonstrates a new full-body scanner at San Diego's Lindbergh Field, with TSA employee Andres Lozano in San Diego. (AP Photo/San Diego Union Tribune, Eduardo Contreras)

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Google workers walk on the company's Mountain View, Calif. campus Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Google Inc. is giving all 23,300 of its employees 10 percent raises next year and shifting part of worker's annual bonuses into their regular paychecks, according to an internal memo sent Tuesday by Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Those bonuses won't count toward the 10 percent. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Two members of Parliament arrive early for the first session, in June. MPs earn $22,500 a month in salary and allowances and have generous benefits while in office and after leaving. (Associated Press)

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Workers carry a coffin out of Our Lady of Salvation Church the morning after its congregation was taken hostage Sunday in Baghdad. Dozens of people were killed, including a priest, before Iraqi security forces ended the standoff. (Associated Press)

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FILE - This 2010, file photo shows Boston Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell. The Toronto Blue Jays appear set to hire a manager, with Farrell expected to get the job. Farrell has never managed in the majors and would succeed Cito Gaston, who retired after the season. Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos would not confirm the hiring to The Associated Press on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland speaks in Columbus, Ohio, last month. Some of the sharpest bare-knuckle skirmishes of this midterm election season have been for governor's mansions — especially in states shouldering the highest unemployment rates and largest tax increases. Mr. Strickland and Republican John Kasich have clashed over taxes and how to lead the state out of the economic crisis. Mr. Kasich, a former congressman, accuses Mr. Strickland of doing too little to lessen Ohio's tax burden. (Associated Press)

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President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to sign the pension reform measure into law this week. Polls show Mr. Sarkozy's approval rating had dropped below 30 percent for the first time. (Associated Press)

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Railway workers vote to renew the strike at the Bordeaux train station in southwestern France on Friday. Mr. Sarkozy ordered regional authorities to intervene and force open depots. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken Sept. 29, 2010, a job seeker waits, with resumes in hand, to speak to recruiters while attending a Global Recruiting Solutions job fair in Livonia, Mich. Unemployment fell in 23 states and Washington, D.C., rose in 11 states and was unchanged in 16 during September, the Labor Department said Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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CIA Director Leon E. Panetta said that despite glaring security blunders, no intelligence officials will be fired or disciplined for failing to prevent a 2009 suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA employees in one of the deadliest attacks in the agency's history. (Associated Press)