By Rand Paul
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Undaunted New York and New Jersey residents continue rebuilding their neighborhoods and lives in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

Craftmark Homes is building 16 single-family homes at Fairview Manor in Bowie, located near Bowie Town Center and Six Flags America.

Data from the 2011 earthquake centered in Virginia shows East Coast tremors can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.
Data from the 2011 earthquake centered in Virginia shows East Coast tremors can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.
A severely malnourished 10-year-old Kansas City girl who was found locked in a closet remained hospitalized Monday and likely faces an extended recovery after an initial "failure to thrive" diagnosis, experts said.

Investigators were trying Wednesday to find the cause of a fire that ripped through a simulated streetscape at Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios, sending flames soaring into the night sky.
Italy's culture ministry said Wednesday that it is investigating reports that bits of rock have fallen from the Colosseum.
Italy's culture ministry is investigating reports that bits of rock have fallen from the Colosseum.

Foxhall Road meanders from the edge of Georgetown in Northwest Washington past awe-inspiring mansions and charming historic homes as it travels through Wesley Heights until it ends near American University's campus on Nebraska Avenue.

A grand 1920s-era foursquare with impressive architectural features, including high ceilings and generously sized rooms, is on the market in Takoma Park.

The Freemasons, the venerable "secret society" featured in blockbuster films "The Da Vinci Code" and "National Treasure," is back in the limelight — by choice this time — with a new attitude and a new marketing campaign to attract a new generation of members.
Scientists in California and Sweden said they have used computer translation techniques to solve a 250-year-old mystery by deciphering a coded manuscript written for a secret society.

The District has followed through on plans to borrow $10 million from its contingency reserve fund to cover damage from last month's earthquake — a conservatively high estimate of what it will actually need — as it continues to assess the monetary fallout from the hurricane that passed the region days later.

Seawright Homes is building 104 single-family homes on sites of 7,500 to 10,000 square feet at the Orchard at New Market in New Market, less than a mile from the New Market historic district and two shopping centers. The city of Frederick and a MARC train station are seven miles away.

The Washington area spent much of Wednesday cautiously evaluating the structural integrity of its homes, schools, office buildings, bridges, rail lines and tunnels. By the end of the day, it appeared that Tuesday's earthquake shook nerves more severely than anything else.