
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (second from right) leaves a hotel in Mudanjiang in northeastern China on Friday, May 20, 2011. Mr. Kim, who rarely travels abroad, made an unusual third trip in just more than a year to China, his country's main ally and benefactor, news agencies reported. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

** FILE ** The National September 11 Memorial and Museum is under construction, lower right, Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at the World Trade Center site in New York. The memorial is scheduled to open to the public in time for the 10th anniversary to be held Sept. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Cars are stranded on a dry strip of roadway north of Vicksburg, Miss., on Thursday. Thousands have been displaced by the floodwaters from the Mississippi River in Mississippi and Louisiana.

The Memphis Belle, on display at Andrews Air Force Base, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A diner relaxes at an outdoor table at the Night Kitchen in Montague, Mass., next door to the Book Mill, a used-book store in an 1842 gristmill. At right, a biker uses a trail around Goodnough Dike in a natural area surrounding the 39-square-mile Quabbin Reservoir.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Eric Ripert's green papaya salad with shrimp and calamari is dressed with fresh mint and cilantro and a splash of lime juice.

The kitchen in the Berry Hill model has a center island, a pantry and an optional breakfast bar. The kitchen is open to the family room.

The Branford model has a great room, a morning room and a formal dining room on the main level and a luxurious master suite upstairs with two walk-in closets and a spacious bath with a soaking tub and separate shower. Buyers can add a finished loft with a bedroom, a full bath and an open loft space.

The home at 2710 Daniel Road in Chevy Chase's Ridgewood Village community is on the market for $1,399,000. The home, built in 1969, has six bedrooms, four full baths and two half baths.