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CNN reports that a young couple has paid $401,000 for the house that belonged to convicted CIA spyAldrich Amesand his wife Rosaria -- a steal since the Ames couple had laid down $540,000 in cash six years ago. The upscale North Arlington, Va., house had been on the block for a year and had been shown to more than 500 prospective buyers before it was finally sold.