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**FILE** Protestors gather at the National Mall in Washington on Feb. 17, 2013, calling for President Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, as well as act to limit carbon pollution from power plants and “move beyond” coal and natural gas. (Associated Press)

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Employees and officials of US Airways and American Airlines gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon to show their support for the companies' planned $11 billion merger and press the Justice Department to drop its opposition. (PRNEWSFOTO)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Sept. 18, 2013. The Federal Reserve has decided against reducing its stimulus for the U.S. economy, saying it will continue to buy $85 billion a month in bonds because it thinks the economy still needs the support. (Associated Press)

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This Dec. 26, 2006, photo provided by her husband, Douglass Gaarde, shows Kathy Gaarde, one of the victims of the Sept. 16, 2013 shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. Gaarde, 63, of Woodbridge, Va., was a financial analyst who supported the organization responsible for the shipyards. (AP Photo/Courtesy Douglass Gaarde)

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** FILE ** In this Wednesday, July 17, 2013, file photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke taps the microphone, as he testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Economists and global investors expect the Fed to take its first step toward slowing the economic stimulus on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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**FILE** German Finance Minister Peer Steinbruck arrives for the G20 finance Minister's summit at the Treasury in Westminster, London, on Sept. 5, 2009. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, file photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. An Associated Press poll released Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, of more than two dozen economists suggests that global growth will remain below full health into 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)