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Pumped up: Fuel-hungry cars line up at a gas station in China, the world's largest market for autos since 2009. The burgeoning demand is causing China's estimated consumption of oil to surge to 11 million barrels a day next year. (Associated Press Photographs)

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With pump trucks aplenty, workers at hydraulic fracturing sites have been able to extract petroleum and natural gas from subterranean shale. The plentiful and cheap energy has given the U.S. a competitive edge. (Associated Press)

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Whistleblowers said Alejandro Mayorkas gave special treatment to some Democrats who were advocating for EB-5 investor visas for companies they backed. (Associated Press)

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Claire Dufford cleans up one of her Jersey cows at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Md. Dufford will show her cow in the fair Tuesday night. August 13, 2002 ( Jessica Tefft / The Washington Times )

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**FILE** A pedestrian using his cell phone stops outside a electronics shop in London on July 19, 2011, by television screens showing Chairman of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch during a select committee on the phone hacking scandal. (Associated Press)