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**FILE** "Chesty" the Marine Corps mascot is introduced during the evening parade that President Obama is watching at the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington on July 24, 2009. (Associated Press)

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With a debt-ceiling deadline looming, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reminds Congress of its responsibility to protect "the full faith and credit" of the U.S. (Associated Press)

A million people flocked to the Mall on Aug. 28, 1963 for the March on Washington that was highlighted by the Rev. Martin Luther King's eloquent "I Have a Dream" speech. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

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Nasdaq halted trading for three hours on Thursday because of a technical problem, the latest glitch to affect the stock market. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Stock prices are shown at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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**FILE** Four oil pumps near a subdivision near Frederick, Colo., are seen here on Jan. 18, 2012. Oil and gas drilling in Colorado is no longer confined to the state's most rural areas. Energy companies are moving to drill in populous Front Range communities prompting local planners to suggest regulations that energy companies complaints far exceed county authority. Politicians from both parties are calling for legislation clarifying that locals can't set their own rules when it comes to drilling. (Associated Press)

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Hannah Anderson arrives at the Boll Weevil restaurant in Lakeside, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, for a fundraiser in her honor to raise money for her family. (AP Photo/U-T San Diego, Howard Lipin)

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Gasoline prices in Maryland, as displayed at a station on MacArthur Boulevard in Bethesda, are up after the tax was raised. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)