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Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 8, hit the market in late October and was supposed to make laptops cool again. It's failed to do so thus far. (PRNEWSFOTO)

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"Unemployment is down to 6 percent. It had been as high as 8.5 percent, 9 percent. I attribute most of the reduction to Eagle Ford." — John LaRue, executive director of the Port of Corpus Christi.

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The Port of Corpus Christi plays a vital role in shipping Eagle Ford oil, and U.S. and foreign manufacturers plan to open plants there to make steel and plastic products as well as pipes to transport the fuel. (Corpus Christi Caller-Times photographs)

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said fierce political resistance last year killed proposals such as base closures and increasing health care enrollment fees, which are included in the White House's $526.6 billion defense budget request. Mr. Hagel, however, noted times have changed, saying, "We are now in a different fiscal environment." (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A Honda Civic Hybrid in Saco, Maine, 2002. More than 1 million vehicles in North America are part of a worldwide recall for an airbag problem affecting three big automakers. Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 2 million vehicles because the inflator on the passenger side may burst, sending plastic pieces flying. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)