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associated press U.S. wine exports — 90 percent of which originate from California — have managed to do well during the global economic downturn because of rising demand, improved marketing and trade agreements with new markets.

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President Obama and his administration are pressuring Republicans to cancel the sequester cuts and replace them with tax increases and different spending cuts. (Associated Press)

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, photo, a young vendor waits for clients alongside woven reed mats of the type purchased by fleeing Islamists, apparently to camouflage their vehicles, in Timbuktu, Mali. (AP Photo/Rukmini Callimachi)

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Ben & Jerry's wants customers to eat their ice cream, and stamp campaign finance reform slogans on money. (Ben & Jerry's)

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Rose Gottemoeller, acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, was in Moscow last week for talks that included discussion of proposed new arms reductions. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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**FILE** Pentagon Comptroller Robert F. Hale listens as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen testify regarding the Department of Defense fiscal 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 15, 2011. (Associated Press)

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H.J. Heinz Co. CEO William Johnson, left, and 3G Capital Managing Partner Alex Behring speak at a news conference at the world headquarters of the H.J. Heinz Co. on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) ** FILE **

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Talk of more mergers and acquisitions is sending stock prices higher in early trading, setting the market up to continue a seven-week rally. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)