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Firefighters belonging to the Tacubaya sector and workers dig for survivors after an explosion on Jan. 31, 2013, in Mexico City at an adjacent building to the executive tower of Mexico's state-owned oil company PEMEX. (Associated PRess)

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A trader laughs while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Jan. 31, 2013. (Associated Press)

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National Rifle Association President David Keene (center) and NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre (right) greet Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, after a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "What Should America Do About Gun Violence?" (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, speaks Jan. 23, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the debt limit. The House overwhelmingly passed a bill earlier in the day to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first-time default for at least four months, defusing a looming crisis setting up a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit. From left are Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Republican; Dave Camp, Michigan Republican and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman; and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican. (Associated Press)

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"Technology produced by A123 and funded by U.S. taxpayers should not simply be shipped off to China so that the military applications" can be reproduced abroad, said Sen. Chuck Grassley. (Associated Press)

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"[O]ur first order of business, obviously, is getting the 787 back into operation," Boeing's CEO and Chairman Jim McNerney told investors Wednesday after the company's newest model was grounded. "Dreamliner 787 production continues … and we remain confident in the future of the program." (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talks during an interview on Jan. 29, 2013, in New York. Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for "suffocating the free flow of ideas," defended the sale of his own television channel to Al-Jazeera. (Associated Press)