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**FILE** Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the Paris-based luxury goods empire, presents the group's 2008 results in Paris on Feb. 5, 2009. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** Kansas Budget Director Steve Anderson prepares to brief the state House Appropriations Committee on Gov. Sam Brownback's spending plan for the state's next two fiscal years, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Milburn)

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said, “Our taxpayers are paying the freight for this program, so we might as well get some of the benefit.” The Republican shocked some by going along with a Medicaid expansion. (Assocaited Press)

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Google on Tuesday reported earnings of $3.57 billion in net income, or $10.65 per share, on $14.42 billion of revenue, beating analysts’ estimates. (Associated Press)

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With malice toward none, with charity for all ... (Illustration by Jack Ohman of the Tribune Media Services)

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A truck loaded with empty coffins waits at the main entrance of the hospital where the bodies of persons killed during the hostage situation in a natural-gas plant are gathered in Ain Amenas, Algeria, on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)