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Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (left) and Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Dan Hesse shake hands Monday after a deal was reached for Softbank to acquire 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion in the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company. (Associated Press)

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Former General Electric Chairman Jack Welch tweeted his skepticism five minutes after the Labor Department recently announced the unemployment rate had fallen to 7.8 percent in September from 8.1 percent the previous month. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Republican, looks out toward the tarmac at the executive terminal of Philadelphia International Airport on April 26, 2004, as he waits to board a plane while campaigning the day before Pennsylvania's Republican primary. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sen. Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Democrat, speaks May 17, 2010, at the Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, as he campaigns across the state for the Democratic nomination to run for re-election. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter arrives May 17, 2010, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia as he campaigns across the state for the Democratic nomination to run for re-election. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan holds up U.S. Senate candidate Arlen Specter's hand at fund-raising party for Specter in Philadelphia on Aug. 19, 1980. (Associated Press)

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Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (left) and Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Dan Hesse shake hands during their joint press conference in Tokyo on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Tokyo-based mobile carrier Softbank has reached a deal with Sprint to acquire 70 percent of the U.S. wireless company for $20.1 billion in the largest-ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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The Quadski, a one-person craft that also drives on land, is being billed as the first commercially available, high-speed amphibious vehicle by its makers, Michigan-based Gibbs Technologies. It’s scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. by the end of this year for about $40,000. (The Associated Press)

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In this Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 photo, the Quadski, a one-person motor boat that also drives on land, is tested in in Oxford Mich. The vehicle is being billed as the first commercially available, high-speed amphibious vehicle by its makers, Michigan-based Gibbs Technologies. It's scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. by the end of this year for around $40,000. The company hopes to sell it worldwide by 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph (82) hauls in one-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter in front of Washington Redskins linebacker Keenan Robinson (52) at FedEx Field. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)

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FILE - This 1972 file photo shows Elvis Presley, the King of Rock "n" Roll, during a performance. The former Beverly Hills home of the late Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla is up for sale for a cool $12.9 million. Real estate website operator Trulia says the home hit the market Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (AP Photo, file)

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Participants march during a demonstration against the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank being held in Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)