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Larry Beasley, The Washington Times' new president and chief executive officer, at The Times' building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

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A Libyan civilian watches cars burn in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012. (Associated Press)

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Trays of printed Social Security checks in Philadelphia wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury in 2005. (Associated Press) **FILE**

**FILE** H. Ross Perot, chairman emeritus of Perot Systems, gives a thumbs up Sept. 21, 2009, in Dallas during the annoucement that Dell had acquired Perot Systems for $3.9 billion. (Associated Press/Perot Systems)

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** FILE ** In a Monday, June 18, 2012, file photo, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit prepares for a television interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, after he rang the opening bell. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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** FILE ** In this June 10, 1993, file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, appears for reporters after his arrest at the high security prison of Almoloya de Juarez on the outskirts of Mexico City, from which he later escaped. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Comedian Jeff Foxworthy is a national co-chairman of the group Sportsmen for Romney. (Associated Press)

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Rubbie McCoy, a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Morgan Stanley, describes her situation in New York on Monday as her attorney Elizabeth Cabraser looks on. Ms. McCoy is part of a suit that claims that Morgan Stanley discriminated against black homeowners and violated federal civil rights laws. She said her mortgage broker falsified her loan application in 2006. (Associated Press)

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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)