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**FILE** British singer George Michael performs in concert to raise money for the AIDS charity Sidaction at the Paris Opera's Palais Garnier in Paris on Sept. 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Paul Ryan, whose Wisconsin district is home to many auto workers, backed a government loan program for auto companies to develop more fuel-efficient cars. (Associated Press)

U.S. Sen. John McCain answers reporters' questions during a meeting on World Economy in Cernobbio, Italy, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Experts and leaders gathered in Italy to discuss the prolonged crisis in a structurally flawed Europe, political dysfunction pushing America off a 'fiscal cliff' and the emerging economies slowdown drying up the last engine of global growth. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)

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One World Trade Center, center, rises above the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in New York. Tuesday will mark the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The World Financial Center is on the left, and Four World Trade Center is at right. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Specialist Christopher Culhane works the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 6, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Specialist Michael A. Pistillo (right) works on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp)

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The home at 5935 Tilbury Road in Fairfax County’s Mount Hebron community is on the market for $850,000. The contemporary-style home, built in 1950, has four bedrooms, two full baths and a powder room.

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** FILE ** A small group of Nepal Youth Front, the student organization of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), hold their flags and shout slogans during a protest against the hike of fuel prices in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. The state-owned Nepal Oil Corp. Sunday announced the rise in prices, which came into effect Monday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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Jim Sinegal, Co-Founder and Former CEO of Costco, addresses the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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The Sandhills, near Mills, Neb., is an environmentally sensitive area. TransCanada hopes to build the Keystone XL pipeline through the area to transport crude from Canada to the Gulf Coast. The company said Wednesday it has revised the route. (Associated Press)

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This undated file publicity photo released by Nissan Motor Company shows the all-new small crossover Nissan Juke. Sales of the Nissan Juke have been anemic so far this year. (Associated Press)