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Gen. James Amos, the Marine Corps commandant, says the increase in attacks is a sign that the U.S. is defeating the Taliban. (Associated Press)
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Former NBA player Awvee Storey Storey is a player personnel manager for the Mystics. (Associated Press)
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A man walks past the Standard Chartered Bank building in Hong Kong in October 2010. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Aug. 14, 2012, during a campaign event at the American Energy Corporation in Beallsville, Ohio. (Associated Press)
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Tourists browse in a shop selling ceramics and handicrafts in Tunis on July 1. After a disastrous year in which revolution, social upheaval and strikes scared away tourists and crippled industrial production, the economy is slowly climbing out of a deep recession that saw it shrink by 2 percent in 2011. (Associated Press)
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CBS Executive Vice President Mike Aresco will become commissioner of the Big East conference. (AP Photo/CBS Sports, John P. Filo)
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**FILE** White smoke rises Aug. 7, 2012, from the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif., during a controlled burn conducted the morning after a toxic fire at the refinery. (Associated Press/The Contra Costa Times)
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Groupon said Monday that its second-quarter earnings beat Wall Street’s profit estimates, but underwhelmed analysts and disappointed investors with growth hurt by unfavorable currency movements. (Associated Press)
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The Olympics flag is handed from London Mayor, Boris Johnson, second from left, to the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, center, next to the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, right, during the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Jeff J Mitchell, Pool)
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This photo from Aug. 1, 2012, shows a drought damaged ear of corn in a Westfield, Ind., cornfield. U.S. corn growers could have their worst crop in a generation as the harshest drought in decades takes its toll, the government reported Aug. 10, 2012, as it forecast the lowest average yield in 17 years. (Associated Press)
