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**FILE** Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson announces his bid for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination on Dec. 28, 2011, in the rotunda of the New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. (Associated Press/The New Mexican)

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**FILE** The Countrywide Financial Corp. office in Beverly Hills, Calif., is seen here June 25, 2008. (Associated Press)

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Visitors to the Iwo Jima Memorial gather on lawns a few hours before fireworks are set to explode over the National Mall. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chris Moore (right) and his wife, Dina (second from right), of Austin, Texas, enjoy the view from the veranda of the mansion at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Alexandria, Va., on July 4, 2012 (Associated Press)

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Mark Clark, of Clarksville, Tenn., pumps his fist after winning a bid during an antique fireworks auction. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Mark Clark of Clarksville, Tenn., celebrates a winning bid. His particular passion as a collector is labels, and he describes himself and Mr. Moyer as "telephone friends" because of their mutual interest. He bought 65 lots, with a maximum bid of $1,000. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Ric Gillespie (right), founder of the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, watches equipment testing alongside Wolfgang Burnside on board a ship in port in Honolulu on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Mr. Gillespie is leading a monthlong voyage in search of wreckage from Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra aircraft, which disappeared over the South Pacific 75 years ago. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia)

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** FILE ** Bob Diamond, chief executive of Barclays bank, listens during a plenary session at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)

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Paula Coppersmith holds a lobster at Dock's Seafood restaurant and market in South Portland, Maine, where owner Bob Coppersmith was selling five lobsters for $24 on Thursday, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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The London headquarters of the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC are pictured in 2006. (Associated Press)

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A couple and a child wearing a Spanish soccer jersey pass by a shop with a discount sale sign and samples of postcards — including one with a picture of Bankia bank buildings — on July 1, 2012, the day of the Euro 2012 soccer final match in Madrid. Bankia is one of several big banks that will need billions in rescue loans. (Associated Press)