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Jaclyn King, 28, smiles as she arrives at her job at a Denver hospital on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. King grew up in the suburbs of Denver and now lives in the city and says she’ll never return to the suburbs because she wants to avoid the long commutes her parents had. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)
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** FILE ** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Competing gasoline stations advertise gas at 3.199 and 3.323 per gallon in Oklahoma City on June 21, 2012. (Associated Press)
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A shopper is reflected on a microwave oven on display on a showroom floor at Lowe's in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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**FILE** A sign advertises a pending residential real estate sale in Framingham, Mass., on April 26, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper on Monday announced two steps to squelch leaks of classified information after disclosures about national security. (Associated Press)
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Specialist Christopher Trotta works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday. Stocks fell in both Europe and the U.S. (Associated Press)
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A watchdog group said that Verizon is trying to "buy off" T-Mobile through a sale-and-swap agreement. Verizon has been seeking approval from regulators on a bigger spectrum deal with cable companies and another wireless carrier. (Associated Press)
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The much-touted opening of Willy Brandt Brandenburg International Airport in Berlin still hasn't happened. Years in the making, plans for its debut in October and then June 3 were scuttled. Now Berlin is faced with not only international embarrassment but also the cost of reimbursing vendors, restaurants and airlines for the delayed opening. (Associated Press)
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Ashley Carpenter takes lunch orders at the Tilted Kilt, in Tempe, Ariz. The eatery is part of a booming niche in the restaurant industry known as "breastaurants" or sports bars that feature scantily clad waitresses. These small chains are copying the business model of Hooters, which pioneered the concept starting in the 1980s. (Associated Press)
