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Maryland House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell says “this deal was cut” regarding a second special session for a Prince George's County casino proposal. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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At the height of the debt crisis last winter, the eurozone – led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel – proposed a so-called "fiscal pact" that would tie member countries to strict fiscal and deficit targets. But, as many economists had predicted, austerity has dragged down already fragile economies and, as economic output shrinks, the debt burden actually looks worse. (Associated Press)

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Customers line up to buy sugar at a market in Buenos Aires on Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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A real estate sign advertises a pending residential sale in Framingham, Mass., on Thursday, April 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

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Television correspondent Sabrina Quagliozzi reports from inside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square on Monday. Facebook's stock fell below its $38 IPO price in the social network's second day of trading as a public company on Monday. (Associated Press)

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A French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former International Monetary Fund chief and one-time French presidential hopeful. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** The last light of the day sets on Mount Everest on Oct. 27, 2011, as it rises behind Mount Nuptse as seen from Tengboche, in the Himalaya's Khumbu region in Nepal. (Associated Press)

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Jury selection for the insider trading trial of Rajat Gupta (left), the former board member for Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble, begins on Monday. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and five counts of securities fraud. (Associated Press)