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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)

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Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock wrote in a brief to be released Monday that the state does not "ban" corporate political speech. (Associated Press)

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The high bid so far for a vial that once held a sample of President Reagan's blood and the accompanying lab paperwork is $5,081. (PFC Auctions)

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A mangled street sign stands among tornado debris in Joplin, Mo, last May. The twister killed 161 people and cost $2.8 billion in damage. Insurance is expected to cover most of the loss, but taxpayers could foot $500 million. (Associated Press)

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An oil on canvas portrait by Giorgio de Chirico of Dr. Albert C. Barnes hangs at the Barnes Foundation. The art collection opened to the public at its new location on Saturday. The Barnes expects 250,000 visitors to see the collection during its first year. (Associated Press)