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Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman continues to deal with an ailing right shoulder that's affecting his swing. His average has plummeted to .218 and he has just 13 extra-base hits on the season. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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The American Gaming Association's annual report released Wednesday noted casino revenues are up 3 percent nationwide. Non-Indian casinos or other legal gambling halls took in $35.6 billion last year. (Associated Press)
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After spending five seasons as Georgetown women's assistant coach, Keith Brown was named the Hoyas' head coach Wednesday. (Georgetown Athletics)
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Power-line towers in South Africa belong to Eskom, which is Africa's biggest power utility. It accounts for more than 60 percent of all the electricity generated on the continent, according to the World Bank. It also exports across southern Africa. Critics and even supporters say Eskom should have started its move toward renewable sources of energy earlier, and now needs to set its ambitions higher. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power station (left) is located on the outskirts of Cape Town. The country's plans to increase it's nuclear reactor capacity are drawing attention from energy companies around the world. Power-line towers in South Africa belong to Eskom, which is the state electricity utility. The company accounts for more than 60 percent of all the electricity generated on the African continent, according to the World Bank. (Associated Press)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign stop at KP Kauffman Co., an oil and gas production and drilling company, in Fort Lupton, Colo., on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Assembly of tweeters with front grille in the speaker manufactory of Burmester. Emplyee of Burmester is Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Assembly of tweeters with front grille in the speaker manufactory of Burmester. Emplyee of Burmester is Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Assembly of tweeters with front grille in the speaker manufactory of Burmester. Emplyee of Burmester is Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Boxes and amplifiers on a bench in the assembly workshop at Burmester. Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Audio amplifier in an acoustic test by an employee. Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Audio amplifier in a week-long stress test. Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Manual assembly from a Burmester CD player. Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Manual assembly from a Burmester CD player. Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Manual assembly of a motherboard with components of a cd player Burmester 102. Burmester Audiosysteme was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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CEO Dieter Burmester of Burmester Audiosysteme in the branch office. Burmester was founded in 1977 and has since been producing top-range high end products in their Berlin manufacture. Daniel Pilar/Special to The Washington Times
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Portrait of Uwe Ahrendt, CEO of the German watch manufacturer Nomos Glashutte, standing in the final inspection room inside the timepiece manufactory (the so called "Chronometrie") on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Before the watches will be dispatched, they are tested on watch-winders. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.
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** FILE ** In this March 13, 2012, file photo Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., joins students at a Capitol Hill news conference to announce the collection of more than 130,000 letters to Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling this July. The Senate planned a Tuesday May 8, 2012, roll call on a plan, which would extend today's 3.4 percent interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans for another year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
