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Michael Morse, who hit .303 with 31 home runs and 95 RBI in 2011, hasn't taken a swing this year while recovering from a strained right lat. (Associated Press)

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"He's the first real free agent I signed as a general manager. It's no coincidence." - Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo

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American Airlines flight attendants protest at San Francisco International Airport on Monday. The airline wants to eliminate 13,000 union jobs, freeze or terminate pension plans, curb health benefits, reduce time off, and impose many other cuts. American lost more than $10 billion in the decade leading up to its declaration of bankruptcy in November. (Associated Press)

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Trader Michael Zicchinolfi (right) works April 23, 2012, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Associated Press)

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Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. John Edwards (right) arrives April 23, 2012, outside federal court with his daughter Cate in Greensboro, N.C., for his trial on charges of violating federal campaign finance laws. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, speaks March 10, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Afghan officials watch in June 2007 as opium products are burned on Kabul's outskirts. Afghanistan is the world's top heroin producer, and poppies are a $1.4 billion cash crop, but a program to encourage other crops has had significant success. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Japan's Finance Minister Jun Azumi confer at the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington on Saturday. The U.S. has not pledged more money for the IMF's fund used for loans to troubled nations. (Associated Press)

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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference in the International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Saturday, April, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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** FILE ** International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at the Associated Press Annual Meeting in Washington, Tuesday, April, 3, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)