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Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (partially visible at center) leaves a courthouse March 26, 2012, after being questioned in a probe into a suspected prostitution ring in Lille, France. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Aaron Schock, Illinois Republican, reimbursed himself from his campaign fund for more than $150,000 in expenses, including $30,000 in hotel bills. The congressman paid back money for a trip to Athens. (Associated Press)

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Singer Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson announces her partnership in Voli Light Vodkas at the James Hotel on Thursday, March 22, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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Leung Chun-ying (left) and his wife, Regina, celebrate his victory in the chief executive election on Sunday, March 25, 2012, in Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

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Northbound vehicles drive on Interstate 270 past the exit to Hyattstown, Md., on March 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Jim Yong Kim, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next World Bank President, stands in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2012. Kim is currently the president of Dartmouth College. (AP Photo/ Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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**FILE** Lockheed Martin Corp. security guards stand in front of a new stealth fighter, known as the F-35 or Joint Strike Fighter, before a news conference after the plane's first flight in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 15, 2006. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Obama stands with Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College and Mr. Obama's nominee to be the next World Bank president, in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday, March 23, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Gasoline prices of more than $4 are seen at a gas station on the south end of The Strip, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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A driver holds a tax-protest sign out the window Thursday as a small number of vehicles circle the State House in Annapolis. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Soldiers gather in Bamako, Mali, on Thursday at an entrance to the compound containing government ministries after taking power in a coup, Drunken soldiers looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. (Associated Press)

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In this March 2, 2012, photo, a New York City taxi driver pumps gas at a BP mini-mart, in New York. Experts say pump prices are rising on the expectation that supplies will dip next month while refineries switch from winter to summer gasoline blends. Forecasts see gas rising as high as $4.25 per gallon in late April. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Gasoline prices of more than $4 are seen at a gas station on the south end of The Strip, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, in Las Vegas. From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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President Obama discusses his oil and gas policies during a visit to a drilling site in Maljamar, N.M., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Mark Sterkel)

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Owners planning on putting their home on the market this spring may want to consider resodding their yard. For 65 cents to $2 per square foot, new sod can draw buyers with instant curb appeal.

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Gas purchases account for only about 5 percent of all consumer spending in the U.S. It would take a much bigger spike in prices - to about $5 a gallon - to shake consumers and threaten the economy. Gas prices in the Washington area, at $4.08 on average, are substantially higher than the national average. (Associated Press)

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"Historically, if GDP falls below 2 percent, the industry returns a collective loss. So it would not take much of a shock to turn our very modest profit projection to a net loss," said Tony Tyler, the International Air Transport Association's chief executive, during a press conference in Geneva on Tuesday. (Associated Press)