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Trader Michael Iervoline (right) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies Feb. 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill on the State Department's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies Feb. 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate on the State Department's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins WR Anthony Armstrong (13) celebrates his touchdown with WR Brandon Banks (16) in the second quarter against the New York Giants at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right), accompanied by Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 28, 2012, before the Senate Budget Committee on the Pentagon's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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A customer leaves a Lowe's home-improvement store in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Officials of the Children and Youth Investment Trust Corp. being sworn in Monday before a D.C. Council committee are (from the left) Vice President Ed Davies, President and CEO Ellen London and Comptroller Michael O'Hearn. Former council member Harry Thomas Jr. used the nonprofit as a conduit to steal city funds. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Ellen London, president and CEO of the Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, the company through which former D.C. Councilman Harry Thomas allegedly funneled money, told the D.C. Council that she doesn't want to see children caught as the collateral damage due to Mr. Thomas' questionable actions when she testified at a performance oversight hearing on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 at the Wilson Building in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Councilman Jim Graham, chair of the Committee on Human Services, talks with Ellen London, president and CEO of the Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation, before a performance oversight hearing on on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 at the Wilson Building in Washington, D.C. Ms. London has been with the company for about 12 years but has only been president since June 2010 and said she was unable to testify about certain specific procedures relating to grant funding before then. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Traders work on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Associated Press)
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This photo from Jan. 20, 2012, shows a home with a sale pending sign, in Mount Lebanon, Pa. (Associated Press)
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Former AL MVP Josh Hamilton is eligible for free agency after this season if he does not sign a new deal with Texas. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner speaks at a meeting of the G-20 in Mexico City. He wants the EU to provide more debt-crisis stabilizing funds. (Associated Press)
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Nigerian-born Charles Wiwa, 44, shown in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, fled Nigeria in 1996 following a crackdown on protests against Shell’s oil operations in the Niger Delta. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Steven Capo (left) consults with specialist David Haubner on Feb. 24, 2012, during the IPO of Proto Labs on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Associated Press)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley testifies on his offshore wind energy bill Thursday in Annapolis. Mr. O'Malley said the proposal would create jobs and lower reliance on fossil fuels while causing only a modest increase in energy prices. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley passes paperwork to a staff member during a House Economic Matters Committee hearing on Feb. 23, 2012, in Annapolis. Mr. O'Malley testified on his offshore wind energy bill, a proposal he says would lower reliance on fossil fuels. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Chesapeake Energy Corporation owns a natural gas drilling site in Leroy Township, Pa. A drilling boom that began five years ago has tapered off because of a glut of gas on the market. In 2008, natural gas costs reached about $8 per thousand cubic feet. As more rigs went up in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and elsewhere in the ensuing years, the price began to dip its current 10-year low. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Gasoline prices are displayed Feb. 21, 2012, as a man rides his bicycle past them at a station in Oakland, Calif. (Associated Press)
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ROD LAMKEY JR/THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Monument, seen through barricades on the Mall, remains closed since August's earthquake. Design for repairs should last into midspring, when bidding will begin. Work will be paid with $15 million in federal and private funding.
