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Virginia sophomores Akil Mitchell and Joe Harris (above) are the only players remaining from coach Tony Bennett's first recruiting class. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom (19) chats with reporters in the locker room after spending 35 minutes on the ice before a morning team practice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Arlington, Va., March 15, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Specialist Michael Scavone works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, March 15, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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** FILE ** A foreclosed house with a sale-pending sign is shown in Tigard, Ore., in March 2011. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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** FILE ** The gates of Harvard University lead to a school with a $13 billion endowment and a ranking as the university with the best reputation in the world. (Associated Press)

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associated press Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has signed the biggest deal in NFL history, an eight-year pact worth up to $132 million, including $60 million guaranteed.

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Nuns were among the protesters at a South Korean rally against the trade pact, which went into effect at midnight Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Men look at an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, powered by the biggest gains of the year on Wall Street after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it expects unemployment in the world's largest economy to keep falling. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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A shopper carries bags of merchandise in Freeport, Maine, on Monday, March 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)

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** FILE ** News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch (center) and Rebekah Brooks, then the chief executive of News International, leave Mr. Murdoch's residence in central London on Sunday, July 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

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Venezuela's Aban Pearl drilling rig sank in May 2010 in a significant blow to the nation's oil industry. China has poured billions of dollars into Venezuela's oil sector but has received little for its investments. "The Chinese have not gotten the kind of preferential access they want" to Venezuela's Orinoco Tar Sands, oil analyst Tom O'Donnell said. (Associated Press)

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Airbus has applauded a ruling by the World Trade Organization that Boeing received "at least $5.3 billion" in illegal subsidies from the U.S. from 1989 to 2006. The U.S. has noted the WTO came down heavier on the European Union for its support of Airbus. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, got worked up over who deserves credit for a bill that assists community banks.(Associated Press)

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Quarterback Peyton Manning is the biggest free agent on the market this NFL offseason. (Associated Press)

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NFL quarterback Peyton Manning (left) takes a tour March 9, 2012, with John Elway, executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos, and Broncos coach John Fox at the team's training facility in Englewood, Colo. (Associated Press/The Denver Post)