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Federal subsidies on the wind farm industry are set to expire at the end of the year. The subsidies, which date back to 1992, are provided in the form of tax credits. (Associated Press)
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W. JamesMcNerney, Jr., CEO of Boeing, said that America's competitors aren't waiting until after the November elections "and we shouldn't either." (Associated Press)
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Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller talks about the new iPad Wednesday in San Francisco. The device, which goes on sale next week, has new features but no distinguishing name. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Council members Mary M. Cheh and Tommy Wells have proposed a bill to ban corporate donations to city candidates and officials. It is a response to a "pay-to-play" culture that can influence policy decisions. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In fiscal year 2011, the District raked in $92.6 million for 1.6 million issued parking tickets. The city is on pace to surpass those numbers this year, according to a report issued Monday by AAA Mid-Atlantic. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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United and Delta have become the latest airlines to replace or upgrade overhead bins so they hold more luggage. The percentage of passengers bringing bags on planes has hovered around 87 percent in recent years. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this April 21, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. The gargantuan legal bill for the 2010 catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is coming due for BP as a federal trial opens Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 to determine the company’s liability for the blowout of its Macondo well. On the cusp of trial, phalanxes of lawyers, company officials and state officials spent the final hours in high-stakes settlement talks that law experts believed could still yield a deal right before the courtroom doors open Monday morning. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, File)
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Traders David O'Day (left) and Neil Catania confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 2, 2012. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Jeremy Stoppelman, right center, Yelp co-founder and CEO, salutes during opening bell ceremonies of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, March 2, 2012. Yelp's stock is soaring in its stock market debut Friday. (Associated Press)
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Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt speaks March 1, 2012, during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. European leaders meet for a two-day summit aimed at tackling unemployment and boosting economic growth in the region. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Rupert Murdoch (right), Chairman of News Corporation, and his son James Murdoch, chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia, arrive July 10, 2011 at Rupert Murdoch's residence in central London. (Associated Press)
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Specialists James Ahrens, left, and Robert Tuccillo work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 13,000 Tuesday, the first time since May 2008, four months before the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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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)
