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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping speaks Feb. 15, 2012, to the US-China Business Council in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Matthew Huron, owner of two medical-marijuana dispensaries and an edible-marijuana company in Denver, pays his bills with money orders. That's because processing transactions or investments with pot money puts federally insured banks at risk of federal drug-racketeering charges. Mr. Huron's business is cash-only. (Associated Press)
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Rick Berman, President and CEO, Berman and Company, takes time for a portrait in his office on Vermont Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 14, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)
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The Olympic Village, a construction zone a year ago, will house many of the 15,000 athletes coming to London this summer for the 2012 London Games. Traffic officials fear gridlock along the 100-mile Olympic Route Network of traffic lanes reserved for athletes, sponsors and dignitaries. (Olympic Delivery Authority via Associated Press)
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An employee of the Greek Stock Exchange passes past charts with stock prices, indicating gains, in Athens on Monday. World stock markets rose Monday after Greece's parliament approved a new set of austerity measures that were required by international lenders in exchange for an emergency bailout. The move was labeled a "crucial step forward." (Associated Press)
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Dogs Against Romney will rally Tuesday outside the Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York. The group was launched in 2007 by Alabama-based marketing entrepreneur Scott Crider. (Photo courtesy Dogs Against Romney)
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New York's Empire State Building looms as an investment opportunity. The company that runs the building is planning a stock offering, according to documents filed Monday. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outline the main areas of proposed defense spending cuts during a Jan. 26, 2012, news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)
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Copies of the fiscal 2013 budget are delivered and ready to be picked up on Feb. 13, 2012, at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Patricia Gillaird, a Government Printing Office receiving clerk, displays for news crews a copy of the fiscal 2013 budget at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Cheryl Kitchens, a Government Printing Office receiving clerk, delivers the printed version of the Office of Management and Budget's fiscal 2013 budget on a pallet to the House Committee on the Budget in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A house in Southeast D.C. is the address Emmanuel Bailey gave to register his company, Veteran Service Corp., but the duplex is his mother's home. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A 2012 Chrysler 200 convertible awaits a buyer in the showroom of Goss Dodge Chrysler in South Burlington, Vt. Dealers across the country are saying revenues are poised to grow this year. Chrysler said its sales in January rose 44 percent over 2011. (Associated Press)
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Private investigator Jose Antonio Perez snuffs out fraud for insurers in Spain. His workload has increased 45 percent since a financial crisis began a few years ago. (Associated Press)
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Members of the media board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner during a press preview in Singapore on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, prior to the Singapore Airshow 2012. (AP Photo/Bryan van der Beek)
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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki celebrates a basket in the second half against the Denver Nuggets in Denver on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. The Mavericks won 105-95. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before the House Budget Committee on Feb. 2, 2012, is visible on a television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Associated Press)
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Southern Company official Thomas A. Fanning called the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of two nuclear reactors "a monumental accomplishment for Southern Company, Georgia Power, our partners and the nuclear industry. (Associated Press)
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Beazer Homes is developing the Gatherings at Wellington, which includes 81 condominium homes in three buildings in Manassass. The two-bedroom, two-bath homes have 1,448 to 1,886 square feet and are priced from $209,990 to $292,990. Monthly condominium fees start at $219.
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Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock (below) and three longtime board members are stepping down from their positions at the Internet company, which has lagged in the race against rivals such as Google and Facebook. (Associated Press)
