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** FILE ** Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko speaks to members of the media Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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George Cope, left, President and CEO of Bell Canada, Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment Chairman Larry Tanenbaum, center, and Nadir Mohamed, President and CEO of Rogers Communications hold up Toronto Raptors, Toronto FC, Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Marlies jerseys following a news conference in Toronto on Friday Dec. 9, 2011. Canada's largest telecommunication companies have agreed to buy the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs and NBA's Toronto Raptors in a deal worth about $1.3 billion. Rogers Communications and BCE Inc. announced Friday the purchase of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment from the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in one of the richest sports deal in North American history. The deal also includes the Toronto FC of Major League Soccer, a minor league hockey team, and the Leafs and Raptors TV stations. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

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Specialist Michael Gagliano, foreground right, works at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the IPO of Rose Rock Midstream, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. U.S. stock indexes rose in early trading Friday after 26 European nations agreed to consider tying their economies together more closely in hopes of preventing another debt crisis. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is proposing a shift of revenue as part of his plan to fund the state's inadequate road system. He said Thursday that if the state government can effectively set priorities on spending, it can reallocate some general fund dollars to transportation - a "core function of government." (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican presidential candidate (top), speaks during a business forum in Greenville, S.C., on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of spending “hundreds of millions” of dollars to influence Russian politics. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder talks with a staff member before giving testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about "Fast and Furious" a federal gun sting which allowed weapons to go to Mexican drug cartels through straw buyers, Thursday, December 8, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, center, talks with staff members before testifying in front of the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about "Fast and Furious" a federal gun sting which allowed weapons to go to Mexican drug cartels through straw buyers, Thursday, December 8, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Richard Cordray, assistant director of enforcement for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), listens as Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (not pictured) speaks to the media on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Washington, to encourage Congress to approve Mr. Cordray's nomination to head the CFPB. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Tornado damage is seen from a bird's-eye view in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on May 7. America's wild weather year hit a new high: a devastating dozen billion-dollar disasters.

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Hundreds of cars are seen stranded on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago on Feb. 2 after a blizzard of epic proportions incapacitated the Windy City. Incomplete damage estimates on a pre-Halloween Northeast snowstorm currently stand at $750 million. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A foreclosure home for sale is shown in this Aug. 22, 2006, file photo taken in Spring, Texas. If the U.S. economy does not suffer more setbacks, the rate of mortgage holders behind on their payments should decline significantly by the end of next year, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)