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Republican Rep. Darrell E. Issa has asked the House ethics panel to investigate four lawmakers in connection with VIP discounted loans from now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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In this Dec. 15, 2011 photo, Michael Reed fills his gas tank at a station in Charlotte, N.C. The retail price of gasoline averaged more than $3.50 per gallon for the year, a record. Drivers cut back where they could, driving less and switching to more fuel efficient cars. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company, Kingdom Holding Co., said Monday they are investing a combined $300 million into Twitter. (Kingdom Holding Co.)
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Commuters ride a crowded bus in July. Lima has a new rapid transit bus system powered by natural gas, but an older fleet of buses spewing air pollution hasn't gone out of service yet. Air pollution in the capital exceeds World Health Organization limits ninefold. (Associated Press)
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady makes a call against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
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New York Giants' Bear Pascoe, top, leaps over Washington Redskins defenders during the fourth quarter. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Washington Redskins' Brian Orakpo, right, tries to get a hand on a pass from New York Giants' Eli Manning during the third quarter. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Sunday Dec. 18, 2011 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Tim Rasmussen)
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The oil-drilling platform Kolskaya is seen in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's Far East coast in an undated photograph. (AP Photo/Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka)
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Store manager Joseph Sublett changes gasoline prices to reflect a three-cent drop at a Little Rock, Ark., Conoco-Phillips station on Dec 1, 2011. (Associated Press)
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The Icon iDO digital output interface and headphone amplifier from NuForce, $249 improves even the best sound. (Image provided by www.nuforce.com)
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Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 15, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Dan Johnson uses a hands-free device to talk on a cellphone Dec. 14, 2011, while driving in San Diego. Johnson, an operations manager, uses his cellphone while driving frequently for business. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner called Wednesday for Democrats to release a year-end spending bill from their blockade. Democrats said they won't allow the bill to go through until lawmakers also pass an extension of this year's payroll-tax cut. (Associated Press)
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"We know that [natural resources] will either help your country finance its own path out of poverty, or you will fall prey to the natural-resource curse, which will enrich a small elite, outside interests, corporations and countries, and leave your people hardly better off then when you started" - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
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"I don't really care about efforts; I care about results," says political consultant Dave Carney, who gives campaign contractors small monthly payouts and bonuses if they win. (Associated Press)
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Former MF Global Holdings CEO Jon Corzine is sworn in Tuesday to testify before the Senate Agriculture Committee on the company's bankruptcy. A later witness challenged Mr. Corzine on when he knew of the transfer of customers' money. (Associated Press)
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HE'S CLEAR: President Obama has said he will veto the bill extending the payroll-tax cut because of its proposed spending cuts and lack of tax hikes on the wealthy. (Associated Press)
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The presidential dollar coin has been sacrificed to cost-cutting needs. The White House said Tuesday it is stopping nearly all production of the coins, which carry the likeness of every deceased president. The lack of demand has resulted in nearly 1.4 billion coins, or 40 percent of those produced, being returned to the Federal Reserve, which costs money. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former MF Global Holdings CEO Jon Corzine is sworn in Tuesday to testify before the Senate Agriculture Committee on the company's bankruptcy. A later witness challenged Mr. Corzine on when he knew of the transfer of customers' money.
