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Jim Jordan (front) and Robby Hardison in 2005 stand in front of the "Snoopy House" they started 44 years ago in Costa Mesa, Calif. The city has offered to host a massive, animated display of Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" Christmas characters because the house was lost to foreclosure. (Associated Press)
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Palestinians demonstrate for statehood in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem in May. Now at Christmastime, Palestinians in Jesus' traditional birthplace of Bethlehem are aiming to re-energize their bid for recognition. (Associated Press)
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From left: Jon Corzine, former MF Global Holdings Ltd. chairman and CEO; Bradley Abelow, MF Global president and COO; and Henri Steenkamp, MF Global CFO, are sworn in Dec. 13, 2011, on Capitol Hill prior to testifying before the Senate Agriculture Committee. (Associated Press)
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Trader David O'Day (center) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (Associated Press)
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SOLUTIONINDIANA.COM A billboard and digital ad campaign in Indiana is encouraging employers unhappy with the business climate in Illinois to move to Indiana.
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A billboard and digital ad campaign in Indiana is encouraging employers unhappy with the business climate in Illinois to move to Indiana. (SOLUTIONINDIANA.COM)
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AT&T Inc. and the Justice Department agreed Dec. 12, 2011, to put off their upcoming antitrust trial over the phone company's proposed acquisition of smaller rival T-Mobile USA. (Associated Press)
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Specialist Bernard Wheeler works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Customers leave a Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse store in San Bruno, Calif., on May 22, 2006. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins wide receiver Santana Moss (89) catches a 49 yard touchdown pass from Brandon Banks (16) in the second quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins wide receiver Brandon Banks (16) throws a 49 yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss (89) in the second quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski celebrates his third-quarter touchdown at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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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)
