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A specialist ponders the sell-off day on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Five stocks fell for every one that rose during trading. The markets were reacting to the failure of the congressional supercommittee to reach a deal on federal budget deficit reduction. (Associated Press)
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Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) throws the ball into the stands after his fourth quarter touchdown. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Auto traffic for this Thanksgiving holiday is expected to rise, according to AAA. "The increase in holiday travelers can be attributed to a ... strengthening economy," the AAA says, but the increase will only be "slight." (Associated Press)
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"We could use that. There are low wages, but I live in Southeast and sometimes you have to start at the bottom and work to the top. And it will offer jobs." Tony Britt, 45, Southeast, unemployed for two weeks
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A gasoline tanker makes a delivery at a Sheetz in Altoona, Pa. Oil prices fell to $98.82 per barrel on Thursday, a day after rising to $102. Oil investors are exhibiting uncertainty about events in Europe. (Associated Press)
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Trader Christopher Drummond (left) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Beazer Homes is building 36 single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Willowsford in Aldie. The Ashford model, with 3,090 square feet, is priced from $589,990.
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A recently disclosed 2008 letter from Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho to the Department of Agriculture supported a loan-guarantee application for Open Range Communications, which the letter said would make it possible for millions of rural Americans to gain access to wireless Internet. The company, which won a $267 million loan guarantee, has filed for bankruptcy. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A Microsoft Store opening Thursday at Tysons Corner Center is the first in the Washington area and just the second east of the Mississippi. It will stock other brands besides Microsoft for an "interactive" experience that a company official says will "lift all boats." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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President Obama greets a crowd at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Field in Honolulu on Tuesday before flying to Australia. Republicans are chiding the president for the time he's spending abroad as a budget deadline nears. (Associated Press)
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NASA "We need each other more than ever before," says NASA's Jim Green of the imperiled partnership with the European Space Agency.
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Paul Y. Engineering Group Ltd. Chairman James Chiu says of taking a 50 percent stake in a movie production company: “We decided to seek an innovative growth avenue.” (Associated Press)
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Sting addresses the audience at the launch of his new "Appumentary," Sting 25, at an Apple Store in New York. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Rep. Donald Manzullo, Illinois Republican and chairman of the Asia and the Pacific subcommittee, presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill on Sept. 21, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Shoppers walk past a clearance sign at the New York & Company outlet store Nov. 9, 2011, at the Dolphin Mall in Miami. Americans spent more on autos, electronics and building supplies in October, pushing retail sales up for a fifth straight month. (Associated Press)
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Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood announces from the floor of the legislature in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, that TransCanada has agreed to voluntarily move the Keystone XL pipeline project away from the Ogallala aquifer. TransCanada will move the route of its planned oil pipeline out of the environmentally sensitive Sandhills area of Nebraska, two company officials announced Monday night. (AP Photo/The Lincoln Journal-Star, Eric Gregory)
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"If Bashar has the interest of his country, he would step down, but he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of Syrian political life." - Jordan's King Abdullah
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Cpl. Kelsey De Santis and her date, Justin Timberlake, applaud the guest speaker at Friday night's Marine Corps Ball in Richmond, Va. (Marine Corps Base Quantico Public Affairs via Associated Press)
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News Corp. executive James Murdoch (left) is driven away from a drive-in entrance at Portcullis House after his second appearance before British parliamentarians investigating the country's phone hacking scandal in London, on Nov. 10, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti leaves the hotel to start talks with parties' representatives in Rome on Nov. 14, 2011. (Associated Press)
