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A 2011 Chrysler 200 is on display in a dealer's showroom in Burlingame, Calif., in February 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

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Pat Boone will be honored Wednesday by members of Congress and the 60 Plus Association, a seniors group that espouses fiscal sensibility and small government. (60 Plus Association)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown likened the new Department of General Services to a multimillion-dolar company with council as its board of directors. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Slovakian lawmakers on Tuesday rejected the expansion of the euro currency zone's bailout fund. Parliament Speaker Richard Sulik led the opposition while Prime Minister Iveta Radicova supported it. Slovakia is the only one of 17 eurozone countries that has not approved expanding the fund. (Associated Press)

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Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick already has absorbed one division loss, 29-16 to the New York Giants on Sept. 25. Another one to Washington this Sunday, might be too much for the Eagles (1-4) to overcome. (Associated Press)

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Trader Jason Harper (center) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 10, 2011. (Associated Press)

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People start to move about Freedom Plaza in Washington, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, among protest signs, as part of a protest against the war and corporate America. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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With the Washington Monument behind them, protesters, calling for the end of the Federal Reserve, march Oct. 9, 2011, to the Federal Reserve in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Lauren Bieber and Mike Mull, both from Philadelphia, sit next to a haiku they wrote on the sidewalk near City Hall on Sunday in Philadelphia. Organizers of what is being called Occupy Philadelphia say the demonstration is meant to be a stand against corporate greed. (Associated Press)

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CASH TO BURN: Occupy D.C. protesters call for an end to the Federal Reserve in front of the financial institution on Sunday as one protester burns a dollar bill. (Associated Press)

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Jean Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, whose position has less direct authority than that of the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, has had to build consensus among the member nations of the eurozone in the debt crisis. He steps down this month after eight years at the ECB's helm. (Associated Press)

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ATF is under fire for a memo prohibiting gun merchants from selling firearms to anyone who uses medical marijuana. (The Washington Times)

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Linda Wiener, right, of Vancouver, Wash., helps carry a large "We the Corporations" canvas through Pennsylvania Avenue, part of Occupy DC activities in Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Protesters form a huge human number "99" to symbolize the 99% of americans they are representing in a large protest against corporate greed at Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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People march near City Hall Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 in Philadelphia. Organizers of what is being called Occupy Philadelphia say Thursday's demonstration is meant to be a stand against corporate greed. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Protestors chant and holds signs outside the the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas building in downtown Dallas, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Protestors across the state marched against the current state of the economy and corporate influence on the government. (AP Photo/LM Otero)