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Republican presidential candidate Gary E. Johnson vows to submit a balanced budget his first year in the White House, a budget he said would amount to a 43 percent spending cut. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Screens show graphs of stocks on the uptick at the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday after a new European debt relief deal was hailed by embattled Socialist government as a major breakthrough. In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average gained 339 points, closing above 12,000 for the first time in nearly three months. (Associated Press)
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Specialist James Denaro, right, directs trading at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Webcams will be switched on Friday during a ceremony to commemorate the 125th birthday of the Statue of Liberty. "This is not your dad's picture of the Statue of Liberty," said Brian Cury (right), the founder of EarthCam. The New Jersey-based company donated the high-tech cameras, which will be activated continuously for Internet users around the world. (Associated Press)
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Webcams will be switched on Friday during a ceremony to commemorate the 125th birthday of the Statue of Liberty. "This is not your dad's picture of the Statue of Liberty," said Brian Cury (right), the founder of EarthCam. The New Jersey-based company donated the high-tech cameras, which will be activated continuously for Internet users around the world. (Associated Press)
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Trader Edward Curran (center) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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"Lynchburg and the people of Moore County have been involved in the success of the Jack Daniel's brand," says Charles Rogers, who has led a campaign for a $5 million tax on the distillery. (Associated Press)
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Redskins' tight end Chris Cooley on the sidelines during the second quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, September 18, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Rajat Kumar Gupta, former chairman of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, listens during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella, File)
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Adam Healy, chairman of ANC 6A's Alcohol Beverage Licensing Committee, talks with Margaret Holwill, a resident of the H Street Corridor before a meeting last week to gauge the community's reaction to the capping of liquor licenses for the area. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Illustration: Dependence on Government by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Monday said that his declaration of a fiscal emergency in the debt-ridden state capital, Harrisburg, “ensures that vital services will continue and public safety will be protected.” (Associated Press)
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Stephen Cloobeck (left) of the Board of Directors for Corporation for Travel Promotion looks back at President Obama as he is introduced at a fundraiser at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas on Oct. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Henrik Holgersson sits with his son, Arvid, at their home in Stockholm. Mr. Holgersson has split Sweden's parental leave with his girlfriend and is spending eight months at home with their child. (Associated Press)
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Trader Walter Lundon (second from right) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Stacks of Groupon Now literature sit at the online-coupon company's Chicago offices Thursday. The company, which offers consumers daily discounts, now expects net proceeds of about $478.8 million from its initial public offering of 30 million shares. (Associated Press)
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Groupon employees Amanda Allegretti (left) and Becca Silvers work at the online-coupon company's offices Sept. 22 in Chicago. Online-coupon seller Groupon Inc. is discounting its expectations for its first stock offering in a regulatory filing Friday. (Associated Press)
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President Obama is applauded at the White House on Oct. 21, 2011, after signing the Colombian Free Trade Agreement. From left: Labor Secretary Hilda Solis; Boeing CEO Jim McNerney; U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk; Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican; Xerox CEO Ursula Burns; Rep. Greg Meeks, New York Democrat; Ernst and Young CEO James Turley and Rep. David Dreier, California Republican. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Robert Garagiola, Maryland Senate majority leader, left, talks with Sen. Nancy Jacobs during a joint hearing for a fiscal briefing by the Department of Legislative Services at the state house in Annapolis, Md. on Oct. 20, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins quarterback John Beck scrambles for a pass against Philadelphia Eagles during the fourth quarter at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Sunday, October 16, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
