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Washington Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman (8) is slow to get up after a sack for a loss of eight yards by the Philadelphia Eagles during the second quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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The Washington Redskins' Oshiomogho Atogwe (20) intercepts a ball on the 1-yard line from the Philadelphia Eagles during the third quarter. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The Washington Redskins can't stop Philadelphia Eagles Jeremy Maclin (18) from gaining 59 yards during the third quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Rex Grossman is pressured by the Philadelphia Eagles during the second quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins QB Rex Grossman (8) is slow to get up after a sack for a loss of eight yards by the Philadelphia Eagles during the second quarter at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Redskins quarterback John Beck darts into the end zone from 2 yards out in the fourth quarter for Washington's only touchdown.

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The natural gas industry has changed the career path for Cory May, 23, standing next to pump jacks at a storage facility in Zanesville, Ohio. After completing an 80-hour shale exploration certification course, the Marine combat veteran got a job cementing wells for Halliburton that will pay $60,000 to $70,000 a year. (Associated Press)

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President Obama (center), his daughter Malia (left) and Harry Johnson, president and CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation, look up at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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"We must stop looking at the drug cartels today solely from a law-enforcement perspective," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican. (Associated Press)

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A scene from the House of Shock, a haunted house, in New Orleans. Halloween-season attractions like House of Shock are big business. (Associated Press)

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Stephen Holden (center) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with fellow traders on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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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)