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** FILE ** Cashier Joyce Mackie bags groceries as a customer uses a self-service checkout station at a Big Y supermarket in Manchester, Conn. (Associated Press)
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CAMPAIGN BUSINESS: Shawn Mitchell uses his business, Modern Mechanical in Ashburn, Va., to announce the endorsements of state Sens. Louise L. Lucas (left) and Mary Margaret Whipple in his bid for a Virginia Senate seat. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The national average for regular unleaded gasoline is $3.51 per gallon, down from a high of $3.98 in early May. Last week's plunge in oil prices could push the average to $3.25 per gallon by November, analysts say. (Associated Press)
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Vivek Khemka, Dish Network's vice president of product management, speaks at a new conference Friday in San Francisco announcing a new video-subscription service from Blockbuster and Dish Network Corp. called "Movie Pass." Dish Network bought Blockbuster out of bankruptcy court for $234 million five months ago. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison invokes his Fifth Amendment right as he appears before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee on Capitol Hill on Sept. 23, 2011. The panel is examining Solyndra's government loan. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press photographs Trader James Dresch works on the floor Thursday of the New York Stock Exchange. Financial indicators showed investors are quickly losing hope that the economy can keep growing.
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Traders looked high and low for a bright spot in the market as the Dow nearly matched its lowest close of the year.
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The screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell reflects a DOW loss of 389.56 points on Sept. 22, 2011, in New York. (Associated Press)
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in New York. Stocks were sharply lower worldwide over indications that the global economy is in for a long slump. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
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Illustration: UN and Palestine by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Saul Solis Solis, right, and Mario Alberto Gordillo, alleged members of Mexico's Knights Templar drug cartel, are escorted by soldiers upon their presentation to the media in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Solis Solis, a former police chief and one-time congressional candidate, and Gordillo were captured Monday in the cartel's home state of Michoacan, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson confers with council Chairman Kwame R. Brown on Tuesday. Mr. Mendelson favored the income-tax increase; Mr. Brown opposed it. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times London Fletcher, here celebrating a third-quarter interception Sunday, is a 14-year veteran who has been with the Redskins since 2007.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, wants to add almost $7 billion in disaster aid to a temporary funding bill crafted to avert a government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. (Associated Press)
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A job fair in Los Angeles last month drew crowds of people looking for work. The International Monetary Fund and the Obama administration have projected the national unemployment rate to average about 9 percent next year. (Associated Press)
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"The auto industry is back. General Motors and the UAW are working together to create jobs in America," United Auto Workers President Bob King (right, with union Vice President Joe Ashton) said Tuesday in Detroit. (Associated Press)
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"Opening new markets for our farmers, ranchers and businesses ... has to be done in a way that puts American jobs first," says Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat and Senate Finance Committee chairman. (Associated Press)
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President Obama announces the latest iteration of his debt-reduction plan in the Rose Garden on Monday morning. (Associated Press)
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Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, says reshaping Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac requires spreading lending risks. (Associated Press)
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Estela Moran, who has operated a meat stand at the Gascasonica market for 30 years, organizes her work area. She has seen her business decline gradually, but she doesn't intend to give up, as other vendors have done. (Associated Press)
