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** FILE ** Gregory M. Rowe with Livermore Trading Group Inc. works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)

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SHOW ME THE MONEY: A cashier counts some of the take at Parx Casino, one of the hot spots that have kept gamblers in Pennsylvania. Since 2006, state gambling taxes and licensing fees have generated billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Darine Son, a cocktail waitress, serves beer to Bob Schank while he plays cards at a blackjack table last week in Parx Casino, near Philadelphia. The gambling house and nine others in Pennsylvania are providing thousands of jobs and raking in billions of dollars in tax revenue for the state. But there is opposition to the gambling on moral grounds. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Two customs officers speak in a Havana, Cuba, car lot. Cuba legalized the sale and purchase of automobiles for all citizens Wednesday. Under the law, buyers and sellers must each pay a 4 percent tax, and buyers must make a sworn declaration that the money used for the purchase was obtained legally. (Associated Press)

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A Kenyan converts money at a currency-exchange bureau in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday. Kenya's currency is in free fall against the dollar, dropping 30 percent in value this year, to an all-time low. That has increased prices of food and fuel across the country. (Associated Press)

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Jeff Bezos, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, introduces the Kindle Fire at a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in New York. The e-reader and tablet has a 7-inch (17.78 cm) multicolor touchscreen. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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A protesting taxi driver carries a Greek national flag in front of the transport ministry during a protest in Athens on Sept 28, 2011. About 2,000 striking taxi drivers gathered to protest against government plans to open up their licensed profession to more competition. (Associated Press)

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BITTER PILL: John Castellani, president and CEO of PhRMA, cautions against cutting from 12 years to seven the length of a patent on a company's new drug. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

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Logo of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

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All the characters in this photo illustration are just two people: Jonna and Tony Mendez, who were photographed at an International Spy Museum exhibit. After decades working as disguise specialists for the CIA, the Mendezes are masters at their craft. At the request of the agency, they are spending their retirement revealing some of their tricks. (Photo illustration by T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Comedian Stephen Colbert has already put in his bid to be the first living person to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp. (Associated Press)

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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)