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A crane collapses at Washington National Cathedral causing one injury and damage to a nearby building and crushing parked cars in Washington, DC, Wednesday September 7, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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A crane collapses at Washington National Cathedral causing one injury and damage to a nearby building and crushing parked cars in Washington, DC, Wednesday September 7, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Six months after a tsunami and nuclear disaster wiped out the fishing industry in northeastern Japan and scared domestic and foreign consumers away from Japanese seafood, Ofunato's fish market is bustling again. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)
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Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, left, prepares to battle the "Privatization Beast," at a Capitol news conference to promote his measure that would place restrictions on the privatization of public libraries, in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. If approved by the Senate and signed by the governor, Williams bill, AB438, would require contractors to prove they would save taxpayers money should they take over a library. It would also require the contracts be put out to competitive bidding and the winning companies would be subjected to financial and performance audits. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES "In this era of high taxes, high spending and high borrowing, [residents] like the image of the comptroller as a penny pincher," Maryland Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot says.
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European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet (right) listens to Mario Draghi, next to take the helm of the bank, during a conference on the European debt crisis on Monday in Paris. Mr. Draghi called for a "quantum" leap toward economic integration. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Two of Norway's previous North Sea oil discoveries are substantially bigger than first thought. That's a bonanza at a time of high oil prices that are likely to increase even more.
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"He's a young player and he might take some time to get back into the swing of things. He has so much talent and everyone is looking forward to his return." Theadocia Austen CQ WHOLE NAME, Capitol Hill, public events coordinator
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A trader works Sept. 2, 2011, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on in New York. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A technician conducts a cellphone test at the Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. headquarters in Shenzhen, a southern Chinese city bordering Hong Kong. The Pentagon contends the company's products are being used by the Chinese military.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said last week that "The country would be well-served by a better process for making fiscal decisions."
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In this Jan. 31, 2010 photo, a visitor inspects a Honda Motor Co.'s hybrid Fit at the Japanese automaker's headquarters in Tokyo. The Fit subcompact beat Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius hybrid last month to top Japan's auto sales model rankings, its first return to that spot in nearly two years, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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President Obama greets Hector Sealey (center), safety director for Ft. Myer Construction Corporation, and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (right) after speaking at the White House on Aug. 31, 2011, to urge Congress to pass a federal highway bill. (Associated Press)
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The home at 7313 Summit Ave. in the Martin's Additions community in Chevy Chase is on the market for $895,000. The four-bedroom home, built in 1936, has an attached one-car garage.
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A produce store in Ship Bottom, N.J. lets customers know Hurricane Irene didn't knock it out of business. Shore towns recovering from the storm hope tourists weren't scared away for the remainder of the summer season. (Associated Press)
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Doug Lawver, owner of a bicycle rental shop in Surf City, N.J., puts back a sign for his business on Monday that he removed ahead of the hurricane. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (left) greets veterans after addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars in San Antonio on Tuesday. During his speech, Mr. Romney bashed the Obama administration's efforts to cut defense spending. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS/RIA NOVOSTI ExxonMobil CEO Rex W. Tillerson (left) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appear together Tuesday in Sochi, Russia, at a signing ceremony for a deal between Russia's Rosneft oil company and ExxonMobil to develop oil fields in the Russian Arctic. Rosneft will gain some U.S. oil-field access.
