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Illustration: UN and Palestine by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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)

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A vendor waits for customers at the Gascasonica market. Mexico City's neighborhood markets offer abundant fresh produce at low prices, but chains such as Wal-Mart are seen as safer, more convenient and cleaner. (Associated Press)

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The Netflix logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif., in April 2011. (AP Photo)

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"We're not opposed to more revenue. The way you get more revenue is get the economy going," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican.

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Arizona Cardinals' tight end Jeff King (87) grabs the face mask of Redskins' wide receiver Brandon Banks (16) as he returns a second-quarter Cardinal punt at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Sunday, September 18, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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"If someone acts with criminal energy, then you can't do anything," says Oswald Gruebel, CEO of Swiss bank UBS. (Associated Press)

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Cast members of MTV's "Jersey Shore" pose at their television home in Seaside Heights, N.J. The New Jersey state Economic Development Authority approved covering $420,000 of the production costs for the reality series' inaugural 2009 season. (Associated Press)

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Speaking to the Economic Club of Washington, House Speaker John A. Boehner urged the deficit supercommittee to lay the groundwork for a rewrite of the tax code. "I think tax reform should deal with the whole tax code, both the personal side and the corporate side, and it should result in a code that is simpler and fairer to everyone," he said. (Associated Press)

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Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe (right) is joined by Megan J. Brennan, chief operating officer and executive vice president of the U.S. Postal Service, at a press conference Thursday about proposed sweeping changes needed to avoid losing $10 billion this year. Changes could eliminate 250 mail-processing facilities. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)