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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.
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Trader Fred Demarco (right) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A date to go scuba diving with former NASA astronaut and famed moon walker Buzz Aldrin is up for bid in an online auction organized by astronauts to raise money for student science scholarships. (Astronaut Scholarship Foundation)
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Eddie Sanders III, right, a sanitation supervisor with the Depatment of Public Works, wipes his brow after spending a couple of hours loading sandbags into District resdients' cars at the Department of Public Works in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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People grasp for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Alexandria resident Kelly DeMaso (right) waits with her daughter Julianna, 11, as they and others wait in line for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Boris Bulatovic an employee at Decorium on King Street in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011, writes a message on a sheet of protective plastic on the storefront. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Federal Reserve chairman Paul Bernanke (right) and Jean-Claude Trichet, of France, president of the European Central Bank, take a stroll Aug. 26, 2011, on the veranda of the Jackson Lake Lodge before the morning session of the Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Hole in Moran, Wyo. (Associated Press)
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People grasp for sand bags from a city maintenance truck at the corner of King and N. Lee Streets in Old Town Alexandria, Va, Friday, August 26, 2011. In a city which saw severe flooding during Hurricane Isabel in 2002, business owners and residents are wasting no time preparing for Hurricane Irene. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Eddie Sanders III, right, a sanitation supervisor with the Depatment of Public Works, wipes his brow after spending a couple of hours loading sandbags into District resdients' cars at the Department of Public Works in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011. In preparation for Hurricane Irene. Each District resident is entitled to five sandbags. The Department of Public Works says they have 75,000 bags today and more coming tomorrow. They'll be distributing sandbags until midnight Friday and will start again at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
