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Trader Gregory Rowe (right) works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 22, 2011. (Associated Press)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, waits for a taxi near his temporary residence in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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RETURNING:Wendy Sherman is leaving the private sector for a return to the State Department, where she must distance herself from former clients. (Associated Press)

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A Nissan Leaf charges at a station in Portland, Ore. (Associated Press)

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Merrill Lynch Credit Corp. is seeking to foreclose on Burt Reynolds' Florida home, claiming the Emmy-winning actor has not made a mortgage payment since Sept. 1. Mr. Reynolds reportedly tried to sell the home in 2009. (Associated Press)

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Trader Edward Baumann works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. Worldwide economic gloom was causing markets to tumble. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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associated press photographs An Abercrombie & Fitch employee (center) poses for photos with two customers at the entrance to the company's Fifth Avenue store in New York. The company wants the cast of "Jersey Shore" to stop wearing its clothing on the show in a bid to protect its image.

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Obama for America campaign staffers work at headquarters, a 55,000-square-foot office in a high-rise in downtown Chicago. Specialists in digital media work side by side with field operators, Web designers and phone-bank volunteers. The integration of employees with digital expertise together with more traditional political campaign staff is now standard operating procedure. (Dave Boyer/The Washington Times)

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President Obama's motorcade makes its way through Peosta, Iowa, en route to the Rural Economic Forum at the Northeast Iowa Community College on Aug. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Huawei made its presence at a wireless trade show in Las Vegas this year. Some in Congress fear the Chinese telecommunications giant, said to have ties to China's military, poses a risk to national security with its deal to supply components to a supercomputer lab that is a defense contractor. (Associated Press)

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The "Vertigo" ride at the 2011 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Md. on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. The fair runs until midnight on Saturday, August 20, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Riley O'Halloran, 15, of Gaithersburg, Md. hangs upside down on the "Fireball" ride at the 2011 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Md. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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A lovely day at the 2011 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Md. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Fairgoers ride "Vertigo" at the 2011 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Md. on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Members of the public, many representing unions, listen as people speak Tuesday during a public hearing on proposed toll increases in New York. The union members mostly support the toll increases to fund projects that they think will create jobs.

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President Obama speaks during a Rural Economic Forum on Aug. 16, 2011, at Northeast Iowa Community College in Peosta, Iowa, during his three-day bus tour devoted to the economy. (Associated Press)

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President Obama stops for breakfast on Aug. 16, 2011, with small business owners at Rausch's Cafe in Guttenberg, Iowa, during his three-day bus tour devoted to the economy. (Associated Press)

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A statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands guard outside the Treasury Building in Washington.

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GOING GOURMET: Executive chef Richard Cook (above left) and market manager Sergio Rarujo arrange the main display case at BlackSalt in the Palisades, one of many new restaurants that have enlivened the D.C. dining scene. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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"If we have four issues at the wireless industry, the first three are spectrum, spectrum, and more spectrum," said Steve Largent, president and CEO of CTIA-The Wireless Association. Spectrum allows carriers to offer more data services. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)