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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has withdrawn a security contract with the District, currently held by U.S. Security Associates, citing D.C. Council concerns about employment practices. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Craig Huey, the tea-party-backed Republican candidate in a special election for a U.S. House seat, talks with staff at Creative Direct Marketing Group in Torrance, Calif., in May 2011. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Steve McCrank)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS 'GREAT MOMENT': Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that the administration wants "the biggest deal possible" on debt reduction.

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Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., shown with chief executive Rebekah Brooks, has traveled to London in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that has shaken his media empire. A pending deal to acquire full control of British Sky Broadcasting is threatened. (Associated Press)

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"That's ironic and surprising. It's less expensive to live in the suburbs, but maybe the economy is pushing people out there. We've got to figure out if there's a reason for that or not." Becca Goodstein, Adams Morgan, sales

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News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch reads the last edition of Britain's News of the World tabloid as he arrives at the offices of his U.K. newspaper division in this image taken from television on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Mr. Murdoch arrived in Britain to face the growing phone-hacking scandal that prompted the paper's closure. (AP Photo/Pool)

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**FILE** In this photo from June 27, 2011, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken on June 9, 2011, a South Korean client of the suspended Busan Savings Bank shouts slogans after the clients watched a trial for the bank's corruption at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul. (Associated Press)

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Among the South Korean executives who have be involved in corrupt business practices are Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-Koo (center). Mr. Chung was found guilty of embezzlement, but a court suspended his sentence because he was deemed "too important to serve time." (Associated Press)

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Among the South Korean executives who have be involved in corrupt business practices are Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Kun-hee, right. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A News of the World sign is seen by an entrance to a News International building in London on July 6, 2011. (Associated Press)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, talks to reporters Wednesday about debt-ceiling solutions. “I have said from day one, we are not for tax hikes on the American people or businesses, and if the president wants to talk loopholes, we'll be glad to talk loopholes.” (Associated Press)