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A limousine believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il drives ahead of a convoy of cars traveling toward the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Mr. Kim reportedly arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao that would highlight the influence that economic powerhouse China has with the isolated regime, which is struggling to feed its people. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, says of the GAO review of stimulus recipients: "Average Americans are likely wondering why we gave such a huge amount of federal money to tax cheats when our national debt is more than $14 trillion." (Associated Press)
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates issues a warning against slashing spending. (Associated Press)
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Long grass (a "Natural Preservation area") awaits errant balls throughout the course at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, site of the U.S. Open. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Performing arts venues such as the Shakespeare Theatre Company would be affected by the proposed extension of the District of Columbia's 6 percent sales tax to include ticket sales for all live performances. (Photo by Scott Suchman)
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Piping is removed from a drill used in the "fracking" process to recover natural gas from the massive Marcellus Shale in Washington, Pa. The technology is changing Pennsylvania's economy. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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"We're modeling our business to what they need." - Paul Battista, owner of Sunnyside Supply, an industrial supply store in Slovan, Pa. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Illustration: Bank reporting by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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Wal-Mart has found a new site for a store in Orange County, Va., appeasing preservationists who deemed the corporation's original site too close to the land where the Battle of the Wilderness was fought in 1864. (Associated Press)
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"By honoring its public commitment to choose an alternate site in Orange County, Wal-Mart has demonstrated that preservation groups and retailers can work together to find universally beneficial resolutions." - James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Trust (Associated Press)
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A cleaned fracking pipe is ready for use in a drill operation. In 2007, drillers had 27 wells tapping the Marcellus Shale rock deposit in the state. Last year, a record 1,445 natural gas wells were drilled. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Dirt is moved over a water pipeline that will be used at a natural gas drilling site in Washington, Pa. Proponents of extracting natural gas from shale tout fracking as the key to satisfying the nation's booming energy appetite. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Barnes & Noble's Nook electronic reader now accounts for 28 percent of the market for those devices. It has the potential to go beyond books to deliver all types of digital products, including music, magazines, TV shows and movies. Cable television mogul John Malone is offering $1 billion to buy the bookstore chain. (Associated Press)
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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens on May 19, 2011, to proceedings in his case in New York state Supreme Court. (Associated Press)
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Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain will announce his presidential aspirations at high noon Saturday. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to proceedings in his case in New York state Supreme Court on Thursday. A judge set bail at $1 million Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Jeff Weiner (second from right), LinkedIn's CEO, celebrates the company's listing on May 19, 2011, at the New York Stock Exchange. LinkedIn, based in Mountain View, Calif., is an internet-based social networking rolodex for business people. (Associated Press)
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LinkedIn Corp., the professional networking Web site, displays its logo outside of headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on May 9, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Office workers stroll through a street filled with restaurants at lunchtime in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. Japan's economy contracted sharply in the first quarter, veering back into recession as factory production and consumer spending wilted in the aftermath of March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Associated Press)
