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Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation fisherwoman from Seadrift, Texas, was arrested in London on Thursday, April 14, 2011, after evading security to enter the foyer of the building where oil giant BP was holding its annual general meeting of shareholders. Ms. Wilson covered herself in a dark syrup to represent oil. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Texas Open defending champion Adam Scott talks with the media during a news conference at the Texas Open golf tournament, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in San Antonio. The tournament begins Thursday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Natwar M. Gandhi, the District's Chief Financial Officer, said his office is ready to move forward on Internet poker.

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House Speaker John A. Boehner heads for a Republican caucus meeting on Friday. The budget pact worked out last week calls for $513 billion for defense, a cut of $18.1 billion from the president's proposal but more than $5 billion more than last year's amount. (Associated Press)

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President Obama announces his fiscal policy during an address at George Washington University in Washington on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Gasoline prices are displayed at a filling station in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. Consumers kept shopping in March, but much of their spending went to fill up their gas tanks as gasoline prices kept rising. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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DEALER: Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said, "You can't balance the budget by cutting domestic discretionary spending alone." (Bloomberg)

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Traders work the crude oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday. Oil is falling after Goldman Sachs warned investors that crude is due for a "substantial pullback." Oil imports fell in February. (Associated Press)

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"The revenues lost to tax havens might have — all by themselves — resolved the [budget] problem," said Sen. Carl Levin. "Whether you, like me, believe the budget cuts proposed by House Republicans are too deep, or whether you are a tea party fan who would use that revenue to fund additional tax cuts, there is no doubt that closing down tax-haven abuse would make a big dent in the problems we face." (Associated Press)

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"Avatar" director James Cameron told a crowd at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas that 3-D television won't work without using directors and producers with 2-D experience. (Associated Press)

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FILE - Denver Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke looks on during an NBA basketball game between the Denver Nuggets and the Sacramento Kings Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Denver. Kroenke has agreed to a full takeover of Arsenal that values the British Premier League soccer club at 731 million pounds ($1.2 billion) and should end the long-running uncertainty about its ownership. Kroenke has agreed to increase his holding from 29.9 percent to 62.89 percent by acquiring shares from fellow directors Danny Fiszman and Nina Bracewell-Smith, Arsenal Holdings said Monday April 11 2011 in a statement.(AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, file)

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CAPITAL INVESTMENT: The Nationals lured right fielder Jayson Werth from the Philadelphia Phillies with a seven-year, $126 million deal. Washington has gone 21-51 against rival Philadelphia since 2007. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Kaziah Hall of the West Indian American Kite Association prepares to launch a large kite into flight during the annual Kite Festival on the National Mall, in Washington, Sunday, April 10, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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The West Indian American Kite Association was on hand giving out free kites and helping children put them togetherduring the annual Kite Festival on the National Mall, in Washington, Sunday, April 10, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Xian Lin, of Potomac, Md., flies his kite during the annual kite festival on the National Mall, in Washington, Sunday, April 10, 2011. On his kite were the mascots from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Xian Lin of Potomac, Md., flies his kite during the Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington on Sunday, April 10, 2011. On his kite were the mascots of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on Friday, April 8, 2011, about the release of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010. It says more than 40 governments are now blocking their citizens' access to the Internet, with firewalls, regulatory restrictions and technologies “to repress speech.” (AP Photo)