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This image provided by Edwards Lifesciences shows a graphic of the Edwards SAPIEN valve. A long-awaited study suggests that many people with bad aortic valves can have them replaced through a tube into an artery instead of open-heart surgery. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. is seeking federal approval for its experimental SAPIEN aortic valve, implanted through an artery. (AP Photo/Edwards Lifesciences) NO SALES
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Illustration: Shuttered Congress
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Steve Strand, who owns a RadioShack outlet in Hamilton, Mont., says he will defy RadioShack corporate officials' insistence that he halt a free-gun promotion with satellite television subscriptions, in effect since October. (Associated Press)
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Gholam Sachi Hassanzadah (left), deputy chairman of the Independent Board of New Kabul City, goes over a map of the planned development with investors visiting the site of the public-private project. (Associated Press)
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Trader William Sachs, in a Philadelphia Phillies jersey, in observance of Major League Baseball's opening day, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, March 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Brookfield Homes is building 100 single-family homes at Little River Preserve in Chantilly. The homes are base-priced from $499,990 to $514,990.
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** FILE ** The Dublin offices of Irish Life & Permanent are pictured in February 2009. The Irish bank is one of four financial institutions that will need at total of 24 billion euros ($34 billion) in coming months to demonstrate that they won't collapse in the face of future crises, the Irish Central Bank announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
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In this product photo provided by iRobot Corp., the Scooba 230, is shown. The engineers at iRobot Corp. continue to fill the world with wondrous robots, the latest being a compact floor-washing machine called the Scooba 230.(AP Photo/iRobot Corp.) NO SALES
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In this product photo provided by iRobot Corp., the Scooba 230, is shown. The engineers at iRobot Corp. continue to fill the world with wondrous robots, the latest being a compact floor-washing machine called the Scooba 230.(AP Photo/iRobot Corp.) NO SALES
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FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2007 file photo, an Indian worker carries a Vodafone sign to erect it on a street lamp post in Mumbai, India. Vodafone said Thursday, March 31, 2011 it it paying $5 billion cash to buy out the Essar Group's stake in their Indian joint venture. The buyout of Essar's 33 percent stake has been long expected and brings to an end what by many accounts has been an increasingly sour relationship between the partners. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)
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George Lucas, second from right, talks about digital filmmaking as RealD CEO and chairman Michael Lewis, left, James Cameron, second from left, and Jeffrey Katzenberg look on during a panel discussion at teh CinemaCon convention, Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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The aftermath of Japan's devastation is on display at a Suzuki company lot, where ravaged vehicles are lined up. The nation has signaled it will finance the recovery by issuing bonds. (Associated Press)
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A customer enters the PM Wine & Spirits store in Pasadena, Md. on Wednesday. The store has posted a sign on its front door letting customers know that a proposed bill would add more taxes to all liquor sales in the state. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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"I think there's an opportunity to really educate people about the economics of this business," says Chris Dodd, the new head of the Motion Picture Association of America. (Associated Press)
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Chief Kenneth B. Ellerbe last week ordered that the pre-2007 D.C. Fire Department logo (right) replace the new seal featuring a Maltese eagle (above).
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RETAIL POLITICS: Eva Yung, of Alexandria, joins other protesters at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard arguments as to whether a group of female plaintiffs can bring a class-action discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Bryce Harper is still adjusting to playing the outfield after spending much of his amateur career as a catcher. Harper is slated to open the 2011 season with Single-A Hagerstown. (Associated Press)
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Former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, right, the new Chairman and CEO of The Motion Picture Association of America, speaks to reporters as John Fithian, president and CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, looks on during a news conference at CinemaCon 2011, the official convention of the National Association of Theater Owners, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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A town house is for sale in Brooklyn, N.Y. Housing prices fell in 19 of 20 large cities and 0.22 percent overall in January, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday. Washington was the only city in which prices rose. Prices have fallen 3 percent in the past year. (Associated Press)
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Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III delivered his $2.6 billion general fund budget for fiscal 2012 earlier this month to the County Council. (Associated Press)
