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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it is important for banks to adapt to a changing regulatory environment. He said community banks will play a vital role since they are an important source of loans for small businesses. (Associated Press)

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Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is taking care of business, dining in good company. (Image from Republican National Committee)

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A motorist in Philadelphia returns the nozzle to the pump after filling up recently. Oil prices rose above $104 per barrel Tuesday as traders continue to focus on international crises driving supply and demand. (Associated Press)

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In this theater publicity image released by The Pearl Theatre Company, Sean McNall portrays Hamlet in a scene from "Wittenberg," in New York. (AP Photo/The Pearl Theatre Company, Sam Hough)

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AT&T on Sunday announced plans to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion. The transaction, which would catapult AT&T past Verizon as the largest cellphone company in the U.S., still needs regulatory approval from the federal government. (Associated Press)

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Brett Hacker looks over his 401(k) statements, which show that his retirement account is growing once again after the balance sank when the stock market did. (Associated Press)

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From left, Barry Pepper, Tom Wilkinson, Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear star in "The Kennedys," beginning April 3 on Reelz Channel. (www.reelzchannel.com)

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AT&T Chairman, CEO and President Randall Stephenson,addresses a news conference in New York, Monday, March 21, 2011. AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion that would make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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In this photo released by Newscast Monday, March 21, 2011, Deutsche Telekom Chairman and CEO Rene Obermann, left, and AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson pose for photos in New York. AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion that would make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S. (AP Photo/Newscast, Mark Dye) NO SALES

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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, staff director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gives an operational update on Libya at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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AT&T Chairman, CEO and President Randall Stephenson,addresses a news conference in New York, Monday, March 21, 2011. AT&T Inc. said Sunday it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion that would make it the largest cellphone company in the U.S. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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** FILE ** Pedestrians pass the Google China headquarters in Beijing in March 2010. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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This photo combination shows logos for AT&T (left) and Deutsche Telekom AG. AT&T Inc. on Sunday, March 20, 2011, said it will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $39 billion, becoming the largest cellphone company in the U.S. (AP Photo)

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FILE - This Jan. 25, 2011, file photo shows Ray Anderson, the NFL league's chief disciplinarian, addressess the media during a Pro Bowl NFL football news conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, in Honolulu. The NFL will be more aggressive in suspending players next season for illegal hits, and also could make changes to instant replay and kickoffs. Anderson says repeat offenders or players committing flagrant illegal hits will have a much greater chance of being suspended during the 2011 season. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File)

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Illustration: Free trade agreements by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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** FILE ** In this file photo taken March 9, 2011, a woman returns to her car after filling up at a gas station advertising regular gasoline on sale for $4.32 in San Diego. Americans paid more for food and energy in February, but outside those volatile categories inflation was tame. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)

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** FILE ** A customer looks at fresh vegetables at a Kroger Co. supermarket in Cincinnati on Monday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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** FILE** Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Sheila Bair testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Dodd-Frank law, the sweeping financial reforms passed six months ago to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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US astronaut Scott Kelly is seen inside of Russian Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft shortly after their landing near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely Wednesday in the snowy expanses of central Kazakhstan after spending a five-month stint on the International Space Station.(AP Photo/Sergei Remezov, Pool)