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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 1995, file photo Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, dumps out coal, his so-called Christmas gift to President Clinton, during a news conference on the federal budget on Capitol Hill. The White House and Congressional Republicans tried to restart balanced budget talks after the sixth day of a partial government shutdown. Then, as now in 2011, a Democratic president clashed over spending priorities with a recently installed Republican House majority. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File)

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**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, puts up a chart on Feb. 14 while delivering the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for fiscal 2012 on Capitol Hill. The nation faces a possible government shutdown if Democrats and Republicans have not agreed by March 4 on an extension for funding the federal government. (Associated Press)

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Former Sen. Judd Gregg said, "the House is much closer to the intensity of feeling in the American public on ... spending and deficit and debt than the Senate is." (Associated Press)

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Traders work the crude oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange on Thursday as unrest in Libya sent prices up to nearly $100 a barrel. Traders are worried that revolt could spread to other countries in the Middle East, such as petroleum-rich Saudi Arabia. (Associated Press)

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Optional low-rolling-resistance tires developed especially for the Panamera help this hybrid performance sedan deliver its impressive NEDC fuel economy figure.

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Traders work the crude oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in New York. Oil prices continue to climb as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi violently clashed with protesters who have expanded their control over the country. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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The four-bedroom home at 10708 Gloxinia Drive in Rockville's Timberlawn subdivision is on the market for $799,000. The double-door entry opens into a two-story foyer.

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The estate home at 9009 Congressional Court in Potomac is on the market for $7,685,000. The home, which has more than 19,000 square feet, has eight bedrooms, eight full baths and nine fireplaces.

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Ryan Homes is building single-family homes on quarter-acre sites at Port Potomac Estates in Woodbridge. The homes have 1,852 to 5,105 finished square feet, with base prices from $384,990 to $417,990.

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** FILE ** In this July 27, 2008, file photo, the company sign hangs over a row of 2009 models at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 2.17 million vehicles in the United States to address accelerator pedals that could become entrapped in floor mats or jammed in carpeting. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 10, 2011, Dan Akerson, CEO of General Motors, smiles during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. General Motors said Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, it earned $510 million in the fourth quarter and $4.7 billion last year as it continued its comeback from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)

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President Obama prepares to salute as he steps off the Marine One helicopter at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. On Capitol Hill, lawmakers are waiting for him to engage in the spending-cuts debate. (Associated Press)

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NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, right, talks with members of the media as he arrives for labor talks with the NFL on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A sign advertises gas and diesel prices, plus gives an explanation to customers, at a service station in Easthampton, Mass., on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 photo, Nippon Telegraph and Telegram Corp. Communications Science Laboratories staff imitates to brush his teeth during a demonstration of a wearable sensor attached to a wristwatch-like device during the NTT Research and Development Forum in Tokyo. Japan's top telecom company NTT says using this technology, what an elderly person is doing during each hour of the day can be shown on a chart. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 8, 2010, Chicago White Sox general manager Ken Williams speaks with the media during the Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Williams said Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, he's not backing down from his comments that $30 million-per-season contracts would be bad for baseball and he'd support a work stoppage to bring fiscal sanity. (AP Photo/Roberto Gonzalez, File)

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New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire, left, high fives with assistant coach Phil Weber at the New York Knicks training facility on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, in Greenburgh, New York. The Knicks agreed to a trade with the Denver Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony on Monday night, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The teams were awaiting the completion of a conference call with the NBA on Tuesday before the deal, which also includes the Minnesota Timberwolves, could become official. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

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The lobby of the headquarters of pharmaceutical company Wyeth in Madison, N.J. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, that a federal law bars lawsuits against drug makers over serious side effects from childhood vaccines. The vaccine was made by Wyeth, now owned by Pfizer, Inc. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, file)

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Traders work the crude oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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FILE - In this photo released by the Liceo theatre, a rehearsal of the production Anna Bolena is staged at the Liceo Opera House in Barcelona on Jan. 17, 2011. Economic cutbacks are forcing Barcelona's Liceu opera house to stall its season-start in 2011-2012 by one month and may oblige the famed theater to introduce temporary staff layoffs, The Liceu said Tuesday Feb. 22, 2011, noting that subsidies are severely reduced. (AP Photo/A Bofill, Liceo Theatre, File)EDITORIAL USE ONLY