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Rep. Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Republican voted against the budget blueprint and pushed for further cuts in spending. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican, voted against the budget blueprint and pushed for further cuts in spending. (Associated Press)

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Screen capture from Match.com website. (Courtesy of Match.com) ** FILE **

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GIVING A BREAK: President Obama, calling for a simpler tax system, says that "it's time to stop subsidizing yesterday's energy; it's time to invest in tomorrow's." (Bloomberg)

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Sen. Orrin G. Hatch says lawmakers should end special individual and corporate tax breaks but not to put money back into the federal government. (Associated Press)

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Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post, will hold a top job after the $315 million merger of her website and Internet pioneer AOL. (Bloomberg)

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President Obama greets members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday after urging businesses to join him in an effort to change a "burdensome" corporate tax code and calling for "something smarter, something simpler, something fairer." (Bloomberg)

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (left) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu look over a map of areas under consideration for wind energy development. Leasing of sites could begin by the end of the year. They made the announcement Monday morning. (Associated Press)

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Headlines on AOL's website on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, announce that the online company is buying online news hub Huffington Post. The $315 million deal represents a bold bet on the future of online news. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Charlie Davies will try to resurrect his career with D.C. United after suffering life-threatening injuries in a car accident two years ago. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

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FILE - The sign outside the NASDAQ Market site is seen in this Aug. 19, 2004 file photo taken in New York. The Wall Street Journal reported on its website late Friday Feb. 4, 2011 that federal investigators are trying to identify the hackers that penetrated the market's computer network multiple times during the past year. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick scrambles during the second half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Green Bay Packers in Philadelphia. After missing two seasons serving a federal sentence for dogfighting, then spending most of the previous year as a seldom-used backup in Philadelphia, Vick was back at his best in 2010 and was selected as The Associated Press 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Miles Kennedy, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2010, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick looks on during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit. After missing two seasons serving a federal sentence for dogfighting, then spending most of the previous year as a seldom-used backup in Philadelphia, Vick was back at his best in 2010 and was selected as The Associated Press 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2010 file photo, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick reacts to this team's victory as he leaves the field after an NFL football game against the New York Giants in Philadelphia. After missing two seasons serving a federal sentence for dogfighting, then spending most of the previous year as a seldom-used backup in Philadelphia, Vick was back at his best in 2010 and was selected as The Associated Press 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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** FILE ** The sign outside the NASDAQ Market site is seen in this Aug. 19, 2004, file photo taken in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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** FILE ** An Egyptian family walks past the closed stock exchange building in downtown Cairo on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. The protests that have engulfed Cairo since Jan. 25 have shuttered businesses, forced factories to stop operating, closed banks and the stock exchange, and limited suppliers' ability to restock store shelves. (AP Photo/Victoria Hazou, File)

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** FILE ** Shoppers make their way in the snow in Union Square in New York on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Major retailers are reporting surprisingly solid January revenue gains despite snowstorms that many feared would chill spending. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)