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Shoppers walk by a logo of LG Electronics at a local electronic department store in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. LG Electronics has reported its first quarterly loss in nearly two years amid continued weakness in its mobile phone business. LG Electronics said Wednesday that it lost 256.4 billion won ($229.4 million) in the three months that ended Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, a sales representative shows a Blackberry with the Verizon logo in Hialeah, Fla. Verizon said Tyesday, Jan. 25, it attracted more than half a million smart-phone subscribers in the last quarter, showing strength even before it starts selling the iPhone in February.(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

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This product image provided by the Grocery Manufacturers Association shows new "Nutrition Keys" labels, lower left, as they would appear on a box of cereal. The Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 announced the industry's voluntary new labels, which will list calories, saturated fat, sodium and sugars per serving. (AP Photo/Grocery Manufacturers Association) NO SALES

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Supermarket workers weigh pork for a customer in Beijing. Clenbuterol stubbornly continues to pop up laced into animal feed by farmers impatient to get their meat to market and turn a profit. (Associated Press)

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Pulte Homes is building 241 town homes and 57 single-family homes on 6,500- to 7,500-square-foot sites at East Gate in Chantilly. The town homes have 2,049 to 2,711 finished square feet, with base prices from $338,990 to $412,900.

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Bill Newell, special agent in charge of the ATF Phoenix, speaks Tuesday behind a cache of seized weapons in Phoenix. A grand jury indicted more than 30 persons on firearms charges for participating in a ring that bought hundreds of guns that were to be smuggled into Mexico for use by a drug cartel. (Associated Press)

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"Put simply, our fiscal problem is a health care problem," says House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican. (Associated Press)

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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John Krenicki, vice-chairman of GE and CEO of GE Energy, USA, speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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Visitors enjoy at the showroom of Toyota Motor Corp. in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Toyota is recalling nearly 1.7 million vehicles worldwide for various defects that may cause fuel leakage and other problems, the latest in quality control woes for the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann independently scheduled her own GOP response. In prepared remarks released to the press, she charged that Mr. Obama has ushered in an "unprecedented explosion of government spending and debt ... unlike anything we have seen in the history of our country." (Associated Press)

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"Americans are skeptical of both political parties, and that skepticism is justified — especially when it comes to spending. So hold us accountable," said Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, in prepared remarks released before President Obama addressed lawmakers Tuesday evening. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann independently scheduled her own GOP response. In prepared remarks released to the press, she charged that Mr. Obama has ushered in an "unprecedented explosion of government spending and debt ... unlike anything we have seen in the history of our country." (Associated Press)

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"Americans are skeptical of both political parties, and that skepticism is justified — especially when it comes to spending. So hold us accountable," said Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, in prepared remarks released before President Obama addressed lawmakers Tuesday evening. (Associated Press)

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Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine defends the record of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. (Associated Press)

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Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. said Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, that Chairman and CEO Julian C. Day will retire in May.(AP Photo/RadioShack Corp.)

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** FILE ** Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda introduces the Prius V midsize hybrid-electric vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt, left, and Google co-founder Larry Page. In a surprise shakeup Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, Mr. Schmidt, a technology veteran brought in as Google Inc.'s "adult supervision" a decade ago, is relinquishing the CEO job to Mr. Page, one of the prodigies who co-founded the company behind the Internet's dominant gateway. (AP Photo)

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J.C. Penney Co. is closing some stores, outlets and call center locations and continuing to work on an exit from its catalog business in an effort to streamline operations and boost profits, the retailer announced Jan. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, file )

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Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia says on "Meet the Press" that he wants to hear what President Obama will say in Tuesday's address to Congress. "The question will be ... whether he will demonstrate that he no longer wants to adhere to more spending," said the new House majority leader. (NBC via Associated Press)