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Wal-Mart President and CEO Bill Simon listens to a reporters question during Wal-Mart's announcement of a comprehensive effort to provide healthier and more affordable food choices to their customers, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Bank of America's corporate headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America reported a loss of $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010 after its costs related to soured home loans increased. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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A French court on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, convicted and fined Warner Music Group chairman and CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. for insider trading. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

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Baltimore Ravens president Dick Cass, far left, general manager and executive vice president Ozzie Newsome, and owner Steve Bisciotti, listen as head coach John Harbaugh, far right, responds to a question during the football teams season review news conference, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

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The Federal-style home at 3028 N St. NW is on the market for $7,900,000. It has approximately 6,850 square feet of space with a completely renovated interior.

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Savings would be wiped out because insurers would increase bids to recoup income, Medicare administrator Donald Berwick said. (Associated Press)

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The chairman of Zain Nigeria, Oba Otudeko (left), talks with Sunil Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile-phone company, and Nigeria managing director Rajan Swaroop (center) during the company rebranding in Lagos, Nigeria. (Associated Press)

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An Airtel billboard in Nairobi, Kenya, reflects the aggressiveness of the communications giant. Millions of mobile-phone subscribers in Africa saw the company icon on their phone screens change from Zain to Airtel last fall. (Associated Press)

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The NBC logo glows in neon lights at its headquarters in New York. The Federal Communications Commission approved Comcast Corp.'s proposed purchase of NBC Universal on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, file)

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Mr. Duvalier gives a news conference at his ranch on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince in 1980. (Associated Press)

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Members of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family — (from left) Christine King Farris, the civil rights leader's sister; Alveda King, his niece; the Rev. Bernice King, his daughter; Martin Luther King III, his son; the younger Mr. King's wife, Arndrea; and their daughter, Yolanda, 2 — pray at the crypt of King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, as the nation mark's the 25th federal observance of King's birthday on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Tunisians living in Belgium protest against Tunisia's President Zine Abidine El Ben Ali at the Brussels' stock market, Saturday Jan. 15, 2011. Tunisia has been grappling with looting, deadly fires and widespread unrest after protests forced President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia on Friday. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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Airbus CEO Tom Enders listens during Airbus' annual press conference in Toulouse, France, on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011. Airbus said it took in 574 net new aircraft orders last year, beating rival Boeing Co. for the third year running as the international aviation market rebounded more strongly than expected from the steepest drop in its history. (AP Photo/Manuel Blondeau)

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Rep. Lamar Smith says both sides are "big boys" who didn't need Congress to "referee every business dispute." (Associated Press)

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In this Jan. 10, 2011, photo, a man walks past the office of Girouard Properties, which specializes in residential re-sale of single family homes and condominiums/townhomes, in San Mateo, Calif. Lenders are poised to take back more homes this year than any other since the foreclosure crisis started in 2006, says industry tracker RealtyTrac Inc. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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The centrally located kitchen was renovated in the last five years. It has white cabinets and stainless steel appliances.

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Residents gather outside a vandalized bank in Ettadhamoun, west of Tunis, on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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University of Michigan head football coach Brady Hoke addresses the media during a news conference in Ann Arbor, Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Hoke becomes the 19th coach in the 131-year history of Michigan football and arrives in Ann Arbor after spending the past eight seasons as a head coach at Ball State and San Diego State. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is calling for increased spending to protect members of Congress and their staffs following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (Associated Press)

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Goldman Sachs Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein testifies before the Senate subcommittee on investigations hearing on Wall Street investment banks and the financial crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)