Business_Finance

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Chart shows breakdown of percentage of Medicaid costs associated with each enrollment group; and the decade long trend between enrollment and Medicaid spending.

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Annie Lennox performs Dec. 12 during the Annual Christmas in Washington presentation at the National Building Museum in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Service towers lift up to the Russian Soyuz TMA-20 space ship that will carry new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, on the launch pad at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. The start of the new Soyuz mission is scheduled for Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

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New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire (1) celebrates with teammate Wilson Chandler (21) during the Knicks' 129-125 victory over the Denver Nuggets in New York on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Denver Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony dunks the ball against the New York Knicks in New York on Sunday. The Knicks beat the Nuggets, 129-125. (Associated Press)

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New York Jets tight end Dustin Keller (81) is tackled by Miami Dolphins cornerback Sean Smith (24) during the second quarter of the Dolphins' 10-6 road win on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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"This is not a tax on the rich. This is a tax on the very, very, very rich," said Sen. Bernard Sanders. He delivered an eight-hour speech on Friday in opposition to President Obama's tax-cut deal with Republicans. (Associated Press)

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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat (right), confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Spencer Bachus of Alabama, during a September hearing. Mr. Bachus, who will succeed Mr. Frank as chairman in January, is expected to exhibit a more reserved style. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In a Dec. 1, 2010 file photo, Howard Stern attends the Quentin Tarantino Friars Club Roast at the New York Hilton Hotel in New York. Stern announced Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 that he has signed a new 5-year contract with SiriusXM Radio. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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John Walker Lindh, Benedict Arnold and Tokyo Rose.

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Mark Zandi, of Moody's Analytics, has members of both parties reciting his financial forecasts on Capitol Hill. But he has his detractors, too. (Associated Press)

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Dollar bills are on display at the Diversified table during a job fair at the Radisson Martinique hotel, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 in New York. The insurance company is giving away dollar bills to attract sales representatives. The Labor Department said Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010, that first-time claims for jobless aid fell by 17,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 421,000 in the week ending Dec. 4. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)