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FILE - In this June 18, 2010 file photo, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen talks at a media briefing in New Delhi, India. Alcatel-Lucent SA has agreed to pay more than $137 million to settle charges brought against it by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, file)

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A shopper eyes cookingware gift sets at the J.C. Penney store at Herald Square in New York on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A new survey shows consumer confidence dipped in December, even after other reports suggest people increased their holiday spending at the biggest rate in four years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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In this Nov. 4, 2010, photo, an open house sign is seen on the front lawn of a home for sale in Los Angeles. Home prices are dropping in the nation's largest cities and are expected to fall through next year, with the worst declines coming in areas with high numbers of foreclosures.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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Rep.-elect Allen West, Florida Republican, is a retired Army officer who hopes to bring more discipline to the spending ways of his new colleagues on Capitol Hill beginning in January. (Associated Press)

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wanted to "end the crazy deficit spending," but the deficit is as high as ever and has plagued Mr. Schwarzenegger. (Associated Press)

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"The Monster," a gravel truck the Zetas converted into a steel-clad tank but the Gulf Cartel destroyed, sits outside Ciudad Mier.

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Associated Press A student leader speaks from steps of the Harvard administration building at Cambridge, Mass., in April 1969, as part of a protest against the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the university. More than 40 years later, will ROTC now be welcomed back at Harvard?

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** FILE ** Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, became the city's longest-serving chief executive as he surpassed his legendary father's tenure. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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British shoppers get a head start on their American cousins at Selfridges department store in London on the first day of post-Christmas sales on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Retailers are hoping for a Boxing Day bonanza as they slash prices in a bid to entice prospective customers into their stores. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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President Obama travels in a motorcade through the neighborhood where he is spending his holiday vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Hank Ritchie of San Francisco waits for his family to arrive at Denver International Airport in Denver on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Craig F. Walker)

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Maria Johnson Bethune (center) of the Bronx gives a thumbs up after the cashier tells her how much she has saved with coupons and discounts while shopping at the J.C. Penny store at the Manhattan Mall in New York on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 11, 2010, photo, dock clerk Charles Salvi labels boxes as they arrive at an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Phoenix. The economy grew at a moderate pace last summer, reflecting stronger spending by businesses to replenish stockpiles. More recent barometers suggest the economy is gaining momentum in the final months of the year. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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The new Iraqi government is pictured at a swearing-in ceremony in Baghdad on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved the new government, which will be headed by incumbent Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (bottom right). The installation of the officials ends nine months of political deadlock that threatened to stall economic development and suck the country back into sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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** FILE ** In this April 17, 2010, file photo, a Toyota emblem is seen on a car trunk lid during the Denver Auto Show in Denver. Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, agreed to pay the U.S. government a record $32.4 million in additional fines to settle an investigation into its handling of two recalls at the heart of its safety crisis. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)

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Archbishop Paul C. Marcinkus, a former head of the Vatican Bank, was the inspiration for Archbishop Gilday in "Godfather III."

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Michele Sindona smiles from behind bars during the preliminary hearing of a trial for the collapse of an Italian bank.

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FILE - In this April 21, 2008 file photo, a sign for a Bank of America branch is shown in Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America says it will no longer process transactions for the website WikiLeaks, following similar actions by several other financial institutions. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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In this March 22, 2011 photo, the exterior of Oracle headquarters is shown in Redwood City, Calif. Oracle Corp. is scheduled to report its fiscal third quarter results Thursday, March 24, after the market close.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)