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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE In this Sept. 8, 2010 photograph, a Costco customer prepares to pump gasoline at a Costco in Redwood City, Calif.

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** FILE ** Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner listens to questions at a press conference during a meeting of the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke advised Congress earlier this year to avoid big spending cuts now and rein in spending on entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare over the next five to 10 years. (Associated Press)

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George Osborne, Britain's Treasury chief (center), delivers the Comprehensive Spending Review in London on Wednesday. Mr. Osborne ordered $128 billion in spending cuts through 2015. (Associated Press)

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Protesters clash with police during a rally in London against spending cuts on Wednesday. Britain will slash benefits and jobs to make the largest cuts to public spending since World War II. (Associated Press)

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A set of Audrey Hepburn stamps that are up for auction are seen in Berlin, Saturday Oct. 16, 2010. The bidding starts at 400,000 euro (565.000 US dlrs) and the money will be donated to the Audrey Hepburn`s Children Fund. (AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth)

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Look for Julian Assange, founder and editor of the WikiLeaks website, to be back in the news with a fresh set of classified documents.

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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2010 file photo, AOL Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong is seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Investors are running up the price of Yahoo Inc. shares after a report saying AOL Inc. and a group of private equity firms may bid for the Web company.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

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FILE - This file photo made June 7, 2010, shows a sign for Yahoo! in New York. Investors are running up the price of Yahoo shares Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, after a report saying AOL and a group of private equity firms may bid for the Web company. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

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In this Oct. 3, 2010 photo, a customer purchases an a Apple iPad at a Target store in Cupertino, Calif. Apple's shares topped $300 for the first time Wednesday, Oct. 13, as stellar iPad sales and a planned expansion into China continued to give investors high hopes for the iPhone maker's already healthy prospects. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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FILE - In this April 3, 2010 file photo, people look at the new Apple iPad on the first day of iPad sales at Best Buy in Chicago. Apple Inc.'s stock flirted with $300 Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, as investors high on the iPad's promise pushed shares to a record peak. Analysts see few reasons to believe shares will stop there. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2010 file photo, Intel CEO Paul Otellini gives the keynote address at a conference in San Francisco. Intel Corp. is scheduled to report its third-quarter financial results on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, after the market close.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, Pfizer's world headquarters is shown in New York. Pfizer Inc., the world's largest pharmaceutical company by revenue, said Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, it will buy pain drug maker King Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $3.6 billion in cash. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2010, file photo, South Carolina fans cheer before the start of an NCAA college football game against Alabama at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C. Game Day in the SEC is big business. Kickoff means devoted fans spending millions on hotels, parking, clothing, food and drink around the SEC _ an obsession in nine states and one that is nearly unrivaled in five of those where there's no major professional competition. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)

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Liverpool's soccer club Chairman Martin Broughton arrives at the High Court in London, Tuesday, Oct.12, 2010. The battle for control of Liverpool went to court with a bank trying to force through the sale of the club to the owners of the Boston Red Sox over the objection of the current American owners. Royal Bank of Scotland, which holds the bulk of Liverpool's debt, is seeking a court order preventing co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. from removing two of the three rival board members supporting a 300 million-pound ($476 million) sale to the Boston group.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)