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** FILE ** An advertisement for a Chinese Internet-security software brand is displayed at a computer mall in Beijing on Aug. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)
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The owners have created a private double patio in the backyard. One section is covered with a trellis and foliage.
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"The United States sees the Lashkar-e-Taiba becoming more lethal by the day and thinks its gradual growth now clearly shows that it has global inspirations to spread terror," said Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addressing reporters in Islamabad in July. (Bloomberg)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (seated at right) talks about the economy with local workers and small-business owners Wednesday at Pete's New Haven Style Apizza restaurant in Washington.
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Associated Press Former corporate chief CEOs Meg Whitman (left) and Carly Fiorina celebrate their winning the California Republican nomination for governor and senator, respectively, on June 9, the day after the primary, in Anaheim, Calif. Another female corporate titan is running in Connecticut.
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Associated Press DEFENDER: SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro says the new proxy-access rules are needed to ensure accountability among corporations.
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Illustration: West Bank
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Poultry farmer Barry Jones gathers eggs from some of his 700 hens in Franksville, Wis., that he sells at farmers markets during the summer.
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**FILE** In this photo from July 21, 2010, a "bank owned" sign is seen on a home that is listed as a foreclosure on a HUD website, in Hawthorne, Calif. Nearly half of the homeowners who enrolled in the Obama administration's flagship mortgage-relief program have fallen out. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS LOOKING FOR A 'FRESH START': House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks about jobs and the economy at the City Club of Cleveland.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman (left), the former chief executive of eBay, and former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who is challenging Sen. Barbara Boxer, a liberal stalwart reviled by conservatives, are both in dead heats, some polls say.
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CORPORATE CAMPAIGNING: GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Snyder, who has shocked many with his sucess, is among the several businesspeople who have entered the political spectrum this year. (Associated Press)
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Kris Talgo chips his ball at Saxon Woods. The number of U.S. golfers is down from its peak of 30 million in 2005 to 27.1 million in 2009. (Associated Press)
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Neil Cramond, BP's Gulf of Mexico marine authority, testifies Monday during hearings into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the resulting oil spill in the Gulf. (AP Photo/Melissa Phillip, Pool)
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The interior of 3Par headquarters is shown in Fremont, Caif., Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Hewlett-Packard Co. is bidding $1.5 billion for data storage provider 3Par Inc., offering 33 percent more than what rival Dell Inc. agreed to pay for the company just a week earlier. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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FILE - In this file photo made March 23, 2010, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse unveils the HTC EVO 4G smart phone during the CTIA wireless show in Las Vegas. Manufacturers are having a tough time satisfying the demand for gadgets, from smart phones to computer networking, because investment in chip production collapsed during the recession. This could mean shortages of hot electronic products into the holidays. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, Chairman Scott Liu of Taiwanese company E Ink Holdings Inc. poses with one of their flexible display panels used in digital readers with the screens used by Apple's iPads in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Four years ago Cambridge, Mass.-based E Ink Corporation and Taiwan's Prime View International Co. hooked up to create an e-paper display that now supplies 90 percent of the fast growing e-reader market. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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In this Feb. 18, 2011 photo, customers look at Hewlett-Packard Company printers, monitors and computers at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. Hewlett-Packard Co. reports fiscal first quarter results Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, after the market close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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FILE - In this June 1, 2010 file photo, employees arrive on bikes in front of Hewlett Packard Company headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Hewlett Packard Co. is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter numbers Thursday, August 19, 2010, after the market close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
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Boxes of Dell desktops computers on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. Dell Inc., releases quarterly financial results Tuesday, Feb. 15, after the market close.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
