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Getty Images Wizards forward Antawn Jamison signed a four-year, $50 million extension Monday night.
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The Baby Borrowers Baby, Morgan
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**FILE** Abortion protesters in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2008, call on politicians to reject donations from Planned Parenthood and other such groups. (The Washington Times)
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The Central Bank of Russia, stands on Neglinnaya Street, Moscow, Russia, on Friday, June 20, 2008. The bank also known as the Bank of Russia, was founded on July 13, 1990. Accountable to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, it was originally called the State Bank of the RSFSR. Bloomberg News
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Catfish from the Mississippi Delta compete with those raised in Asia. Rising costs associated with feed, fuel and transportation have forced many Delta catfish farmers to scale back operations.
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BLOOMBERG NEWS General Motors Corp. is shifting its resources toward higher-mileage vehicles such as the Chevrolet Uplander, a flexible-fuel vehicle customized for the U.S. Postal Service.
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** FILE ** The price of tomatoes, which have been volatile for much of this year, soared by 68.6 percent in July, the most since March. Wholesale prices rose last month for the first time since March on higher costs for food and passenger cars and trucks.
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A GE washing machine (left) stands among the varied appliances at Howard's Appliance and Big-Screen Superstore, but it is a slow-growth business for General Electric and the conglomerate may shed its $7 billion appliance division that employs about 13,000 people worldwide.
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Many markets offer from 60, 70 or even 80 percent or higher dark chocolate. The percentage refers to how much pure cocoa bean the chocolate contains. **FILE**
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The Giants could become the fifth double-digit underdog win the Super Bowl tonight in Glendale, Ariz.
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Malvinder M. Singh is CEO of Ranbaxy, one of India's leading pharmaceutical firms, which enjoys an extensive business presence in Africa. He predicts that 15 years from now, Africa "will be where other Asian countries are today."
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Heiko Schuster, development engineer of the solar technology company Sulfurcell cleaned solar panels atop the company's headquarters in Berlin. The Algerian government's solar energy project is in its early stage and faces daunting financial and technological obstacles.
