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President Obama had enjoyed historically low increases averaging 3.7 percent a year during the first five years or his tenure, but spending rose 5.3 percent, to reach $3 trillion, in 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimated. (Associated Press)

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This Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, file photo, shows a sign in front of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. In discussions that began Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, Yahoo’s board is mulling an activist shareholder’s demand to sell the Internet services that define the company to avoid paying more than $10 billion in taxes on its gains from a lucrative investment in China’s Alibaba Group. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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(animalnewyork.com)

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The clamshell-like outer hull of this ship protects personnel and equipment on the inside:

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Jin Liqun, president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) smiles during a business meeting in Seoul on Sept. 9, 2015. The inaugural president of a Chinese-led Asian regional bank says the door remains open to the United States and Japan becoming members of the institution. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Franny's owner Francine Stephens is blaming Obamacare for the new surcharge on customers' checks. (CBS2 New York)

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Chart to accompany Rahn article of Dec. 1, 2015

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Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma Republican, on Monday released "Federal Fumbles," a report that highlights examples of wasteful or duplicative spending and burdensome regulations, and also offers his policy solution to each of the problems. (Associated Press)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said for every $1 billion in infrastructure investment, 13,000 jobs are created, and every dollar of infrastructure investment leads to an estimated $1.60 increase in GDP the following year and twice that over the subsequent 20 years. (Associated Press)

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Companies that offer higher ethanol blends can sell renewable identification numbers to those that provide only E0 gasoline to help them comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel requirement of a 10 percent average. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during a news conference at the IMF in Washington, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, to announce the Chinese yuan will join a basket of the world's leading currencies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)