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In this April 23, 2013, file photo, a United Airlines jet departs Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. United Continental Holdings Inc. reports quarterly financial results on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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George Washington's apple brandy goes up for sale - made from the historic apple varieties he once favored. (Mount Vernon)

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Crude prices have plunged by 25 percent since June, making it painful or uneconomic for producers in Russia, Venezuela and Iran, for the pioneering shale oil drillers in America's heartland and for Canada's oil sands extractors. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A recreation of George Washington's apple brandy soon goes on sale at Mount Vernon, made with the same historic apple varieties he favored. (Portrait by Gilbert Stuart)

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Illustration on 28 professors protest of Harvard's sexual relations policy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms (11) is sacked by Dallas Cowboys Jim Jeffcoat during the fourth quarter at Giants Stadium, Jan. 2, 1994. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

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Blank U.S. Treasury checks are seen on a roll at the Philadelphia Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia in this May 8, 2008, file photo. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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Waste watcher: "The only way to stop wasteful Washington spending is by shining a light on it whenever and wherever it occurs, even if it is in your own state," says Sen. Tom Coburn, who is releasing his last Wastebook before retiring. (Andrew Harik/The Washington Times)

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The audience walked out while I speaking. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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National Edition News cover for October 20, 2014 - Long-awaited growth pulls U.S. ahead of other world economies: FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, a woman counts U.S. dollar and Turkish lira banknotes at a currency exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey. A strengthening U.S. economy, combined with a gloomy outlook for growth elsewhere in the world, is pushing the U.S. currency to its highest level in more than a year. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)

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Club Blood is open for business at King's Dominionâ€™s 2014 â€˜Halloween Hauntâ€™ in Doswell, Virginia. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen, left, reacts as a technician works to resolve a computer problem during her speech at a conference on economic opportunity at the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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The National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee, an independent political action committee organized 14 months ago, now reports it has raised over $3.3 million in the third quarter of 2014 alone — bringing their total to $10.5 million this year. (Associated Press)

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Student Loan - College Debt Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Illustration on the systemic protections for Government growth by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Oil pumps work at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The price of oil suffered its biggest drop in nearly two years after the International Energy Agency reduced its forecast for demand for this year and next. Benchmark U.S. crude fell $3.90, or 4.5 percent, to close at $81.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the biggest decline since November 2012. The closing price is the lowest since June 2012. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

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Club Blood is open for business at King's Dominionâ€™s 2014 â€˜Halloween Hauntâ€™ in Doswell, Virginia. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)

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Andrew Friedman left, Tampa Bay Rays executive vice-president of baseball operations, gestures as he sits with manager Joe Maddon during a season wrap-up news conference Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays lost to the Texas Rangers during baseball's American League division series. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Raoul Weil, left, walks with his wife Susan Lerch Weil laugh during a lunch break in his trial at federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Weil, a former top executive with Swiss bank UBS AG, is charged with helping thousands of wealthy Americans conceal some $20 billion in assets from the Internal Revenue Service. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted of fraud conspiracy. (AP Photo/Joe Skipper)