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National Edition News cover for October 12, 2014 - Golden Hammer: Taxpayers fund pumpkin patches, hay rides, fall festivals: Many of the pumpkins that are the cornerstones of festivals and events financed by tax dollars were grown with the assistance of pricey farm subsidies. (Associated Press)

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Growth and development require infrastructure, and Suriname is eager to engage in mutually beneficial public-private partnerships. (Photo: Courtesy Government of Suriname)

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In 2000 the United States Geological Survey estimated that up to 15 billion barrels of recoverable oil might lie beneath the coastal waters of Suriname and neighboring Guyana. (Photo: Courtesy Staatsolie Public Relations)

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Tout Lui Faut refines about 7,350 barrels per day of diesel fuel, fuel oil, and asphalt bitumen – about half of the country’s needs. (Photo: Courtesy Staatsolie Public Relations)

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Aerial view from Voltzberg, in the heart of the Central Suriname Nature Reserve. Suriname’s goal is to use extra revenues from oil and minerals to develop more sustainable industries in the long-term: agriculture, forestry, fisheries, tourism and eco-services. (Photo: Courtesy Government of Suriname)

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Many of the pumpkins that are the cornerstones of festivals and events financed by tax dollars were grown with the assistance of pricey farm subsidies. (Associated Press)

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National Edition Opinion cover for October 9, 2014 - Trading liberty for egalitarianism (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)

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China's finance minister Zhu Guangyao said Congress should move quickly to approve reforms giving China and other emerging economies greater input in the International Monetary Fund to show the U.S. is intent on preserving its leading role in governing the world's economy. (Associated Press)

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This medal is for throwing myself on Joe Biden's mouth. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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The Huffington Posts' HuffPost Good News website has become one of the most successful positive news sites, with 5.5 million unique viewers in August, an increase of 85 percent over the previous year, according to comScore. Although the entire website received 115 million unique views in August, the good news section attracted about 5 percent of that total to create a viable niche. (Credit: Screenshot HuffPost Good News)

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An American flag flies in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 in New York. Stocks are moving between gains and losses in early trading as traders digest the latest corporate earnings news. Later Wednesday the Federal Reserve releases minutes from its latest policy meeting last month. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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INSIDE JOB: The World Bank, which usually has to defend itself from demonstrators outside during its annual meetings, got an unexpected revolt Tuesday when staff members gathered in the lobby to protest hefty bonuses for top managers and aggressive cost-cutting elsewhere.

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The clash at the World Bank has gone public in recent days with a series of employee rallies — held in the bank's headquarters lobby just blocks from the White House — thrusting the institution into turmoil ahead of annual meetings starting Friday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)