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A shopper looks at Panasonic's flat-panel televisions at an electronics retail store in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic Corp. says profit rose 20 percent in the October-December quarter as growth in businesses such as smart home systems offset its long struggling TV and appliance divisions. The Japanese manufacturing giant reported net income of 73.7 billion yen ($728 million), up from 61.3 billion yen a year earlier. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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This artist rendering released by Smoothie King shows how the current New Orleans Arena will likely look after it is renamed to the Smoothie King Center, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. The New Orleans Pelicans and Louisiana-based Smoothie King have reached a 10-year agreement to rename the New Orleans Arena as the Smoothie King Center. Pelicans president Dennis Lauscha calls the deal “gigantic” as it relates to the long-term financial viability of the NBA team in small-market New Orleans. Team and company officials declined to release financial terms of the deal, which also gives Smoothie King the option for a 10-year extension. (AP Photo/Smoothie King)
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Denver Nuggets forward J.J. Hickson, left, scrambles after a loose ball with Milwaukee Bucks center Larryt Sanders in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, front, of Greece, has his shot blocked by Denver Nuggets center Timofey Mozgov, of Russia, in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Participants make their way up the stairs during the Empire State Building Run-Up on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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Norway's Thorbjorn Ludvigsen catches his breath after winning the men's division of the Empire State Building Run-Up on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen says he is eager to put behind him a scandal about the agency's targeting of certain tax exempt organizations. (Associated Press)
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In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he has selected a new acting head of the division, staying within the IRS to find new leadership. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, file photo, an updated phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange features a Twitter logo, in New York. Twitter Inc. reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Standing in front of a statue of himself, former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson talks during a news conference at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014. Johnson is part of a group buying the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Cheer up. We could be in a hotel in Sochi. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
