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Sandy Bickford of Standish, Maine, retrieves merchandise for shipping at a facility at L.L. Bean in Freeport, Maine. A spokesman at the outdoors and clothing retailer announced that the company is offering permanent, no-strings-attached free shipping. (Associated Press)

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Barista Emily Sly takes an order at a Starbucks store inside the company headquarters in Seattle. The desserts in the case in front of her are newly introduced Petites, fewer than 200 calories each and priced at $1.50. (Associated Press)

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Chinese lawyer Jiang Tianyong scans the half-empty office of the Gongmeng rights group's legal research center after it was closed in July 2009 by Chinese authorities. The last time he was seen, police were throwing him into a van in February while visiting his brother's house near Beijing. "None of them will tell me anything about why he was taken away or where he has been taken to," his wife, Jin Bianling, said. "I worry about him all the time. What if the police are torturing him?" (Associated Press)

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This undated handout artist rendering provided by the journal Science shows a life reconstruction of Tiarajudens eccentricus, displaying saber-teeth to prevent approach of a carnivorous dinocephalian. Surprised scientists have discovered the remains of a saber-toothed vegetarian. The leaf crunching animal lived 260 million years ago in what is now Brazil. (AP Photo/Science)

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This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows the Debra L. Friedkin Site in Texas. A mass of ancient stone tools discovered at an archaeological dig in Texas, is pushing back the presence of humans in North America, perhaps by as much as 2,500 years. (AP Photo/Michael R. Waters, Science)

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** FILE ** A Myanmar boy fetches drinking water from a lake on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, in Dala, about 15 km south of Yangon, Myanmar. To solve the growing global water crisis, the United Nations created March 22 as World Water Day, an international day of observance, in 1992. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

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A job applicant (right) talks with a recruiter at a job fair in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, March 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Visitors take a picture in front of the logo at the world watch and jewelry show 'Baselworld' the day before the opening in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Booths representing the watch-making industries of Switzerland, France, Germany, China and Hong Kong competed for the divided attention of hundreds of journalists visiting Wednesday. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas)

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A woman passes advertisement for watches at the world watch and jewelry show 'Baselworld' the day before the opening in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas)

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GOODBYE KISS: Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weir kisses his wife, Jessica, and hugs his son, Cody, as he prepares to deploy on the USS Bataan on Wednesday from Naval Station Norfolk. The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group is deploying to the Mediterranean Sea to aid international efforts in Libya. The group includes the assault ship USS Bataan, transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde and dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island. (Associated Press)

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A construction worker gets some electrical power at a housing complex in Palo Alto, Calif. Sales of new homes plunged to record low Wednesday, a dismal sign for an already-weak housing market. Forecasters fear the U.S. economic recovery will be held back if the depressed housing market isn't revitalized soon. (Associated Press)

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Sang Yun, assistant manager of 177 Liquors in Pasadena, Md., pulls some wine from a refrigerator case on March 23. At the end of the row of coolers, the store has posted a sign asking customers to oppose legislation in the General Assembly that would increase taxes on all beer and liquor sales in the state. (Barbara Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' annual Pachyderm Parade makes a stop in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, before heading on to the Verizon Center, where the circus will perform. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A baby elephant with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus makes its way off the circus train in Washington on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, in preparation for the annual Pachyderm Parade, which announces the circus's arrival in the nation's capital for performances at the Verizon Center. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The elephants of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus make their way along Third Street Northwest in Washington on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, as they make their annual trek past the nation's Capitol en route to the Verizon Center. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announces its arrival in Washington with its annual Pachyderm Parade from a train depot in Southwest to the Verizon Center, where the circus will perform. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' annual Pachyderm Parade makes its way up Washington Avenue Southwest in Washington, passing the United States Botanic Garden and the U.S. Capitol on its way to the Verizon Center on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Elephants of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus stop in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, before making their way to the Verizon Center, where the circus will perform. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Cheryl Stimpson (left) and Kes Schroer of Washington wait for the arrival of the elephants of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus along Third Street Northwest in Washington on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, as the animals make their annual trek past the nation's Capitol en route to the Verizon Center. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Spectators line the walls of an office building on Third Street Northwest in Washington for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' annual Pachyderm Parade as it make its way to the Verizon Center on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)