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Countrywide Financial Corp. is accused of loosening its standards for making loans while telling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were buying loans from Countrywide, that the standards were getting tighter. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks as he campaigns in Reno, Nev., on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)
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Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee, argued Wednesday that the social safety net is beleaguered by government rules and misplaced priorities. (Associated Press)
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Mitt Romney says the government cannot afford to support Big Bird anymore, and President Obama has come to Big Bird’s defense on the stump and in campaign ads. (Associated Press)
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Protesters demonstrate outside parliament as lawmakers in Madrid debate budget spending cuts for 2013. Spain’s economy continued to shrink in the third quarter. Greece also is still reeling. (Associated Press)
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Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II has been asked by the state’s Board of Elections to investigate potential violations of election laws after a man was charged last week. (The Washington Times)
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Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock makes a point in Indianapolis on Wednesday, at a news conference at which he sought to clarify what he meant by remarks on rape he made in a debate the night before. (Associated Press)
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An Israeli military officer surveys the damage of a house after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants hit a community along the Israel-Gaza border in Israel on Wednesday. Rockets and mortars from Gaza have pummeled southern Israel. (The Associated Press)
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Smoke trails from a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on Wednesday. Gaza militants pummeled southern Israel with dozens of rockets and mortars on Wednesday, and Israeli airstrikes killed two Palestinians. (The Associated Press)
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Uganda People’s Defense Force (above) take weapons training at the Singo training facility in Kakola, Uganda. A multinational effort can claim a degree of success against al-Shabab fighters, shown conducting their own training in 2011 (left). (The Associated Press)
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Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander of international forces in Afghanistan, says al Qaeda has re-emerged. He says it doesn’t need a large presence to be influential. (The Associated Press)
