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Thomas Baxter, Jr., general counsel and executive vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman throws during baseball spring training Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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Anti-dolphin hunt activist Ric O' Barry, center, stands outside the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo after handing out a scroll of petition against dolphin hunt to the Japanese government via the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, Indiana defensive end Kevin Bush, left, talks with defensive end coach George Ricumstrict during a NCAA college football practice in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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In this photo taken Sept. 11, 2009, Edwardsville High School running back Rodney Coe breaking through an opening during a game in Edwardsville, Ill. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Tim Vizer)
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NEGOTIATORS: President Obama walks with Mideast leaders, from left, Hosni Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II to the East Room to make a statement about peace talks. (Associated Press)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) engages Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after his remarks on the Middle East peace negotiations Wednesday in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, in 2004 obtained an opinion from the Federal Election Commission allowing her to run a mailer operation through her federal political committee.
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Until 2005, when the state outlawed drinking and driving under threat of losing federal funds, a patron at Kettlehouse Brewery in Missoula might have taken a beer to go for his drive home.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II walk to East Room of the White House before making statements on the Middle East peace negotiations in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Lehman Brothers executive Richard Fuld Jr. (right) told the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that Lehman was repeatedly denied measures that could have saved the firm. Thomas Baxter (left), general counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said regulators lacked authority to provide the aid.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty ordered state agencies to decline "discretionary" involvement with President Obama's health care overhaul on Tuesday. He is expected to use the move to hit Mitt Romney of the presidential campaign trail. He considers Mr. Romney a front-runner because of his name recognition and campaign organization dating back to his failed 2008 presidential run.
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Afghan soldiers chat Wednesday in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan central bank's decision to force out executives of the nation's biggest bank amid allegations of mismanagement and questionable lending practices offers the government a chance to take a strong stand against corruption, the United States said Tuesday. (AP Photo)
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President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Copies of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's long-awaited memoirs went on sale in Britain on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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California Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, a Democrat from Santa Monica, left, talks with state Senator Christine Kehoe, a Democrat from San Diego, during the Senate debate over Ms. Brownley's bill proposing to ban use of plastic shopping bags at the Capitol in Sacramento Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The measure failed.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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** FILE ** Vice President Joseph R. Biden (second from left) meets in Baghdad on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, with (from left) Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the outgoing U.S. commander in Iraq; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey; Marine Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command; and Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin, the incoming commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. The change of command ceremony was held Wednesday. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Afghan soldiers chat in front of the main office of Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The Afghan central bank's decision to force out executives of the nation's biggest bank amid allegations of mismanagement and questionable lending practices offers the government a chance to take a strong stand against corruption, the United States said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) stands with Purple Heart recipient Spc. Shawn Mason of New Cumberland, Pa., as the secretary visits with troops from the 4th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, at Camp Ramadi in Iraq on Wednesday. Mr. Gates is in Iraq to meet with U.S. troops as they formally close down their combat mission. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
