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Posted: 5/3/2013 6:48:29 AM EST
FILE - In this July 20, 2004 file photo, Lance Armstrong waves from the podium after winning the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Valreas, southern France, and Villard-de-Lans, French Alps. Armstrong is facing the federal government in a legal fight with tens of millions of dollars at stake, and a loss could bankrupt the cyclist who until last year ranked among the wealthiest and most popular athletes in the world. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
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Posted: 5/3/2013 6:48:29 AM EST
FILE - In this July 20, 2004 file photo, Lance Armstrong reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Valreas, southern France, and Villard-de-Lans, French Alps. Armstrong is facing the federal government in a legal fight with tens of millions of dollars at stake, and a loss could bankrupt the cyclist who until last year ranked among the wealthiest and most popular athletes in the world. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 3:13:45 AM EST
This July, 2012, photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, shows cows with ear tags at a dairy farm in Lake Mills, Wis. The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease. In most cases, farmers and ranchers are likely to use ear tags that assign a number to each animal. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Agriculture, Laurie Lawrence)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 3:13:45 AM EST
This July, 2012, photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, shows a cow with ear tags at a dairy farm in Lake Mills, Wis. The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease. In most cases, farmers and ranchers are likely to use ear tags that assign a number to each animal. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Agriculture, Laurie Lawrence)
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Posted: 4/13/2013 3:23:25 PM EST
Bruce Jones, general manager of the Spring Creek coal mine near Decker, Mont., explains work underway at the mine's repair shop on April 4, 2013. From the time coal is blasted from strip mines in remote southeastern Montana to the point where it reaches customers in Asia, the fuel's price gets marked up by five times or more, offering a lucrative emerging market for the companies that ship it overseas. But as the federal government investigates whether companies are unfairly bilking the treasury by paying royalties based on a far lower coal price, one of the industry's main players, Cloud Peak Energy, is defending the practice. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
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Posted: 4/13/2013 3:23:25 PM EST
Coal bound for South Korea via a West Coast port passes through a loading terminal at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont., onApril 4, 2013. From the time coal is blasted from strip mines in remote southeastern Montana to the point where it reaches customers in Asia, the fuel's price gets marked up by five times or more, offering a lucrative emerging market for the companies that ship it overseas. But as the federal government investigates whether companies are unfairly bilking the treasury by paying royalties based on a far lower coal price, one of the industry's main players, Cloud Peak Energy, is defending the practice. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
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Posted: 4/13/2013 3:23:25 PM EST
In this April 4, 2013 photo, a mechanized shovel loads a haul truck that can carry up to 250 tons of coal at the Spring Creek coal mine near Decker, Mont. From the time coal is blasted from strip mines in remote southeastern Montana to the point where it reaches customers in Asia, the fuel's price gets marked up by five times or more, offering a lucrative emerging market for the companies that ship it overseas. But as the federal government investigates whether companies are unfairly bilking the treasury by paying royalties based on a far lower coal price, one of the industry's main players, Cloud Peak Energy, is defending the practice. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
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Posted: 4/13/2013 3:23:24 PM EST
In this April 4, 2013 photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. From the time coal is blasted from strip mines in remote southeastern Montana to the point where it reaches customers in Asia, the fuel's price gets marked up by five times or more, offering a lucrative emerging market for the companies that ship it overseas. But as the federal government investigates whether companies are unfairly bilking the treasury by paying royalties based on a far lower coal price, one of the industry's main players, Cloud Peak Energy, is defending the practice. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
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Posted: 4/13/2013 3:23:24 PM EST
This April 4, 2013 photo shows an 80-foot thick coal seam at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. From the time coal is blasted from strip mines in remote southeastern Montana to the point where it reaches customers in Asia, the fuel's price gets marked up by five times or more, offering a lucrative emerging market for the companies that ship it overseas. But as the federal government investigates whether companies are unfairly bilking the treasury by paying royalties based on a far lower coal price, one of the industry's main players, Cloud Peak Energy, is defending the practice. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 2:29:05 PM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2012 file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, D-Md., participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. House lawmakers expected to finalize legislation Wednesday that would give the federal government a broader role helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 8:28:20 PM EST
A man walks past blighted row houses and vacant lots in Baltimore, Monday, April 1, 2013. Baltimore is far from the worst American city for poverty, but it faces all the problems of cities where vast numbers of the poor now live. The U.S. Census Bureau puts the number of Americans in poverty at levels not seen since the mid-1960s, while $85 billion in federal government spending cuts that began last month are expected to begin squeezing services for the poor nationwide. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 8:28:20 PM EST
In this March 30, 2013 picture, a woman walks past blighted row houses in Baltimore. Baltimore is far from the worst American city for poverty, but it faces all the problems of cities where vast numbers of the poor now live. The U.S. Census Bureau puts the number of Americans in poverty at levels not seen since the mid-1960s, while $85 billion in federal government spending cuts that began last month are expected to begin squeezing services for the poor nationwide. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 8:28:20 PM EST
Children play basketball at a park near blighted row houses in Baltimore, Monday, April 1, 2013. Baltimore is far from the worst American city for poverty, but it faces all the problems of cities where vast numbers of the poor now live. The U.S. Census Bureau puts the number of Americans in poverty at levels not seen since the mid-1960s, while $85 billion in federal government spending cuts that began last month are expected to begin squeezing services for the poor nationwide. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 8:28:19 PM EST
In this April 1, 2013 photo, Antonio Hammond stands outside of his apartment in Baltimore. Hammond arrived in Baltimore three years ago, addicted to crack cocaine and snorting heroin, living in abandoned buildings where “the rats were fierce,” and financing his addiction by breaking into cars and stealing copper pipes out of crumbing structures. Eighteen months after finding his way to Catholic Charities via a rehabilitation center, the 49-year-old Philadelphia native is clean of drugs, earning $13 an hour and paying taxes. But such success stories are in danger as $85 billion in federal government spending cuts that began last month begin squeezing services for the poor nationwide. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Posted: 3/30/2013 3:03:35 AM EST
In this March 24, 2013 photo, veterans' liaison Marshall Archer, a former Marine Corps corporal, poses for a photo in Portland, Maine. Veterans groups are rallying to fight any proposal to change disability payments as the federal government attempts to address its long-term debt problem. They say they've sacrificed already. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Posted: 3/30/2013 3:03:35 AM EST
In this March 24, 2013 photo, former Marine Corps Cpl. Marshall Archer, left, a veterans' liaison for the city of Portland, Maine, speaks to a man on a street in Portland. Veterans groups are rallying to fight any proposal to change disability payments as the federal government attempts to address its long-term debt problem. They say they've sacrificed already. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Posted: 3/27/2013 6:48:27 PM EST
A house-sized dump truck hauls dirt and rock Tuesday March 26, 2013 at the Black Thunder coal mine in northeast Wyoming's Powder River Basin near Wright, Wyo., source of almost 40 percent of the nation's coal production. The federal government says it is withholding $110 million in mineral payments to 36 states as a result of automatic spending cuts that took effect this month. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)
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Posted: 3/24/2013 1:48:39 PM EST
In this March 20, 2013 image, Iraqi immigrant Ali Altamimi flattens a car’s carpeting at his car parts export business in Seattle while Ubaida Mufrej looks on. The federal government has issued less than a quarter of 25,000 visas for Iraqis who aided U.S. efforts during the Iraq War and the program is set to end this year. Mufrej, who worked in Iraq under American companies, came to the U.S. under the special visa program. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)
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Posted: 3/24/2013 1:48:39 PM EST
In this March 20, 2013 image, Iraqi immigrants Ubaida Mufrej, center, and Ali Altamimi pose in their car parts export business in Seattle. The federal government has issued less than a quarter of 25,000 visas for Iraqis who aided U.S. efforts during the Iraq War and the program is set to end this year. Mufrej, who worked in Iraq under American companies, came to the U.S. under the special visa program. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)
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Posted: 3/24/2013 1:48:39 PM EST
In this March 20, 2013 image, Iraqi immigrants Ubaida Mufrej, right, and Ali Altamimi work in their car parts export business in Seattle. The federal government has issued less than a quarter of 25,000 visas for Iraqis who aided U.S. efforts during the Iraq War and the program is set to end this year. Mufrej, who worked in Iraq under American companies, came to the U.S. under the visa program. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)
