In this photo taken June 25, Richard Norris, right, shows friend Andrew Kahle, left, how to load line into a fly fishing rod at Norris' in Hillsville, Va.  Norris, whose face was disfigured by a gunshot, spent 15 years as a recluse, but now the 37-year-old is doing things he never would have before.

AP photo by Chuck Burton  (Click on picture for larger image.)

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Jeep owners worry about safety
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• Signed contracts to buy US homes at 6-year high

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• Tiny Allegiant Air thrives on low costs, high fees

US agency sues Corzine over failure
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• Japan factory output up 2 pct, CPI stops falling

Portuguese
unions hold major
anti-austerity strike

 

• Oil price rises above $97 as Fed fears ease

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• Money market fund assets rose to $2.594T

3 Fed officials
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