Standing four-over on the par-five17th, the U.S. PGA champion needed a birdie or better to get stand a chance of making the final two rounds.

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Woods, looking for a first major win since the 2008 U.S. Open, slipped down the pecking order after a level-par final round.

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Total volume of goods sold in dollars, known as gross merchandise volume or GMV (excluding vehicles), was up 14% for the U.S. in the June quarter, on par with the e-commerce industry.

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The U.S. economy appears to be on track for a mild recovery, after years of sub-par growth, while the labor market remains depressed.

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Year ending GDP growth, non-annualized, is expected to come in around 2 percent, roughly on par with the U.S. economy, which is still recovering from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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Beyond RE-ENERGYSE, the federal government should work to expand these programs into a clean-energy education strategy on par with the National Defense Education Act of 1958, which helped reposition the U.S. in the space race and achieve revolutions in information technology.

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