All the pilots, except for a handful, were back home at Beale Air Force Base.

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"Christmas is coming up, there's going to be some bowl games, and politics will be on the back burner except for in the mail, " Dawson said.

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Except for firms getting TARP money, businesses could carry back losses for five years instead of only two years against past profits to get a refund.

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