Another week here and gone, filled with economic news, natural disasters, the President's birth certificate, political rumblings, and more. Scroll down to see the week that was.
1. MetLife (and plenty of others) under fire
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- Metlife finds itself in the center of a brewing regulatory firestorm as some 35 states launch investigations into the claims payments of life insurers going back over the last several decades.
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2. Caught in another kind of crossfire
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- Rebel fighters stand on top of a captured tank belonging to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, outside Misrata's tallest building, along a street in Tripoli April 22, 2011. Libyans who wanted to venture outside to celebrate rebel gains against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Misrata were prevented from doing so by government snipers in a tall building above Tripoli street. After a two-week struggle over control of the structure – once home to an insurance company — they finally got their chance after a victory late last Thursday night. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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3. Signs of life in the housing market?
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- Developer Azeem Kahn poses outside a home he is building in Chicago April 22, 2011. Four years after U.S. housing prices began to nose-dive, eventually triggering a global financial crisis, signs of life are appearing at the top and the bottom ends of the market. REUTERS/John Gress
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4. Rajaratnam's fate to be decided
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- Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam leaves Manhattan Federal Court in New York, April 25, 2011. The fate of hedge fund manager Rajaratnam went to the jury on Monday in Wall Street's biggest insider-trading trial in two decades, a case that featured FBI phone taps and former friends who testified against him. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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5. From tragedy, a triumph
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- Sammy Robinson, Jerlene Gilmore and Verna Harris reunite during an April 25 presentation to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis of the Gold Medal of Honor from the Health Resources and Services Administration for sustaining organ donation rates of 75% or higher during a 12-month period. Robinson received Gilmore's son, Michael Gilmore's, heart and Harris received Michael Gilmore's kidney one year ago. Michael Gilmore was shot in the head at Arkansas State University. Five or Gilmore's organs were donated. (Alan Spearman/The Commercial Appeal)
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6. Paul weighs his options
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- Texas Congressman Ron Paul speaks during his announcement of an exploratory committee in Des Moines, Iowa April 26, 2011. Paul took the first step toward a longshot campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, hoping to expand his support beyond a fervent group of loyalists. REUTERS/Brian C. Frank
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