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The Melnick sisters, who in a suit against Eli Lilly and Co. alleged that a synthetic estrogen known as DES caused them all to get breast cancer, pose at their hotel in Boston on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. From left are Francine Melnick, Andrea Andrews, Donna McNeely and Michele Fecho. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Salisbury Township, Pa., set up a tent Monday to handle flu patients outside its emergency room. “This was our attempt to be proactive,” a hospital director says. It is one of many hospitals reporting an incredibly busy — and early — flu season. (Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Express-Times via Associated Press)

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**FILE** An Iraqi army soldier closes the door of a cell in Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sept. 2, 2006, after the Iraqi government took over control from U.S. forces. (Associated Press)

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The Melnick sisters, seen here at a hotel in Boston on Jan. 7, 2013, are suing Eli Lilly and Co., alleging that a synthetic estrogen known as DES caused them all to get breast cancer. From left are Francine Melnick, Andrea Andrews, Donna McNeely and Michele Fecho. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, soon to step down, addresses the troops during a visit to Kandahar airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Dec. 13. (Associated Press)

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Newly elected Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, is a tea party favorite with serious legal chops who already has advised the Republican Party to adopt the motto “Opportunity Conservatism.” (Associated Press)

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is a barometer of grass-roots ferocity, reminding the press that the tea party is still percolating and libertarian conservatism remains a force. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** The Sunland Inc. peanut butter and nut processing plant in eastern New Mexico, near Portales, is seen here on Nov. 27, 2012. The plant has been shuttered since late September due to a salmonella outbreak that sickened dozens. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 14, 2012 photo, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference at the annual Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations in Perth, Australia. Clinton was released from a New York hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 three days after doctors discovered a blood clot in her head. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)