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A protester holds a banner that translates as "Financial cuts to banks and church" in Madrid on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, as another shouts slogans against health care austerity measures announced by the Spanish government. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (center) walks with Peruvian Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano (left) past an honor guard during a ceremony at army headquarters in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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This image released by HBO shows Michael McMillian (left) and Denis O'Hare in a scene from "True Blood." (Associated Press/HBO, John P. Johnson)
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Dr. Madeleine Biondolillo, director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Healthcare Safety, answers a reporter's question on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, during a news conference in Boston regarding a meningitis outbreak linked to medicine from a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy. At rear left is Dr. Al DeMaria, the state epidemiologist. (Associated Press)
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Dr. Lucy Wilson, with fellow Maryland public health official Josh Sharfstein, holds a news conference to explain response efforts to an outbreak of meningitis that may be linked to steroid injections. (Associated Press)
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Dr. Mohammad N. Akhter on Thursday outlined the District’s plans for a virtual marketplace where the uninsured and small businesses can buy health insurance to comply with the Affordable Care Act. (Associated Press)
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A sign on the door to the New England Compounding Center requests no soliciting at the Framingham, Mass., company on Oct. 3, 2012. An outbreak of a rare and deadly form of meningitis sickened 26 people in five states who received steroid injections mostly for back pain, health officials said. The Food and Drug Administration identified the New England company as the maker of the steroid. (Associated Press)
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This undated photo provided by researcher Katsuhiko Hayashi shows an adult mouse, which was born from an egg cell produced from a skin cell, and her pups, which were born normally. The eggs were produced by making skin cells revert to a kind of blank slate, so they could be prodded to develop into immature egg cells. The new work was reported online Oct. 3, 2012, in the journal Science by a team at Kyoto University. (Associated Press/Science, Katsuhiko Hayashi)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is applauded Oct. 4, 2012, by sons Josh (center) and Tagg (left) as he speaks at a Colorado Conservative Political Action Committee meeting in Denver. (Associated Press)
