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“[With] a need so great as unemployed veterans, this is not the time to draw a technical line on the budget," said Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney answers questions at a Univision “Meet the Candidates” forum posed by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A caregiver picks out a marijuana bud for a patient at a marijuana dispensary in Denver on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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Actor Jon Cryer of “Two and a Half Men” is nursing minor injuries after losing control of his bicycle while competing in a triathlon on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Sept. 17, 2012, to reporters in Costa Mesa, Calif. (Associated Press)

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Illustration Organ Harvesting by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

Lunch is served as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks Sept. 18, 2012, at a campaign fundraising event — the first in which reporters' cameras were allowed — at the Grand America in Salt Lake City. (Associated Press)

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FILE - This Feb. 5, 2011 file photo shows Steve Sabol during an interview in Dallas. NFL Films President Steve Sabol has died from brain cancer. He was 69. The NFL said Sabol died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, 18 months after he was diagnosed with a tumor on the left side of his brain. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

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Toronto Blue Jays' Yunel Escobar breaks his bat as he hits a double off a ball from Baltimore Orioles pitcher Miguel Gonzalez during the seventh inning of baseball game action in Toronto, Wednesday, Sept. 5 , 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

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Scott Avett (left) and Seth Avett of the Avett Brothers have been supportive of bassist Bob Crawford, who took time off to be with his 2-year-old daughter Hallie during her treatment for brain cancer. Her condition is stable and Mr. Crawford will be rejoining the band on the road to support a new album. (Associated Press)

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Chamique Holdsclaw, shown in the District as a member of the Washington Mystics in 2000, was a six-time WNBA All-Star. Her career was derailed by clinical depression, and now she is an advocate of erasing the stigma of the condition and other mental-health issues. (The Washington Times)