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Tea party favorite Ted Cruz easily defeated Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in July’s runoff primary election for U.S. Senate. “He’s one of us,” said Julie McCarty, a convention delegate. (Associated Press)

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Then-Alaska governor Sarah Palin was introduced to America four years ago when Sen. John McCain of Arizona announced her as his Vice Presidential running mate. (Associated Press)

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Pianist Van Cliburn, 78, has been diagnosed with advanced bone cancer. He won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at age 23. (Associated Press)

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Kari Miller will be one of 20 veterans competing in the 2012 Paralympics and one of eight returning sitting volleyball players from the 2008 squad. (Garett Fisbeck/Special to The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks July 25, 2012, in Washington. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Navy Adm. Bill McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, addresses the National Defense Industrial Association in Washington on Feb. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A wooden bridge crosses over the Kok River in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province, where minority hill tribes live in villages where their culture is not undiscovered but also is not corrupted by tourism. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks Aug. 9, 2012, to a large crowd at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., in front of Cutler Hall. Colorado Springs was one of the campaign stops for the president on a two-day trip to the state. (Associated Press/The Gazette)

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“It doesn’t matter how many times it’s been in their platform, it’s still wrong. This is his platform that was written at his campaign’s direction, and look, they still have a week to correct it.” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. (Associated Press)