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U.S. Army soldiers and Uganda People's Defense Force soldiers participate in a closing ceremony for operation Atlas Drop 11, an annual joint aerial delivery exercise, in Soroti, Uganda, in April. While putting few U.S. troops at risk, the United States is providing intelligence and training to fight militants across the continent, from Mauritania in the west along the Atlantic Ocean, to Somalia in the east along the Indian Ocean. (Associated Press)

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New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner walks by the historic desk where presidential candidates file their paperwork to be on the nation's first presidential primary ballot, in Concord, N.H., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Oct. 31, 2011. (Associated Press)

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"We don't have to sit back and allow a minority in the Congress, known as the tea party, to dominate the discussion in our households," Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis recently said.

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Dr. Conrad Murray (center), flanked by defense lawyers J. Michael Flanagan (left) and Ed Chernoff, listens during the final stages of the defense during his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of singer Michael Jackson in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool)

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President Obama speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order Monday directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages. From left are pharmacy manager Bonnie Frawley with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, cancer patient Jay Cuetara from San Francisco and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Oct. 31, 2011. (Associated Press)

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This screen shot provided by Weight Watchers Online shows a recent advertisement for men. Everyone wants flawless skin, flat abs and a fab rear. But men don't always admit it. (Associated Press/Weight Watchers Online)

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Vampire Vision helps a player spot the blood suckers in the video game download inFamous: Festival of Blood.

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Walter Isaacson's biography "Steve Jobs" went on sale last week. Jobs died Oct. 5 at 56 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Kenneth E. Melson, former director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) (Associated Press)

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"We are excited about being able to offer people better Medicare at less cost. That just makes sense," said Dr. Donald M. Berwick, administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Associated Press)

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"We'll continue this fight as long as it takes to get the kind of fairness that rural parts of the state deserve," said state Sen. E.J. Pipkin. (Associated Press)

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"We'll continue this fight as long as it takes to get the kind of fairness that rural parts of the state deserve," said state Sen. E.J. Pipkin. (Associated Press)

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A human hairball from the exhibit "Visibly Human: Health and Disease in the Human Body" at National Museum of Health and Medicine. (National Museum of Health and Medicine)

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The bullet that killed President Lincoln from the exhibit "Visibly Human: Health and Disease in the Human Body" at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. (National Museum of Health and Medicine)

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Elephantiasis scrotum from the exhibit "Visibly Human: Health and Disease in the Human Body" at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. (National Museum of Health and Medicine)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (right), with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Fairfax on Wednesday, faces ballooning Medicaid costs in his state.

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President Obama speaks to students and faculty at the Auraria Events Center at the University of Colorado at Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, a pack of Beneforte super broccoli is shown at a branch of Marks & Spencer in London. The new variety was bred to contain two to three times the normal amount of glucoraphanin, a nutrient believed to help ward off heart disease. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)