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** FILE ** In this 2002 photo provided by the family, Wondu Bekele sits with his son Mathiwos outside the the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He died eight months later because of cancer in September 2003 at the age of four. The U.N. General Assembly in September 2011 will hold its first summit on chronic diseases — cancer, diabetes and heart and lung disease. (AP Photo)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a Republican debate on Sept. 13, 2011, in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)
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Dr. Ali al-Ekri (center) embraces an unidentified man at Dr. al-Ekri's home Sept. 7 in Daih, Bahrain. He was one of several medical workers released from jail that day. (Associated Press))
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A new study suggests that watching just nine minutes of "SpongeBob SquarePants" can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds. A Nickelodeon spokesman disputed the findings and said the show is aimed at children ages 6 to 11. (Nickelodeon via Associated Press)
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Lt. Col. Daniel Wilson lights a candle Sunday at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the attacks and the soldiers his Hawaii-based unit has lost since then in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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Novak Djokovic reacts after ousting Roger Federer in the U.S. Open semifinals Saturday and improving to 63-2 in 2011. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Air Force Lt. Col. Tim Richter, chief of radiologiy at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, describes what he is seeing on the center's high-tech diagnostic equipment for treating wounded troops.
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A lot of hands help a wounded U.S. soldier out of a bus in August at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. Landstuhl has treated more than 13,000 combat injuries and some 64,000 noncombat injuries from Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks during the commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) listens at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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"We should never put our young men and women's lives at risk when American interests are not clearly defined by the president of the United States," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said during Wednesday's debate. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate businessman Herman Cain speaks during a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks during a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Republican presidential candidate former Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a Republican presidential candidate debate. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
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Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman arrives at the Reagan Library for a Republican presidential candidate debate Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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associated press Bill Belichich brings his Patriots to town Dec. 11 to challenge his friend Mike Shanahan.
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With a model of New York in the foreground, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks to reporters after touring the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Serena Williams reacts during her match against Ana Ivanovic. Williams won 6-3, 6-4 to move into the quarterfinals.
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Former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to supporters as she takes the stage before addressing a Tea Party Express Rally in Manchester, N.H., Monday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2011. Palin left open the possibility of a presidential bid Monday afternoon, while encouraging tea party activists to unite against President Obama. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
