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Plastic surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac (left) attends a news conference Monday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston with Del Peterson, grandfather of the nation's first full face transplant recipient Dallas Wiens, 25, of Fort Worth, Texas. (Associated Press)

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Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka fields grounders before the Twins spring training baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Fla., Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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The U.S. Mint issued a commemorative coin to jump-start fundraising for the nonprofit Black Patriots Foundation featuring an image of Crispus Attucks. (U.S. Mint photograph)

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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks with reporters in his office at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield where in January he defended a massive increase in state income taxes passed by lawmakers and promised to quickly sign the measure to help heal the state's ailing finances. (Associated Press)

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The Nintendo 3DS game device can help identify vision problems, some eye specialists say. (Associated Press)

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Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, may be for the Libya war before he is against it. (Associated Press)

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Libyan soldiers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi's regime pause at the western entrance to Ajdabiya. (Associated Press)

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Kentucky Medical Association attorney Bill Doll addresses the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee about the shortfall in Medicaid funding in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, March 15, 2011. (AP Photo)

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Texas agriculture official Todd Staples says more federal help to fight drugs is needed. (Associated Press)

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Prince Philip, here in 1982, has gotten into trouble for his off-the-cuff quips, including one about the drinking habits of the Scots. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Daylight saving time by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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Ryan Perkins, 23, left, stands with "30 Rock" actor Grizz Chapman in New York City in this undated photo provided by the National Kidney Foundation. Last June, Perkins, who had been in the hospital for nothing more serious than a broken wrist when he was a kid, donated his kidney to Chapman, 36, who suffered from kidney disease for four years, a condition brought on by hypertension. (AP Photo/Courtesy of National Kidney Donation)

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The Nixon Center, founded by President Richard M. Nixon before he died in 1994, has dropped "Nixon" to become the more generic Center for the National Interest. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Joe Manchin III (left), West Virginia Democrat, and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, arrive to vote on the spending bill Wednesday. The Senate rejected competing Republican and Democratic spending bills as the clock continued ticking down to a March 18 deadline. (Associated Press)

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A "mistake-free death penalty system" isn't possible, said Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This July 3, 2010, defending champion Serena Williams reacts as she wins a point from Vera Zonareva, during the women's singles final at Wimbledon. She still has blood clots in her lungs but hopes to return to tennis this summer after recovering from a pulmonary embolism. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

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FILE -- In this June 29, 2010 file photo, tobacco products are displayed in a shop in Glasgow, Scotland. Tobacco will no longer be displayed in shops under new legislation being implemented by Britain's Government in was announced in London, Wednesday May 9, 2011. Only temporary displays in "certain limited circumstances" will be allowed, with the rules phased in to minimise the impact on businesses, according to a statement from the Department of Health.(AP Photo/Danny Lawson, pa, file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:

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"I appreciate the passion of people who don't agree with us," Ohio Gov. John Kasich said of protesters (seen here) during his State of the State address in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday. "People who feel strongly, I respect them. But they also need to respect those who don't always agree with them." (Associated Press)

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"I appreciate the passion of people who don't agree with us," Ohio Gov. John Kasich said of protesters during his State of the State address in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday. "People who feel strongly, I respect them. But they also need to respect those who don't always agree with them." (Associated Press)

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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates spoke to U.S. troops at Bagram air field in Afghanistan. Mr. Gates said U.S. and Afghan governments agree that the American military should remain involved after the planned 2014 end of combat operations. (Associated Press)