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**FILE** This is a copy of a birth certificate, purchased from the County of Los Angeles' Department of Health Services. (Associated Press/County of Los Angeles' Department of Health Services)

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A human embryo generated by SCNT at Advanced Cell Technology in 2003 (Courtesy of Advanced Cell Technology)

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A Bible sits on a table as Mr. Varnon visits Kelly employee C.A.M. Wagner at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. (Rod Lamkey Jr./ The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Students at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Ill., walk between buildings on campus. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Todd and Lorie Richmond speak to a reporter at the University of Chicago on Dec. 19, 2008. They both had surgery on the same day at the University Medical Center, a decision they reached after years of failed diets. (Associated Press/Brian Jackson, Chicago Sun-Times)

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, daughter Chelsea and husband Bill attend a New Year's Eve rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 31. ASTRID RIECKEN/THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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GENE MUELLER / THE WASHINGTON TIMES Mike Henderson is one Chesapeake Bay angler who cashed in on a bonanza of trophy stripers. **FILE**

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Blackwater Chief Executive Officer Erik Prince defends his company's performance in Iraq before the House oversight committee in 2007. (Associated Press)

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Mobster Al Capone, here in 1931, got away with gambling and selling alcohol during Prohibition because he had a tight grip on City Hall. His men were known to roam the building looking for favors. (Associated Press)

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A third of Americans say they have put off getting medical treatment that they or their family members needed this year because of the cost.

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Claus von Bulow, shown at his trial in 1982. Associated Press

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** FILE ** A health official takes a blood sample for an HIV test during a campaign marking World AIDS Day in San Salvador on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo)

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The National Zoo (Associated Press)

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BLOOMBERG NEWS - Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey K. Skilling and his lead trial counsel, Daniel Petrocelli, return to the courthouse in 2006.

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** FILE ** In 1932, Americans were not afraid that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be too ill, too nice, too soft or too socialist for the presidency — they were afraid of starving to death in the Depression. (Associated Press)