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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Rep. John Lewis, Georgia Democrat, is questioned by reporters about an incident involving "tea party" demonstrators as he leaves a speech by President Obama to House Democrats on Saturday on Capitol Hill.

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ALL SMILES: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signs the newly passed health care reform bill Monday as other Democrats wait for souvenir pens. From left are: Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, and Reps. George Miller, Louise M. Slaughter, Rosa DeLauro, and John D. Dingell. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference on health care reform hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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In this file photo, a rally participant holds up a pocket-sized copy of the U.S. Constitution during an anti-health-care-reform rally by The American Grassroots Coalition and The Tea Party Express on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Virginia Tech senior and resident adviser David Dorsett (left) visits with freshman and fellow Lee Hall dorm resident Matt Londrey. (Associated Press)

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The ban on MSM (men who have have sex with men) donations was established because in the early stages of the AIDS epidemic, during the 1980s, a major share of cases involved transmission by blood transfusion. Now such cases are rare — less than 1 percent of all new HIV infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Associated Press)

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Mr. Wilson-Maki (left) studies a sonogram of a horse's leg with Dr. Kent Carter, chief of medicine at Texas A&M's Large Animal Hospital.

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Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., left, meets with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Nomvula Tshabalala (above), a hospital pharmacist, holds HIV medication while explaining proper dosage to a patient in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2009.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Mary L. Landrieu's $300 million in dollars matched by the government for Medicaid services for Louisiana is one of the sweetheart deals in the health care bill.

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Gerry Kraus, a registered nurse, joins hundreds of physicians in protesting plans for government reform of the health care system at a 2009 rally on Capitol Hill. (Allison Shelley/The Washington Times)

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Associated Press Gilbert Arenas and the Wizards are on a 26-win pace. ** FILE **

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White House science adviser John Holdren. (Associated Press)

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Lab technician Heather Bickley tests samples for H1N1 flu at the Arizona State Health Laboratory in Phoenix. With Arizona among at least 11 states where swine flu is already widespread, state health officials are working harder to detect cases of illness. (Associated Press)