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Bangladeshis gather during a demonstration by garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the capital, on Monday, May 27, 2013, to demand better working conditions and an increase in pay. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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The Amish also are exempted from President Obama's health care law because of religious conscience objections. There are roughly 280,000 Amish people living in the U.S. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Tom Price, Georgia Republican and a physician, says his health care plan won't put the government "in charge of a doggone thing." (Associated Press)
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Turner Sports said Wednesday that it is hiring Keith Olbermann, shown here leaving a taping of the "Late Show with David Letterman" in in 2011, to host its postseason baseball studio show. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
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Construction beams and netting line the ceiling of Union Station as contractors continue their repair and maintenance efforts on the historic icon, in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Construction beams and netting line the ceiling as visitors and patrons of Union Station travel to their destinations, in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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An Alton, Ill., Public Works employee checks on one of several large pumps being used to keep Mississippi River floodwaters at bay in downtown Alton, Ill., Monday, June 3, 2013. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, John Badman)
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 22 granted Nathan Dunlap a "temporary reprieve," putting off indefinitely his execution on death row for the 1993 shooting deaths of four employees at an Aurora, Colo., restaurant. (Associated Press)
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A construction worker carries a load of wood to a new home as workers frame the house in Chester, Va., on Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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** FILE ** David and Barbara Green, co-founders of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013, for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires the company to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses, and not just religious groups, should be allowed to seek exemptions from that part of the health law if it violates their religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.)