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HBO is moving forward with plans to produce a dramatic movie based on the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, with the former Soviet Union president collaborating as a consultant.

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**FILE** Supporters of health care reform rally March 28, 2012, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. (Associated Press)

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A crowd of job seekers attends a health care job fair in New York on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

President Obama is returning 5 percent of his $400,000 annual salary in sympathy with the plight of federal workers facing possible furlough due to the "sequester" federal budget cutbacks. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** People listen to Lindsey Tucker, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, in Newport, Vt., as she explains the state's health care exchange program on March 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Workers clean up oil in Mayflower, Ark., on April 1, 2013, days after a pipeline ruptured and spewed oil over lawns and roadways. (Associated Press)

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Because of sequestration, we're forced to cut security on our border and benefits for our soldiers. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)