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FILE - In this Feb 3, 2014 file photo, plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage appear during a press conference at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, Wis. U.S. Van Hollen on Friday, May 23, 2014 asked a federal judge to place on hold any future order she may make that would strike down the state’s ban on gay marriage, the second time this week Van Hollen expressed doubt in the state’s chances to succeed in defending the law. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of eight gay couples in February challenging Wisconsin's constitutional ban on gay marriage. The lawsuit contends the state's ban denies gay couples the civil rights that other married couples enjoy. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)
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Authorities gather at the scene of a house fire under investigation on North Altadena Avenue in Royal Oak on Friday, May 23, 2014. The fire that left one person dead early this morning is under investigation, officials said. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Robert Allen)
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Authorities gather at the scene of a house fire under investigation on North Altadena Avenue in Royal Oak on Friday, May 23, 2014. The fire that left one person dead early this morning is under investigation, officials said. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Robert Allen)
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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2013 file photo, Ralph M. Mariano exits federal court in Providence, R.I., after being sentenced to 10 years in prison in a Navy kickback scheme. Mariano has asked the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out his sentence. In a court filing Thursday, May 22, 2014, the government argues Mariano is not entitled to a more lenient sentence because after he pleaded guilty, he claimed the crimes never happened. It also says he waived his right to appeal. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with an employee of Valois Cafeteria in Chicago, Friday, May 23, 2014, as he gets breakfast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Judge Diana Louise Anhalt signs a marriage certificate for Lindsay Vandermay and Ashley Wilson after saying their vows during a same sex wedding conducted in Philadelphia, just after midnight on Friday, May 23, 2014. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)