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From left, Don Graves (Executive Director of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness), former Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, Kelley Lyons (Detroit Housing Commission Executive Director), Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, and Sandra Henriquez (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing) attend a news conference announcing the final phase of the demolition of the Brewster- Douglass homes in Detroit, Monday, March 10, 2014. The homes became a symbol of chronic blight in Detroit after closing in 2008 and sitting empty since then. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Guralnick)
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Washington businessman Jeffrey Thompson gets checked by security upon entering the federal courthouse in the District on Monday. Thompson was charged with conspiracy to violate federal and local campaign finance laws by funding off-the-books campaign activity for candidates including Hillary Rodham Clinton and D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray. (associated press)
