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FILE - This Feb. 5, 2014 file photo shows Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaking in the White House briefing room in Washington. The number of U.S. farms is declining even as the value of their crops and livestock has increased over the past five years, a new government census of America's agriculture says. Also, farmers are getting older _ the average age was 58.3 years. But Vilsack points to a bright spot: a small rise in the number of farmers between 25 and 34 years old. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Anti-government protesters reinforce a barricade in central Kiev, late Thursday. Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people. (Associated Press)
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People pass through Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine The flaring of global hot spots such as Ukraine and Syria dramatically illustrates the dwindling influence of President Obama in foreign affairs. (Associated Press)
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National Edition Opinion cover for February 21, 2014 - Iran’s hit-and-run strategy (Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times)
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National Edition News cover for February 21, 2014 - Clashes in Kiev reflect deeper tensions: Anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons attacked a large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital on Tuesday that has been the center of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The White House says President Barack Obama's upcoming budget proposal will not include his past offer to accept lowered cost-of-living increases in Social Security and other benefit programs. Those had been a central component of his long-term debt-reduction strategy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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CORRECTS TO JUSTIN PIERCE-Republican Rep. Justin Pierce argues in favor of a bill that Republicans say just confirms religious rights. on the House Floor in Phoenix on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. House Bill 2153, written by the conservative advocacy group Center for Arizona Policy and the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, would allow individuals to use religious beliefs as a defense in a lawsuit filed by another individual. (AP Photo / The Arizona Republic, Michael Schennum)
