Politics

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Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams, left, talks with relief pitcher Ryan Mattheus during a spring training baseball workout, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Viera, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Many upstaters are still fuming over Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent refusal to lift a 6-year-old de facto moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas, which is booming in neighboring Pennsylvania but been stunted in an upstate region still struggling from the loss of manufacturing jobs. (Associated Press)

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In this handout photo provided by Young Guards of United Russia party press service shows a group of demonstrators holding a banner with a photo of American Ice Hockey referee Brad Meier and message reading " Turn the referee into soap,” which is indeed a Russian expression, as awful as it seems, as they protest against a controversial disallowed goal Meier, who overturned Russia’s third goal during the match between U.S. and Russia teams on Saturday near the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. The demonstration was organized by the Young Guard, the youth wing of the Kremlin political party United Russia. (AP Photo/Voroshirin Dmitriy, Young Guards)

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**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., with House GOP leaders, speaks with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. At left is Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** In this photo taken on April 15, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae salute during a mass military parade in Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of his grandfather, national founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)