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This undated image provided by the Food and Drug Administration shows the federal agency's new ad campaign featuring yellow teeth to show the costs associated with cigarette smoking. The federal agency said Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, it is launching a $115 million multimedia education campaign called “The Real Cost” that’s aimed at stopping teenagers from smoking and encouraging them to quit. Advertisements will run in more than 200 markets throughout the U.S. for at least one year beginning Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Food and Drug Administration)
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This undated image provided by the Food and Drug Administration shows the federal agency's new ad campaign featuring wrinkled skin and yellow teeth to show the costs associated with cigarette smoking. The federal agency said Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, it is launching a $115 million multimedia education campaign called “The Real Cost” that’s aimed at stopping teenagers from smoking and encouraging them to quit. Advertisements will run in more than 200 markets throughout the U.S. for at least one year beginning Feb. 11. (AP Photo/Food and Drug Administration)
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Gay rights protesters block one of the entrances to the Idaho Senate chambers on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 in Boise, Idaho. They're seeking to get Republican lawmakers to schedule a hearing for adding discrimination protections for gays, lesbians and transgender individuals to the Idaho Human Rights Act. In all, at least 43 people were arrested on Monday, cited with misdemeanor trespassing and released. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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Protesters demanding Idaho lawmakers add discrimination protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people to the state's Human Rights Act block the main entrance to the state Senate chamber on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 in the Idaho Capitol in Boise, Idaho. Former Sen. Nicole LeFavour, a Boise Democrat, said they planned to stay until a bill was passed _ or were removed. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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Senator George Rivera testifies before a Senate Affairs Committee at the Capitol in Denver on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. Colorado Republicans and gun rights advocates are arguing Monday for a repeal of expanded background checks on firearms, a measure that passed in the aftermath of recent mass shootings. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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A large crowd gathers in the old supreme court chambers to hear Senator George Rivera testify before a Senate Affairs Committee at the Capitol in Denver on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. Colorado Republicans and gun rights advocates are arguing Monday for a repeal of expanded background checks on firearms, a measure that passed in the aftermath of recent mass shootings. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Extreme punishment: Public hangings of convicted criminals in Iran have risen to more than 66 per month since Hassan Rouhani, portrayed as a moderate reformer, became president in August. Rights advocates say international law is being violated. (Associated Press)
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Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this July 19, 1984 file photo, then Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale and his wife Joan smile broadly as they thank the delegates from the podium following Mondale's nomination in San Francisco. Joan Mondale, who burnished a reputation as "Joan of Art" for her passionate advocacy for the arts while her husband was vice president and a U.S. ambassador, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. She was 83. (AP Photo, File)
