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National Edition News cover for January 1, 2014 - Obama’s long wish list runs short on time: President Barack Obama pauses as he prepares to answer a question during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. At the end of his fifth year in office, Obama's job approval and personal favorability ratings have fallen to around the lowest point of his presidency. Obama will depart later for his home state of Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation trip. It's the first time in his presidency that his departure plans have not been delayed by legislative action in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 file photo, former first lady Barbara Bush listens to a patient's question during a visit to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Former first lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with a respiratory-related issue, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. A statement Tuesday night from the office of her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, said she was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on Monday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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Before facing the Democrat in Illinois' 13th Congressional District, Erika Harold, Miss America 2003, will have to defeat Rep. Rodney Davis in the Republican primary. (Associated Press)
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'Next generation': The young, articulate Erika Harold has won admiration from Illinois Republicans, but party officials are not happy about her run for Congress against a GOP incumbent in a swing district. (Erika Harold For Congress)
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Sen. Marco Rubio started 2013 riding high in presidential polls but has closed out the year battered and bruised from taking a stand on immigration. (Associated Press)
