Politics

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Villagers fleeing the fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels occupy the center median of a boulevard in Zamboanga, Philippines, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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** FILE ** In this Sept. 1, 2012, file photo, Syrian prisoners sign their papers of release at the Damascus Police Command headquarters in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

In this Aug. 28, 2013, citizen journalism image provided by the United Media Office of Arbeen, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of the U.N. investigation team take samples from sand near a part of a missile that is likely to be one of the chemical rockets according to activists, in the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. (AP Photo/United Media Office of Arbeen)

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** FILE ** Under heavy guard: The Washington Navy Yard was closed to all but essential personnel on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, the day after a gunman launched an attack that hit office workers in the cafeteria and in the hallways at the military installation. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, told Ron Binz at a confirmation hearing Tuesday she won't be able to vote for him to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Mr. Binz has sought the help of lobbyists and former lobbyists to win the post. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, with Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier behind him, briefs reporters on the shooting at the Navy Yard on Monday. Much of the early information they shared was inaccurate. (Associated Press)

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Can you make an image like esteemed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady? There's a contest underway for those who believe they can. (Congressional Cemetery photograph)