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** FILE ** Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Illinois Democrat, and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their fates when a federal judge sentences the one-time power couple for misusing $750,000 in campaign money on everything from a gold-plated Rolex watch and mink capes to vacations and mounted elk heads. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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The New York Times building (Wikimedia Commons)

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**FILE** Members of immigration rights organizations, including Casa in Action and Maryland Dream Act, demonstrate Nov. 8, 2012, in front of the White House as they call on President Obama to fulfill his promise of passing comprehensive immigration reform. (Associated Press)

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An ambulance sits broken down outside Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, August 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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At least 222 golden retrievers were on hand for the breed's recent Club of Scotland gathering at their ancestral Guisachan House home. (Gordon Richardson/Golden Retriever Club of Scotland)

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New York City Democratic mayoral candidates Anthony Weiner, left, addresses fellow candidate Bill Thompson during the first primary debate for New York City mayor in the WABC/Channel 7 studios, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, in New York. The debate was hosted by The League of Women Voters of the City of New York, The New York Daily News, plus television stations Univision 41, Noticias, and WABC channel 7. (AP Photo/New York Daily News, James Keivom, Pool)

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Protesters raise their hands as they are detained by Egyptian security forces clearing the smaller of the two sit-ins by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, near the Cairo University campus in Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian security forces, backed by armored cars and bulldozers, moved on Wednesday to clear two sit-in camps by supporters of the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out at both sites. (AP Photo/Imad Abdul Rahman)

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Makeshift wooden huts burn at a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi as Egyptian security forces clear the camp near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear the sit-in camp and the other set up by supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)

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Supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi carry another as Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear the sit-in camp and the other set up by supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)

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People walk through a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi near Cairo University as Egyptian security forces clear the sit-in camp in Cairo's Giza district, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear the sit-in and the other encampment of supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)

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Egyptian security forces clear a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear the sit-in camp and the other encampment set up by supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)

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An Egyptian security force escorts a woman with a child as the security forces clear a sit-in camp set up by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi near Cairo University in Cairo's Giza district, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Egyptian police in riot gear swept in with armored vehicles and bulldozers Wednesday to clear the sit-in camp and the other encampment set up by supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in Cairo, showering protesters with tear gas as the sound of gunfire rang out. (AP Photo/Hussein Tallal)

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A lightly wounded member of the Egyptian security forces talks with other officers as clear they clear the smaller of the two sit-ins by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, near the Cairo University campus in Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Imad Abdul Rahman)

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Newark Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker addresses a gathering after winning the Democratic primary election for the seat vacated by the late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, in Newark, N.J. Lautenberg died in June. Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan will square off in an Oct. 16 special election, with the winner headed to Washington to serve the remaining 15 months of Lautenberg's term. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)