Politics

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In this May 13, 2013, photo, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city office in Osaka, western Japan. Osaka's outspoken mayor has said the system in which Asian women were forced to become wartime prostitutes before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the Japanese military. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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Thousands filled the Minnesota State Capitol as they waited for word that the Senate had passed the gay marriage bill Monday, May 13, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. The governor has now signed the bill into law. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) **FILE**

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The go-go band TCB has been banned from local venues because of the violence-prone crowds that attends its shows. They played at Fur last week and a patron was stabbed. (YouTube)

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Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of The Associated Press, calls the Justice Department's gathering of two months worth of phone records from AP "serious interference with AP's constitutional rights to gather and report news." (associated press)

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** FILE ** President Obama listens to a question about Benghazi during a joint news conference with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron on May 13, 2013, in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)