Politics

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Opposition supporters in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 15 protest the official results of the Venezuelan presidential election with a sign in Spanish that reads "fraudulent counting of votes." Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday's special presidential election but the opposition candidate Henrique Capriles refused to accept the result and demanded a full recount. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows members of the free Syrian Army hiding behind scrap metal during an attack against Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of al-Amerieh in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, April. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

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Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, will dedicate the George W. Bush Presidential Center, complete with rose garden, in Dallas on Thursday. President Obama will be among the guests.

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Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat (right), a lifelong hunter and NRA member, plans to "go to every gun show" in the country in his effort to convince doubters including NRA members of the Senate background-check bill's merit.

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President Obama demonizes corporate money yet relied on some of the country's largest for his $44 million inaugural gala.

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The 9-by-4-foot tapestry, recovered in Texas in 2012, was formally handed over to the Embassy of Spain in Washington on Wednesday for "repatriation." The 16th century tapestry was stolen from the cathedral in Roda de Isabena, Spain, in 1979.

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A man dressed as a military figure walks through a shaft of light at Awesome Con D.C., a comic book convention at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 21, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Eligah McNutt, 4, of South Riding, Va., center, dresses as Captain America at Awesome Con D.C., a comic book convention at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 21, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (right) and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu point toward the Bosporus before a working lunch in Istanbul on Sunday, April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Hakan Goktepe, Pool)

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The Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, April 18, 2013. In front from left to right are Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican; Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat; Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican; and Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. The legislation would dramatically remake the U.S. immigration system by ushering in new visa programs for low- and high-skilled workers, requiring a tough new focus on border security, instituting a new requirement for all employers to check the legal status of their workers, and installing a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)