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**FILE** Cynthia Diaz, 17, quietly holds up a sign Sept. 19, 2012, dedicated to her mother as she joins dozens who rally in front of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, a day after a portion of Arizona's immigration law took effect in Phoenix. Her mother was deported the previous year. Civil rights activists contend the state's law will lead to systematic racial profiling, as the protesters chanted "No papers, no fear." (Associated Press)

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Luke Scanlon (left) of MND Partners Inc., works Nov. 7, 2012, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** President Obama listens Feb. 20, 2009, as Vice President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 7, 2012, about the elections and the unfinished business of Congress. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Joe Manchin II, West Virginia Democrat, thanks supporters at his campaign celebration in Fairmont, W.Va., on election night. Mr. Manchin defeated Republican challenger John Raese. (Associated Press)

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Sen.-elect Angus King, Maine independent, celebrates his victory Nov. 6, 2012, in Freeport, Maine. The win helps the moderate core in the Senate. (Associated Press)

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Linebacker Ryan Kerrigan is solid but has only one sack in his second season with the Washington Redskins. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) scrambles during fourth quarter action at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Nov. 4, 2012. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)

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Virginia’s senator-elect, Tim Kaine, at his campaign headquarters in Richmond on Wednesday, said he has been dubbed “Junior” by the state’s other U.S. senator, a fellow Democrat. That’s a reference to Mr. Kaine’s new status, won at the polls Tuesday, as the state’s junior senator. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)