Politics

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Electing Sen. George McGovern as president in 1972 seemed possible to those whose hopes were dashed by the assassination four years earlier of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy during his presidential run. Mr. McGovern, who died Sunday at 90, lost the election to Richard Nixon. (Associated Press)

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Russell Means, former leader of the American Indian Movement, died Monday in Porcupine, S.D. He was 72. (Sioux Falls, S.D., Argus Leader via Associated Press)

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“Happy Endings” has found loyal fans yet remains somewhat of a secret to many other viewers. Cast members on the ABC show are (clockwise from foreground left) Eliza Coupe, Damon Wayans Jr., Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton and Adam Pally. (ABC via Associated Press)

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In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a Guantanamo detainee peers through the steel grate in a room as guards prepare to open the door at the Camp 5 detention facility on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. By January, some detainees will have been locked up on this U.S. military base in Cuba for seven years. President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to close the detention center at Guantanamo and is weighing what to do with the roughly 250 foreigners who are being held. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a guard stands in the Camp Six detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Sunday, May 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)

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In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard talks to a Guantanamo detainee in the open yard in Camp 4 detention center on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, FILE)

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In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, Guantanamo detainees, in white, and U.S. military guards walk around Camp 4 detention facility at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A U.S. appeals court reversed a ruling Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 that would have transferred 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees, none of whom are labeled enemy combatants, to the United States. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

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Leonard Johnson, building manager for the Family Research Council who was shot on Aug. 15 when a gunman entered the lobby of the FRC building, was awarded a Medal of Honor by Mayor Vincent Gray on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. The ceremony was closed to the media. Mr. Johnson was the first recipient of the Mayor's Medal of Honor and is credited with saving many lives. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Haitian President Michel Martelly at the Sae-A administration building at the Caracol Industrial Park in Caracol, Haiti, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

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** FILE ** Former President Jimmy Carter speaks Oct. 22, 2012, in the West Bank city of Ramallah to the media following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (Associated Press)

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Three British Muslim men — (from left) Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali — went on trial at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, accused of plotting a bombing campaign that prosecutors say could have been deadlier than the 2005 London transit attacks. (AP Photo/West Midlands Police)

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**FILE** Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard Aug. 31, 2012, in Timbuktu, Mali, as they prepare to publicly lash a member of the Islamic Police found guilty of adultery. (Associated Press)