Politics

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** FILE ** This image from Thursday evening, Oct. 11, 2012, video provided by a Howard Berman campaign videographer shows Brad Sherman, right, putting his right arm around Berman during a debate at Pierce College in Los Angeles. Sherman seized the shoulder of Berman, brought him toward his chest and shouted, "You want to get into this?" The physical confrontation between the two veteran Democratic House members vying for the same Los Angeles-area congressional seat is the latest example of a campaign that has become increasingly bitter and personal. (AP Photo/Brandon Hall)

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** FILE ** In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, file photo, Libya's government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim speaks to the press at a hotel in Tripoli, Libya. Ibrahim was captured as he was trying to flee Bani Walid, according to the Libyan State News Agency on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 10, 2012, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a town hall meeting at Ariel Corp. in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

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** FILE ** Palestinian security officers wait to cast their early votes during local elections at a polling station in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. They cast an early vote ahead of local elections that are to take place across the West Bank on Oct. 20, 2012, in the first such polls since 2006. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

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President Barack Obama speaks about the choice facing women in the upcoming election, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, at a campaign event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, speaks as vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., watches during a campaign rally on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shares a laugh with his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., after greeting him at Daytona Beach International Airport for a joint campaign event on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks in Bethesda, Md. Medicare, overseen by Sebelius' department, is coming under scrutiny in the meningitis outbreak that has rekindled doubts about the safety of the nation’s drug supply. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)