Politics

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In this Sept. 14, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns in the rain at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. President Obama and Romney are embarking on a week heavy with travel through battleground states and appeals key constituencies, with both campaigns wrangling over unrest in the Middle East and who is best equipped to rejuvenate the economy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Rep. W. Todd Akin of Missouri trails incumbent Claire McCaskill by 5.3 percentage points in the state’s race for Senate. Mr. Akin, a Republican, said women’s bodies can reject pregnancies if they are victims of “legitimate rape.” The comment caused party officials to demand that he quit the race, but he remains on the campaign trail. “A couple weeks ago, I felt like I parachuted into the middle of a hurricane,” he said. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, speaks during a meeting of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association Sept. 7, 2012, in St. Louis. McCaskill is running for re-election against Republican challenger, Rep. Todd Akin. (Associated Press)

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Artist Melissa Ichiuji has created “trophy heads” of political figures inspired by their rough treatment by the news media and their opponents. (Melissa Ichiuji)

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In this Sept. 13, 2012, photo, President Obama waves after speaking at a campaign rally in Golden, Colo. Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are embarking on a week heavy with travel through battleground states and appeals key constituencies, with both campaigns wrangling over unrest in the Middle East and who is best equipped to rejuvenate the economy. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2012, file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes a victory sign in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and wife Ann, seen here Saturday in Belmont, Mass., taped an interview the day before for TV’s “Live! With Kelly and Michael” that is set to air Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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New York Liberty's Cappie Pondexter dribbles against the Phoenix Mercury's during a WNBA basketball game Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, in Phoenix. The Liberty defeated the Mercury 89-77. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton pay their respects to the war dead of both World War I and World War II in Singapore on Thursday, not long after photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless were published in a French magazine. The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Princess Diana, a St. James Palace official said. (Associated Press)

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An issue of Closer magazine as published Friday and displayed at the magazine’s headquarter office, in Montrouge, near to Paris, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. The magazine on Friday published what appeared to be photos of Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate sunbathing topless at a private estate in southern France, prompting a strong condemnation from Britain’s royal family. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Syrians who fled their homes because of fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces, take refuge at the Samiya al-Makhzumi School in the Mezzeh neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)