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** FILE ** Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks Sept. 4, 2012, at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (Associated Press)
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Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois casts her ballot in Beaupre, Quebec, Canada, on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. Voters in Quebec weighed returning a separatist party to power as polls opened Tuesday in the French-speaking province, which could edge toward another referendum to break away from Canada if the Parti Quebecois ends nearly a decade of Liberal rule as expected. Quebec has held two referendums to split from Canada, in 1980 and 1995, the last narrowly rejecting independence. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)
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Police officers use their bicycles to create a perimeter to keep protesters inside a designated area along Stonewall Street in Charlotte, N.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. Protesters are allowed to march and demonstrate at the Democratic National Convention but are being kept well away from DNC venues. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Joseph Kennedy III, Massachusetts Democrat and son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (Associated Press)
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Joe Kennedy III, candidate for the House of Representatives from Massachusetts, addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama holds up a bottle of beer Sept. 4, 2012, as he delivers a case of White House brewed beer to the firefighters at Fire Station No. 14 in Norfolk, Va., during an unscheduled campaign stop. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann take the stage Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 in Jacksonville, Fla. (Associated Press/The Florida Times-Union, Bob Mack)
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Liberian soldiers travel to the city of Zwedru from their base at a former school to collect supplies. The sight of men armed with AK-47 assault rifles has brought back terrifying memories for many Liberians who endured years of civil conflict. From 1989 to 2003, paramilitary troops dubbed the “Demon Forces” launched a campaign of killing and torture across the country. (Tamasin Ford/Special to The Washington Times)
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President Obama speaks during a campaign event at Norfolk State University, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
