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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian security force inspects the scene after a bomb ripped through the third floor of the state TV building in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. The bomb shattered several offices and wounded several employees, Syrian TV said. (AP Photo/SANA)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks in Las Vegas on Saturday on an audience member’s cellphone at the national convention of the Disabled American Veterans, which he addressed on behalf of the campaign. (Associated Press)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden addresses the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on July 12 in Houston. Mr. Biden has been dispatched by the Democratic ticket’s presidential campaign to shore up support with the party’s various constituencies and interest groups. (Associated Press)
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President Obama talks about taxes on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Griffin Brown, 8, and Hudson Brown, 6, both from Chevy Chase Md., celebrate after racing their Lego cars during the Brickfair Lego Convention. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)
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Dallas Washington, 7, from Washington, D.C., points at a Lego display during the Brickfair Lego Convention. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)
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Dormitory I at the Maryland House of Corrections is seen here as people walk through during an open house on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Washington Nationals relief pitcher Drew Storen, left, reacts with catcher Jesus Flores after a baseball game with the Miami Marlins, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in Washington. The Nationals won 4-1. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Nexen has an oil sands facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Nexen is being acquired by China National Offshore Oil Co. in a $15-billion deal that, if successful, will be China’s largest ever overseas acquisition. For Canadians, more drilling means more jobs and tax revenue. (Associated Press)
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President Obama tells reporters "I feel older" when asked about his birthday, as he arrives the White House in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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A Free Syrian Army soldier fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian government forces in the Saladin neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday. An activist in Damascus said rebels are increasingly using a tactic of quick-hit attacks to frustrate security forces and keep the capital and other locations unstable. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Sunday, July 22, 2012, file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, left, meets with the minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hesham Kandil, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo. (AP Photo/Ahmed Mourad, Egyptian Presidency, File)
