Politics

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** FILE ** In this photo taken Jan. 3, 2008, Bill Stewart talks to reporters in Scottsdale, Ariz., after being named West Virginia football coach. The former coach died Monday, May 21, 2012, of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack. Stewart, 59, resigned last summer. Stewart had gone 28-12 in three seasons. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Mr. Walker's Democratic challenger, did not win his party's primary until May 8 and has raised only $1 million. Mr. Barrett said Monday he remains "very confident" he will win the recall election. (Associated Press)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, has opened a lead in the polls ahead of a June recall election largely thanks to the $25 million his campaign has raised. The effort to recall Mr. Walker has become a nationally watched battle over worker rights. (Associated Press)

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From left, President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari talk during a family picture of NATO leaders at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

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FILE In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, gestures during a debate in Canton, Ohio. Federal officials have investigated questionable campaign contributions to two Ohio officeholders, Renacci and state treasurer and Senate candidate Josh Mandel Spokesmen for the two confirmed Monday they had been contacted by the U.S. Attorneyís Office. (AP Photo/The Repository, Scott Heckel, File)

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Yukiya Amano (left), chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, met with Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili (right), on Monday in Tehran, hoping to get the OK to resume inspections of the Islamic republic's nuclear sites. (Associated Press)

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Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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A French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former International Monetary Fund chief and one-time French presidential hopeful. (Associated Press)

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Wounded war veteran Marine Cpl. J.B. Kerns, 22, joins actor and military activist Gary Sinise at a February news conference in Martinsville, Va. After canceling a March benefit concert for Cpl. Kerns, Mr. Sinise is set to perform with his Lt. Dan Band in Martinsville on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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With airlines setting aside more window and aisle seats for passengers willing to pay extra, an increasing number of friends and family members are finding it difficult to secure seats next to each other. (Associated Press)