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Sen. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican, talks with staff at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago last month. After suffering a stroke in January, the lawmaker recovered at the rehabilitation center. He has been allowed to go home. (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago via Associated Press)
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In this photo released by the US Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, center, holds hands with U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, right, as U.S. State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh applauds, before leaving the U.S. embassy for a hospital in Beijing Wednesday May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/US Embassy Beijing Press Office, HO)
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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican and a top taxpayer watchdog, said putting the Internet off-limits means giving up a valuable anti-fraud weapon - one that he said even federal courts have used in reviewing some disability cases. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets supporters during a campaign stop in Portsmouth, Va., on Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Ross Taylor)
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President Barack Obama speaks at a celebration of Cinco de Mayo in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Riot police seize a protester at the G-8 and G-20 summits in Toronto in 2010. Protests at this month's NATO Summit in Chicago will miss an opportunity to double up on the G-8 because President Obama moved it to Camp David. (Associated Press)
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Members of Germany's Pirate Party with a poster reading "Free Music for Free People" appeals to young voters as an anti-establishment movement. It is polling at 14 percent of the national vote. (Associated Press)
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Marine Le Pen of the National Front party ran for president on a platform of scrapping the euro currency in France and quashing "Islamization." She received 18 percent of the vote in the first round.
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Giorgos Germanis is running under the banner of Greece's Golden Dawn Party, a strong opponent of immigration. Support for the party has risen from 0.23 percent in 2009 to 5 percent in 2012.
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White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks May 3, 2012, during his daily news briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, from right, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell arrive at a campaign stop in Portsmouth, Va., Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds the hands of Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, on May 3, 2012, at a campaign stop in Portsmouth, Va. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Sept. 21, 2011, file photo, SuperHeavy member Mick Jagger attends the release party for the band's new CD, "SuperHeavy," in New York. Jagger will host the "Saturday Night Live" finale on May 19. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
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White House press secretary Jay Carney gives his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Former Sen. John Edwards and his daughter Cate Edwards enter the federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., on Thursday, May 3, 2012, for his trial on campaign finance violations. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chuck Liddy)
