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Rick Santorum turns to his wife, Karen, on Tuesday after announcing in Gettysburg, Pa., that he is suspending his run for president. Front-runner Mitt Romney said in Delaware that he will now start seriously pondering a list of vice-presidential prospects. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign stop at R.C. Fabricators on Tuesday in Wilmington, Del., where he met with a group of female business owners. R.C. Fabricators designs and erects structural steel. (Associated Press)
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Patriot anti-missile batteries are set up in Okinawa, Japan, on Monday. The nation is preparing its reaction to a multistage rocket that North Korea plans to launch. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is flanked by state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (left) and House Speaker Michael E. Busch during a bill signing Tuesday. The General Assembly closed at midnight Monday with no budget passed, so automatic cuts will kick in unless the governor calls a special session before July 1. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Delegates vote on an extended session late Monday. The extension passed the House but not the Senate. Each body blamed the other for failure to pass a budget. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier and political and law enforcement leaders from several cities were present for the announcement Tuesday of the anti-smartphone theft initiative at the District's John A. Wilson Building. Attending were (from left) D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey and Metro Transit Police Department Chief Michael Taborn. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum announces April 10, 2012, he is suspending his candidacy in Gettysburg, Pa. (Associated Press)
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Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi has the backing of Iranian government officials to succeed Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani as the Shiites' spiritual leader. (Associated Press)
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MARYLAND_20120410_0230: Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (center) is joined by Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (left) and Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch (right) during a bill signing at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pauses while speaking March 31, 2012, at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Presidential Kick-Off in Pewaukee, Wis. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination at Bob's Diner in Carnegie, Pa., on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Gen. John Allen (left), the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, claps with Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak on April 8, 2012, in Kabul, Afghanistan, after signing an agreement document governing night raids by American troops. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley waits for President Obama to speak in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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In this image made from amateur video released by the Syrian Media Council and accessed Tuesday, April 10, 2012, smoke rises following purported shelling in Homs, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Syrian Media Council via AP video)
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Ryu Kum-chol, deputy director of space exploration in the Department of Space Technology of North Korea, speaks to the international media in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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Sen. Scott P. Brown, Massachusetts Republican, reported far less in campaign contributions than his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren, during the three-month period from January through March. He raised about $3.4 million; the Warren campaign reported taking in $6.9 million. (Associated Press)
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President Obama and the Easter Bunny stand for the National Anthem to kick off Monday's annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Council member Marion Barry, the District's "Mayor for Life, dances with Elizabeth Hicks at the opening celebration. Mr. Barry said he heard about the Howard before moving to Washington in 1965 and had to check it out. Ms. Hicks, who has lived in D.C. since the '70s, saw shows there all the time. (Barbara L. Sallisbury/The Washington Times)
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South Korean soldiers watch a TV news program on Monday showing North Korea's Unha-3 rocket. North Korea moved all three stages of the long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Oct. 13, 2011, photo, Larry Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, appears on Capitol Hill in Washington before a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. Echo Hawk is resigning to accept a full-time leadership position with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
