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Pakistani police officers stop cameramen from filming a house where family members of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden are believed to be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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President Obama waves after being greeted by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at the Blue House, the official presidential house, in Seoul on Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Obama greets Chinese President Hu Jintao at the start of their bilateral meeting in Seoul on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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** FILE ** Unaware that a microphone was recording him, President Obama asked outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, March 26, 2012, for breathing room until after Mr. Obama's re-election campaign to negotiate on missile defense. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Hankuk University in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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"If you do it the way the bill came in, there's absolutely no recognition of property values," Sen. Thomas M. Middleton, Charles Democrat, said of changes to the bill on septic systems. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Members of Christian faith organizations kneel in prayer in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Sunday as part of "Encircle the Court in Prayer" on the eve of the Supreme Court arguments on President Obama's health care legislation. (Associated Press)
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A Bible is held in the air near the U.S. Capitol on the eve of the Supreme Court arguments on President Obama's health care legislation, in Washington, on Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Amber Henry, 19, a student at Catholic University who is from Miami, prays on the eve of the Supreme Court arguments on President Obama's health care legislation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Members of Christian faith organizations kneel in prayer in front of the Supreme Court as part of "Encircle the Court in Prayer," on the eve of the Supreme Court arguments on President Obama's health care legislation, in Washington, Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Obama. with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, is in Seoul with other world leaders to discuss measures to safeguard atomic facilities and materials. South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said he hopes "concrete steps" will be taken during the summit, which opens Monday. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Aaron Schock, Illinois Republican, reimbursed himself from his campaign fund for more than $150,000 in expenses, including $30,000 in hotel bills. The congressman paid back money for a trip to Athens. (Associated Press)
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Numerous relatives of Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, received salaries out of campaign funds and money raised by his political action committee also was used to reimburse Mr. Paul for travel, gifts, flags and food, according to a report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The press secretary for Mr. Paul, who is shown in Iowa in August, called the report "a sad attempt ... to grab cheap headlines." (Associated Press)
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Doctors say former Vice President Dick Cheney, 71, did not receive special treatment when he was given a new heart Saturday. Mr. Cheney had severe congestive heart failure and had suffered five heart attacks in the past 25 years. (Associated Press)
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Democratic Sens. Charles E. Schumer of New York (left) and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut are calling for investigations into whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law. (Associated Press)
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Members of Christian faith organizations kneel in prayer in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Sunday as part of "Encircle the Court in Prayer" on the eve of the Supreme Court arguments on President Obama's health care legislation. (Associated Press)
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"This is a sharp, clear difference with two different futures," House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation" of the debt-slashing GOP budget plan. It would slice $5.3 billion from President Obama's budget in the coming decade through tax reforms and sweeping program cuts. (CBS News via Associated Press)
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Demonstrators carry a poster Saturday showing a caricature of Russian Prime Minister and now President-elect Vladimir Putin during a protest in St. Petersburg against Kremlin policies and suspected vote rigging. Mr. Putin made his most lavish election promises about three weeks ahead of the March 4 election. (Associated Press)
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Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman (right), chief of the Pakistani religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, heads a meeting of opposition leaders on Saturday, March 24, 2012, in Islamabad to discuss strategy for the forthcoming Parliament debate on the terms of re-engagement with United States. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush (left) of the band Sugarland were about to perform Aug. 13 at the Indiana State Fair when the stage and rigging collapsed, killing seven people and injuring dozens. Miss Nettles has been ordered to give a deposition in the lawsuits that followed. (Associated Press)
