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Sharon Bialek, with lawyer Gloria Allred (right), addresses a news conference at the Friars Club in New York on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, during which Ms. Bialek accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain of making an unwanted sexual advance against her in 1997. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (right) arrives for a Cabinet meeting at the Parliament in Athens on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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President Obama met with veterans Monday at the White House and spoke about how tax credits for businesses that hire veterans would encourage them to hire some of the 850,000 out of work. "If you can oversee a convoy or millions of dollars of assets in Iraq, you can help a business back home manage their supply chain or balance their books," he said. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (center) and his fellow Democrat, Sen. Mark R. Warner, attend a get-out-the-vote rally at George Mason University in Fairfax on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. (The Washington Times)

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A wounded man is carried to emergency aid during a clash with Liberian police at opposition party headquarters in Monrovia on Monday. Violence broke out at the headquarters, and at least two people were killed, less than 24 hours before Liberia's presidential runoff, considered a test of the country's fragile peace after civil war. (Associated Press)

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Opposition party vice-presidential candidate George Weah (seated), a former soccer star, is fanned by a member of his entourage as he takes refuge in a nearby home Monday after Liberian police fired tear gas into opposition party headquarters in Monrovia. (Associated Press)

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In this combination of images provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, two of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use by the fall of 2012 are seen here. (Associated Press/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

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Raymond "Boots" Riley of the Coup, a hip-hop group, has become a regular presence at the Occupy Oakland encampments, taking up bullhorns and staying until dawn even amid clashes with police. "I'm trying to make a soundtrack out there that rallies people around certain ideas about living in this system into motivation," he said. (Associated Press)

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"A woman her age shouldn't look that good," says Dr. Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon, of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. (Associated Press)

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Sharon Bialek (left) of the Chicago area, with her lawyer Gloria Allred, prepares to address a news conference at the Friars Club in New York on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Ms. Bialek accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain of making an unwanted sexual advance against her more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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President Obama greets veterans after talking about the American Jobs Act on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Greek opposition leader Antonis Samaras attends a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister George Papandreou at the Presidential Palace in Athens on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou waves to journalists as he leaves the Presidential Palace in Athens on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, after a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias and opposition leader Antonis Samaras. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

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New York linebacker Michael Boley forces New England quarterback Tom Brady to fumble during the Giants' 24-20 victory. (Associated Press)

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Performers from New York City's Brown Girls Burlesque, from left, Pam Demonium, Exhotic Other and Jazabel Jade prepare to audition for America's Got Talent at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 6, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Larry Graves, of Montgomery Village, Md., readies his Barack Obama impersonation while waiting to audition for America's Got Talent. "I looked at him and looked at myself, it was pretty much a no-brainer," Graves said, explaining why he began doing an impression of the president. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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The dance troupe Living Legends Evolved practices their routine before auditioning for America's Got Talent. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Former Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, Virginia Republican

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Washington Redskins Adam Carriker (94) can't stop San Francisco 49ers Frank Gore (21) from picking up 14 yards during the first quarter. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)