Politics

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The recommended redistricted congressional map would drastically alter Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett's Western Maryland 6th District and the Republican has expressed concerns about the changes. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, as chairman of the education panel had promised a reform bill in the spring. He is expected to present his plan Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Along with a new protest tune, country crooner Hank Williams, Jr. is now selling "Hank Williams for President" t-shirts to answer critics upset after the singer compared President Obama to Hitler. (Image from HankJr.com)

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Mourners carry the coffin of victims of clashes between protesters and security forces in Cairo on Monday. (Associated Press)

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Kim Jong-un was introduced to the world a year ago at a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party. (Associated Press)

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Jacob Griesmer of Mosinee, Wisc., organizes his things inside his tent during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. Mr. Griesmer made the trip from Wisconsin to join the protest. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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A man walks past a large banner during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. This protest which began here last week has occupied prime real estate in the nation's capitol with tents and sleeping bags. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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One of the protest organizers, pediatrician Margaret Flowers, M.D., of Baltimore, Md, (in green) talks with police officials about the outcome of the protest, during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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A group of protestors arrive at Freedom Plaza during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** A dummy BlackBerry handset stands at a shop Aug. 27, 2010, in Hyderabad, India. (Associated Press)

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Sir Paul McCartney and his wife, American heiress Nancy Shevell, leave Marylebone Registry Office following their wedding in central London on Oct. 9, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Protesters talk with a Knights of Columbus member following a Columbus Day celebration and wreath presentation at Union Station in Washington on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Wreath presenters Daniel Stabile (right), president of the National Council for the Promotion of Italian Language in American Schools; Bailey Moore (second from right), 9, with the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.; David Stringfellow (second from left), governor of the D.C. branch of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims; and Georgia Holder (left), national president of the Daughters of the American Colonists, stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a Columbus Day celebration and wreath presentation at Union Station in Washington on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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People start to move about Freedom Plaza in Washington, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, among protest signs, as part of a protest against the war and corporate America. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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With the Washington Monument behind them, protesters, calling for the end of the Federal Reserve, march Oct. 9, 2011, to the Federal Reserve in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Police officers examine a utility shaft near the rail tracks at the northern exit of the railway tunnel to Berlin's central train station on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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**FILE** Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, talks on his cell phone Sept. 27, 2011, outside a closed-door meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (center) celebrates in Warsaw with Health Minister Ewa Kopacz (right) and Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski (background left) as the first exit poll is published following parliamentary elections on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Herman Cain, who spoke at the Values Voter Summit, dodged the issue of Mitt Romney's religion: "I am not running for theologian in chief." (Associated Press)

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Protesters shout slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime after prayers in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday, Oct, 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)