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Anti-Syrian regime protesters of Islamic group supporters shout slogans and hold Arabic placards, the foreground one read:"We swear, we will not let you down," as they protest after the Friday prayer to show their support to the Syrian and Yemeni protesters who demonstrate against their regimes, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

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Washington Capitals' Troy Brouwer (20), Alex Ovechkin (8), and Dennis Wideman (6) celebrate a goal earlier this preseason. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, businessman Herman Cain and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman gather prior to a debate, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, Pool)

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Janae Taylor (left), of Boston, waits in line to speak with a participating employer Oct. 7, 2011, during a jobs fair sponsored by U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, Massachusetts Republican, at Roxbury Community College in Boston. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks Oct. 7, 2011, at the Values Voter Summit in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Mike Tidwell (right) from the Chesapeake Climate Action Network addresses a rally outside the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington on Oct., 7, 2011, against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. (Associated Press)

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Former New York Yankees third baseman Robin Ventura is replacing Ozzie Guillen as manager of the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox said that Ventura agreed to a multiyear deal on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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A coalition of students and their supporters from New York University and The New School chant "show me what democracy looks like" as they march towards Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan during the Occupy Wall Street protests on Oct. 5, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks Sept. 24, 2011, during the Florida Republican Party Presidency 5 Convention in Orlando, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Libyan revolutionary fighters load a machine gun during an attack against pro-Gadhafi forces in Sirte, Libya, on Oct. 7, 2011. (Sssociated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks on Oct. 6, 2011, to supporters aboard the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point in Charleston, S.C. (Associated Press/The Post and Courier)

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** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, after a Democratic caucus lunch. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** In this June 27, 2011, file photo, Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman chants slogans along with anti-government protestors, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

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A police line stands in front of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce building in Northwest as protesters rally over a variety of issues. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Ryan Gosling plays a 30-year-old consultant helping manage the campaign of a Democratic presidential candidate in "The Ides of March," an adaptation of the play "Farragut North." (Photograph by Sony via Associated Press)

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ATF is under fire for a memo prohibiting gun merchants from selling firearms to anyone who uses medical marijuana. (The Washington Times)

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Protesters form a huge human number "99" to symbolize the 99% of americans they are representing in a large protest against corporate greed at Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Hundreds of protesters march along K Street in Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Protestors chant and holds signs outside the the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas building in downtown Dallas, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Protestors across the state marched against the current state of the economy and corporate influence on the government. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Fred Doores takes part in an "Occupy Austin" protest, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, in Austin, Texas. Concerns over Wall Street practices and economic inequality that have led to sit-ins and rallies in New York and elsewhere reverberated up to the White House on Thursday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)