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Sen. Susan Collins, Republican from Maine, is among members of Congress who want local jurisdictions to have freedom in school lunch decisions. (Associated Press)
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Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York said that President Obama has not responded to a letter he wrote about the Catholic Church's concerns. (Associated Press)
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Protesters (from left) Justin Rodriguez, Eric Sponaugle and Lacy MacAuley chat Wednesday at McPherson Square. The three are among a few protesters loosely tied to Occupy D.C. who have been protesting by day and sleeping on sidewalks by night at the square not far from the White House. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Antonin Scalia discuss their differing views of the Constitution before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Angelina Jolie has accepted a position as Special Representative on the Afghan refugee situation, the U.N. announced Tuesday in Geneva. (Associated Press)
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From left, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta discuss defense after a meeting of NATO ministers in Brussels on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema (center) first proposed to UNESCO in 2008 the awarding of a $3 million life-sciences prize, but objections to the central African strongman's involvement have prevented its adoption. (Associated Press)
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Roger Ailes, here in 1971, was a Republican media strategist, TV producer and then head of CNBC until 1996, the year he resigned to create the upstart Fox News Channel. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks during the third annual Washington Ideas Forum on Oct. 5, 2011, at the Newseum in Washington. (Associated Press)
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen listens to questions during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill on Oct. 5, 2011, to discuss President Obama's jobs bill. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Then-Sen. Barack Obama (second from left) looks on as the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth (in wheelchair) greets former President Bill Clinton in Selma, Ala., in March 2007. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Linda Stelter)
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** FILE ** The Rev. Ralph Abernathy (left) of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth of the Revelation Baptist Church in Cincinnati talk to reporters at the White House in Washington after a conference with President Kennedy in 1963. (AP Photo/Bill Allen, File)
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In this video grab photo released Oct. 4, 2011, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, A woman claiming that she is Zainab al-Hosni who the Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, and Syrian activists reported last month that was found dead and mutilated after she was detained in her hometown of Homs, shows her ID card during an interview with the Syrian state television, in Damascus, Syria. (Associated Press/SANA)
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks on the department's enforcement of immigration laws on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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West Virginia acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (left, at podium) celebrates Oct. 4, 2011, with supporters at his campaign headquarters at the Marriott Hotel in Charleston, W.Va., shortly after being declared the winner in the race for governor. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns in Florida on Tuesday. He said in an interview that anti-capitalism protests on Wall Street won't help solve the nation's problems. (Associated Press)
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Shawn Mitchell, a Democratic candidate for Virginia state Senate in Loudoun County, disagrees with his GOP rival on the role of the federal government in health care. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Univision allegedly tried to strong-arm Sen. Marco Rubio by saying it would not air a report about the 1987 drug arrest of the Florida Republican's brother-in-law if he gave an exclusive interview.
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Prince George's County Sheriff Melvin C. High and Gov. Martin O'Malley last Thursday highlighted the successes of the Warrant Task Force at news conference at police headquarters. Five days later, the Sheriff's Office admitted that a deputy serving a peace order last month did not arrest the man, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
