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associated press photographs Democrat David Weprin (left) and Republican Bob Turner (right) face off Sept. 13 in a special election to fill the seat of Rep. Anthony Weiner. The 9th Congressional District covers parts of heavily Democratic Brooklyn and Queens, though polls show the races is closer than expected.
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NASA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Technicians work on the GRAIL booster at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Aug. 25. It is scheduled to launch on Thursday.
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Former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to supporters as she takes the stage before addressing a Tea Party Express Rally in Manchester, N.H., Monday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2011. Palin left open the possibility of a presidential bid Monday afternoon, while encouraging tea party activists to unite against President Obama. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks in the House of Commons in London on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, about an inquiry into allegations of cozy ties between U.K. intelligence and Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime. (AP Photo/Parliamentary Recording Unit via Associated Press Television News)
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President Obama waves to supporters during a Labor Day speech at the Renaissance Center, headquarters of General Motors, in Detroit on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Jake Rowley (right) and his friends check out a booth with skateboards. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Justin Figueroa of Irvine, Calif., does a trick in midair during the final round of the competition. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Crowd favorite Bobby Worrest of Washington accelerates during the final rounds of the Maloof Money Cup skateboarding event at RFK Stadium in Washington on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Actress Daryl Hannah is arrested Tuesday by U.S. Park Police near the White House during a protest against the proposed Keystone XL multistate oil pipeline. The pipeline would have a minimal environmental impact, the administration says. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry greets guests at a party Saturday in Chichester, N.H. He "needs to cut back on the volatile rhetoric and couch his words more carefully, or they can come back to haunt him," one party strategist said.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rebel fighters celebrate in the desert outside a military base near Bani Walid, Libya, on Saturday. The U.S. has stepped up surveillance of elements of the rebel forces interested in setting up an Islamist state.
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NEW YORK MAYOR'S OFFICE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg says the 10th anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks was designed with families in mind.
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President Obama (center) talks to reporters on the Temple Street Bridge over the Passaic River as he visits areas damaged by Hurricane Irene on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, in Paterson, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie stands left of Mr. Obama. (AP Photo/John O'Boyle, Pool)
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** FILE ** German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
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President Obama talks with residents of Fayette Avenue in Wayne, N.J., on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, as he visits Garden State areas flooded by Hurricane Irene. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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North Korean workers unload emergency flood aid sent from the United States at the Pyongyang airport in North Korea on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. The small but symbolic shipment of emergency aid for the flood-stricken North is the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the countries. (AP Photo/Associated Press Television News)
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Rebel fighters celebrate in the desert outside a military base near Bani Walid, Libya, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. More than a hundred armed vehicles left from Misrata rebel outposts Saturday morning on a mission to overtake a loyalist army ground forces base near Bani Walid, a stronghold of Col. Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Gaia Anderson)
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Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi gestures speaks during a press conference at the Holy See Press Office, at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 27, 2010, file photo, the sun sets prior to the anticipated State of the Union speech by President Barack Obama to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this coming week, scorned by the nation it was elected to help lead. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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** FILE ** In this Aug. 6, 2011, file photo worshippers pray during The Response, a call to prayer for a nation in crisis in Houston. During the prayer rally for thousands, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry read from the Bible, invoked Christ and broadcast the whole event on the Web, without so much as a symbolic nod to other American faiths. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
