Politics

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Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois Republican, says he will "spend less, tax less and borrow less." (Associated Press)

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Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller has made potentially crippling missteps that critics say expose him as a hypocrite and flip-flopper. (Associated Press)

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Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for California governor (left), shakes hands with debate moderator Maria Elena Salinas, before the start of her debate with Jerry Brown on Univision in this 2010 file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer denies he told his Republican challenger, "I'm coming after you."

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George Osborne, Britain's Treasury chief (center), delivers the Comprehensive Spending Review in London on Wednesday. Mr. Osborne ordered $128 billion in spending cuts through 2015. (Associated Press)

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Protesters clash with police during a rally in London against spending cuts on Wednesday. Britain will slash benefits and jobs to make the largest cuts to public spending since World War II. (Associated Press)

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The hospital bed next to Mr. Diallo holds Mory Keita. He was hit in the face by a rock at the party headquarters of a Malinke candidate in what was supposed to be Guinea's first democratic election since its independence in 1958. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chats with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. (AP Photo)

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President Obama is introduced by Javier Garcia of Brownsville, Texas, before signing the Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. (Associated Press)

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer improved her chances of keeping her seat when she signed into law a tough enforcement measure against illegal immigration. Polls show the Republican incumbent leading the race. (Arizona Republic via Associated Press)

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Special Force officers examine the scene after a bomb blast in front of a Chechen parliament complex in Grozny, Chechnya, southern Russia, on Tuesday. Insurgents stormed the parliament complex, and one set off a bomb at the gates. (Associated Press)

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is waging a quiet war against al Qaeda in Yemen. (Associated Press)

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District Judge Virginia A. Phillips, here in 2002, is at the center of the debate on gays in the military with her ruling to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. (Associated Press)

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Associated Press Senate candidate Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, seen here Monday in Lexington, Ky., refused to shake his opponent's hand after a Sunday debate because of an attack ad the Democrat is running.

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to the gathering for the launch of the two-week Tea Party Express bus tour in Reno on Monday.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Attendees show their support during a rally launching a Tea Party Express bus tour Monday in Reno, Nev. The tour will make stops in at least 15 states before reaching Concord, N.H., the day before the midterm elections.

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SENATE CONTENDERS: Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Joe Sestak trails his Republican rival, former Rep. Pat Toomey (pictured), in the polls two weeks before the election for an open seat. (Associated Press)

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