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** FILE ** Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited Friendship Collegiate Academy in Northeast on Wednesday to tout the federally funded Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. (Associated Press)
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Freshman Rep. Alan Grayson, Florida Democrat, is one of the top targets of the Republicans this election cycle. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, speaks in September 2010 with Afghan military personnel during a tour of the U.S. run-Parwan detention facility north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)
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California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman discusses her campaign with workers at Altergy Systems after touring their fuel-cell manufacturing plant in Folsom, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Democratic candidate for governor Dan Malloy, top left, Independent candidate Tom Marsh, top center, and Republican candidate Tom Foley, top right, debate in Middletown, Conn., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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** FILE ** Workers assemble regional jets at a Bombardier plant in Montreal in 2003. (Canadian Press Photo/Ryan Remiorz)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, talks about human rights abuses in Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Riot police hit out at demonstrators during protests in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession.(AP Photo/David Ramos)
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Riot police confront demonstrators during riots in Barcelona, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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A man observes the riots from his closed shop in Barcelona, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. (AP Photo/David Ramos)
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Protesters vandalize a police car during riots in Barcelona on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Shortly after, the car was set on fire. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. (AP Photo/Paula Fernandez)
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A protestor sprays paint on a public bus driving along Madrid's Gran Via, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Workers burn tires in front of "Mercabarna (General Market) " during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, early Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 to protest the budget-slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control debt. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Demonstrators march down a main boulevard in Brussels on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized the march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget-slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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A protester is detained by plain clothes policemen, during a demonstration in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized a march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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Demonstrators march as hold a bunner tha read in Greek, "No to the frugality yes to the employment and to the development" outside of Finance Ministry during an anti-austerity protests in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Anti-austerity demonstrations erupted across Europe to protest the budget-slashing, tax-hiking, pension-cutting austerity plans of European governments seeking to control their debt. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Thousands of demonstrators march in Lisbon Wednesday, Sept. 29 2010, demanding more and better employment. Portugal's government convened an unscheduled Cabinet meeting Wednesday as it came under fierce pressure to explain how it intends to steer the country out of a deepening financial crisis. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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Protesters march behind a Solidarity banner during a Solidarity trade union demonstration against budget cuts, in front of the Polish government office, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. About 6,000 protesters marched in rainy Warsaw in one of many demonstrations that took place across Europe to protest government austerity plans aimed at cutting deficits. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Protesters wearing "Solidarity" tops shout slogans during a Solidarity trade union demonstration against budget cuts, in front of the Polish government office, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. About 6,000 protesters marched in rainy Warsaw in one of many demonstrations that took place across Europe to protest government austerity plans aimed at cutting deficits. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Demonstrators march down a main boulevard in Brussels Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions prepared a march of nearly 100,000 workers on the European Union institutions on Wednesday to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
