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Associated Press Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell will address social conservatives in Washington this weekend.

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Rep.-to-be Frank Kratovil Jr. (right), Maryland Democrat, speaks after being endorsed by then-Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, his Republican predecessor, for the 1st Congressional District seat, in Annapolis, Md., in September 2008. Mr. Gilchrest had lost his primary to Mr. Harris.

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Associated Press photographs State Sen. Andy Harris, Republican candidate in the 1st Congressional District of Maryland, addresses supporters in Salisbury, Md., after winning his Tuesday primary. Mr. Harris is set to take on the Democrat who narrowly defeated him in 2008.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS GUNG-HO: Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Marine Corps reservist, is pleased that the Pentagon is building up a special task force to thwart deadly IEDs in Afghanistan.

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(Photo: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration) A submarine, seized on July 2 in a shallow river inlet close to the Ecuador-Colombia border, was thought to be intended for smugglers to transport tons of cocaine.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) speaks with Romanian President Traian Basescu during a roundtable meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. A summit of government leaders seeking to mold a united European Union front on the global stage opened in disarray over France's expulsion of Gypsies and comparisons with World War II deportations.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XVI leave the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, after a formal welcome Thursday, his first day of a four-day visit to the United Kingdom. The pope acknowledged that the Catholic Church failed to act quickly or decisively to deal with child molestations by priests.

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Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, arrives for a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Geithner said China needs to allow a "significant, sustained" rise in its currency as lawmakers called for the U.S. to toughen its stance on the yuan. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, prior to testifying before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Treasury Department's report on international economic and exchange rate policies. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Senator Christopher Dodd, left, a Democrat from Connecticut, talks with Senator Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Geithner said China needs to allow a "significant, sustained" rise in its currency as lawmakers called for the U.S. to toughen its stance on the yuan. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg

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Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, testifies at a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Geithner said China needs to allow a "significant, sustained" rise in its currency as lawmakers called for the U.S. to toughen its stance on the yuan. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg

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Korea War veterans from the United States and other countries parade on military vehicles through a street to celebrate of the 60th Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 near Incheon, the South Korean coastal city where United Nations Forces led by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur landed in September 1950 just months after North Korea invaded the South. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

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Sen. George Voinovich, Ohio Republican, speaks to a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. In a win for President Obama and his political allies, the Senate on Thursday passed a bill to create a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses. Democrats earlier cracked a Republican filibuster of the bill with the help of two Republicans, Mr. Voinovich and Sen. George LeMieux of Florida. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio at a press conference with Republican leaders, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks with Pope Benedict XVI during an audience in the Morning Drawing Room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The Pope is on a four-day visit to Britian. (AP Photo David Cheskin/Pool)

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A member of the public wearing a Kilt and Sporran, traditional Scottish dress, as he arrives at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010, as the Pope arrives to Scotland. Pope Benedict XVI arrives today to start a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, walks with Pope Benedict XVI as they leave the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, following his formal welcome on the first day of his four day visit to Britain, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Prince Philip following behind left and Pope's personal secretary Gerog Gaenswein, behind right. (AP Photo / Dave Thompson, pool)

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** FILE ** From left, Britain's Prince Philip, Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Pope Benedict XVI walk at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Claudio Onorati, Pool)

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Pope Benedict XVI, right, and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leave after inspecting an honor guard of members of the Royal Company of Archers and members of the Royal Regiment of Scotland Band as the Pope arrives at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Treasury Department's report on international economic and exchange rate policies. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)