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Associated Press Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell chats with voters in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday. Ms. O'Donnell took on nine-term Rep. Michael N. Castle in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat.
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The Rodarte spring 2011 collection is modeled Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this April 7, 2010 file photo, Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich, Jr., speaks in Rockville, Md. Four years of tough budget problems, a big tax increase in 2007 and the national anti-incumbency mood have helped lift former Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich into a potentially tight rematch with incumbent Gov. Martin O'Malley in one of the most Democratic states in the nation. Ehrlich still must hold off a primary challenge from a 33-year-old businessman named Brian Murphy, who has never run for office and was nearly unheard of until he received former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's endorsement last month.
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Well-wishers and male relatives of Bahrainis rounded up in a crackdown on Shiite Muslim activists gather for a sit-in in a private home in the village of Nuweidrat, Bahrain, on Tuesday. More than 250 Shiites have been detained since last month, and 23 political activists and others have been accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The banner shows some of the more prominent prisoners and reads, "Sit-in in support of families of the prisoners." (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sen. George V. Voinovich, Ohio Republican (left), and Sen. George S. LeMieux, Florida Republican (right), broke with their party Tuesday to help Democrats advance President Obama's small-business assistance bill in the Senate. A final Senate vote is expected later this week. Then the bill must go back to the House for final approval.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS GETTING A 'WIN': Sen. Harry Reid hailed the progress of the small-business assistance bill.
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Diane Garrido attends a rally on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation to protest a New York proposal to end to the tax-free cigarette market in tribal areas. The 7,800-member Seneca Nation in New York says its cigarette business is a $100-million-a-year industry. (Associated Press)
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Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell chats with voters in Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday. Ms. O'Donnell took on nine-term Rep. Michael N. Castle in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo)
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Manuel Cardenas repairs shoes in La Habanera, a state-run workshop in Havana, on Monday. The government announced it will cast off at least half a million state employees by 2011. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (left) debates the issues earlier this month with the other major Colorado gubernatorial candidates, Republican Dan Maes (center) and Democrat John Hickenlooper. Mr. Tancredo got the go-ahead Tuesday to run on the American Constitution Party ticket.
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** FILE ** University of Southern California tailback Reggie Bush pauses while giving his acceptance speech as the winner of the Heisman Trophy in New York in December 2005.
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Former Hartford, Conn., Mayor Eddie Perez arrives at Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, flanked by his mother, Felicita (left), and his wife, Maria (right), for sentencing in his political corruption case. (AP Photo/Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - This Sept. 2, 2010, file photo shows Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis watching from the sidelines during a preseason NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, in Glendale, Ariz.
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** FILE ** Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to members of the media at the federal building in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2010, after a jury found him guilty of one count of lying to federal agents. His wife, Patti, is at right. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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European Commissioner Vice President and Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Reding threatened France with legal action over the mass expulsions of Roma. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body has declared, setting up a showdown with the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Roma also known as Gypsies, arrive at Marseille airport, southern France, before being expelled from France, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday, setting up a showdown with the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In recent weeks, French authorities have dismantled over 100 illegal camps and deported more than 1,000 Roma, mainly back to Romania, in a crackdown that has drawn international condemnation. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Romanian Roma women look at journalists after they and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian Roma man carries a large bag, after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian Roma woman sits by luggage, after she and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
