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Under pouring rain, people march in support of Haiti's presidential candidate and hip hop singer Wyclef Jean in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Haitian President Rene Preval met with presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean for more than two hours on Thursday, touching off a new round of speculation as to whether the singer will be allowed to run in Nov. 28 elections. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Associated Press Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont joins fellow Senate Democrats (from left) Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Charles E. Schumer of New York, and Dianne Feinstein of California after Elena Kagan's confirmation vote.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, talks with Sen. John Cornyn, D-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, as they walk to McConnell's office, following the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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Haiti's presidential candidate and hip hop singer Wyclef Jean, left, talks to a local journalist in Croix de Bouquets, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Haitian President Rene Preval met with presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean for more than two hours on Thursday, touching off a new round of speculation as to whether the singer will be allowed to run in Nov. 28 elections. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. On Thursday, Aug. 5, the Senate confirmed Kagan as the 112th justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Kyrgyz government forces stop a bus with supporters of former presidential hopeful Urmat Baryktabasov who gathered on a highway some 9 miles east of the capital, Bishkek, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, to demand the resignation of the government. The government forces used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters, raising fears of new instability in the turbulent Central Asian nation. (AP Photo)
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Hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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**FILE** Connor Schmeding joins hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Aug. 4, 2010, in San Francisco. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (Associated Press)
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Same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, center, speaks at a public rally on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in West Hollywood, Calif. Gay rights supporters turned out in droves to celebrate a federal judge's overturning of California's Proposition 8, a same-sex marriage ban, a landmark case which could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)
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Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, second from left, glances at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, right, during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, after a Senate vote that would clear the way for a $26 billion measure to help states with their severe budget problems and save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public employees . From left are, Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, Mrs. Murray, Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado Democrat, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio Democrat, and Mr. Reid. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, second from right, speaks about the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at the Treasury Department in Washington. Joining him, from left are, Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael J. Astrue, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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A flight deck crew aboard the USS George Washington work on an F/A-18 during joint maneuvers with South Korea off the peninsula's east coast on July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)
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In this July 2005 photo provided by Lynn France, Lynn France, right, poses for a photo with her husband John France on their wedding day on Italy's Amalfi Coast. In January of 2009, France discovered her husband's second wedding on Facebook. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Lynn France)
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In this image made from television model Naomi Campbell is seen at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Special Court for Sierra Leone, via APTN)
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A Lynx helicopter of the South Korean navy leaves from the destroyer Choi Young during military drills in the Yellow Sea of South Korea's west coast on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the sea as naval drills kicked off Thursday near the spot where a warship sank four months ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)
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In this image made from television Naomi Campbell is seen holding the bible being sworn in at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, Netherlands, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Naomi Campbell appeared at a Dutch courthouse to give evidence at the war crimes trial of former Liberian ruler Charles Taylor after the supermodel lost her battle to avoid testifying. Campbell will be questioned about claims made by actress Mia Farrow that Taylor gave the British model an uncut diamond after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela in South Africa in 1997. Prosecutors say if that's true, it's evidence that he received diamonds from Sierra Leone rebels in exchange for weapons during that country's 1992-2002 civil war. (AP Photo/Special Court for Sierra Leone, via APTN)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Redskins' Albert Haynesworth trains with blocking dummies at the NFL football team's training camp at Redskins Park, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in Ashburn, Va.
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Molly McKay of Marriage Equality USA reacts while reading a copy of a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban in San Francisco on Wednesday. Judge Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (Associated Press)
