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Israeli soldiers sit on top of their tank near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire Tuesday in a fierce border battle that killed a senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist underlining how easily tensions can re-ignite along the frontier where Israel and Hezbollah fought a war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Robert L. Sumwalt asks questions at a meeting on the investigation findings and safety issues of the June 22, 2009 collision of two Washington Metrorail trains, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the NTSB in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Security officers escort a convoy of cars, one believed to be transporting first lady Michelle Obama on arrival at the Villa Padierna Hotel in Marbella, southern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. The White House says Mrs. Obama is in Spain for a private trip with longtime family friends. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Roy Blunt votes in the Missouri primary election in Springfield, Mo., on Tuesday. Mr. Blunt is the heavy Republican favorite to win his party's nomination to replace retiring Sen. Christopher S. Bond in November's general election.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero gives a thumbs up after voting in the party primary Tuesday in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew, left, and Adm. Mike Mullen, the top U.S. military officer, right, take a question from a reporter during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
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"Religious toleration is the bedrock of our freedom, but no nation is required to extend toleration to religions that preach against public order and safety," Republican House candidate Lou Ann Zelenik said.
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Associated Press Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said he supports holding hearings on the 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to those born in the U.S.
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Rep. Roy Blunt votes in the Missouri primary election at Glenstone Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo., on Tuesday. Mr. Blunt is the heavy Republican favorite to win his party's nomination to replace retiring Sen. Christopher S. Bond in November's general election. (AP Photo)
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** FILE ** Bristol Palin, daughter of then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and Levi Johnston attend the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., in 2008. Miss Palin and Mr. Johnston have called off their second engagement after he told her he may have fathered a baby with another girl. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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HARPERCOLLINS Sarah Palin gets a bad rap because "she is everything that her critics are not, and as a result, they attack."
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Mike Lazaridis, president and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Research In Motion, talks about his company's new BlackBerry Torch, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Pakistani para military troops gather near a vehicle set on fire by angry mob following the killing of a local leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement in Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Gunmen killed dozens of people in Pakistan's largest city after the assassination of a lawmaker, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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An Israeli tank maneuvers near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Israeli soldiers came under fire Tuesday during a routine patrol along the Lebanese border, the army said, sparking the most intense clashes with forces inside Lebanon since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An Israeli soldier cleans a weapon as he stands near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Israeli soldiers came under fire Tuesday during a routine patrol along the Lebanese border, the army said, sparking the most intense clashes with forces inside Lebanon since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Smoke rises from the southern border village of Adaisseh after an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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A Lebanese soldier holds his rifle as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the disputed border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)
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UNIFIL peacekeepers gesture as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the disputed border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)
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A U.N. peacekeeper waves a U.N. flag as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist. were killed in the clashes. Tuesday's fighting was the most serious since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)
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Members of the Shreveport Fire Department and deputies from the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office work the scene at Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park in Shreveport, La., on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, in search of teens who drowned while swimming in the Red River late Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Shreveport Times, Henrietta Wildsmith)
