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Sen. Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania Democrat, along with daughter Alex and wife Susan, speaks at a primary night event at the Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne, Pa. He unseated incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter.
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Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter does some last-minute campaigning just before polls opened Tuesday at a North Little Rock restaurant. Mr. Halter was hoping to capitalize on anti-incumbent anger in his Democratic primary challenge to Mrs. Lincoln. (AP Photo)
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LOSING OUT: Sen. Arlen Specter, with wife Joan, thanks supporters after being defeated in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary.
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"TEA PARTY" POWER: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul (center) is accompanied by his wife, Kelley, his father and mother, Ron and Carl, and his son, William, as he arrives Tuesday evening for his victory party in Bowling Green, Ky. Mr. Paul trounced primary foe Trey Grayson, the Kentucky secretary of state.
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Sen. Blanche Lincoln and her husband, Steve, fill out paperwork at their polling place in Little Rock, Ark. The Democrat remained confident on Tuesday afternoon, issuing a statement declaring she "has fought off this challenge from outside groups and ends the primary election period battle tested."
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An anti-government protester lights a firecracker against Thai soldiers Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Thai government rejected a proposal Tuesday for peace talks with leaders of the Red Shirt protesters to end the deadly mayhem gripping Bangkok, saying negotiations cannot start until the protesters disperse. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
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The Washington Capitals traded their first-round pick (No. 26 overall) to the Chicago Blackhawks for right winger Troy Brouwer on Friday night, day one of the NHL draft. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The Rev. Franklin Graham was at the Pentagon on Thursday to pray on a sidewalk outside the building. His invitation to participate in National Prayer Day there was rescinded after Muslim members of the military complained that he smeared their religion in 2001 remarks in the Wall Street Journal.
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** FILE ** State Department legal adviser Harold Koh speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in December 2005. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
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Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, seen here at an April 15, 2009, anti-tax “tea party” rally, was tapped Tuesday to be one of nearly 400 committee members who oversee the Republican Party in northwest Ohio's Lucas County. (Associated Press)
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An Indian peacekeeper keeps watch at the MONUC base in Kiwanja. MONUC has 34 mobile operating bases in North Kivu, small military encampments planted in or near villages to provide security and communications. These bases can be scattered through the battlespace for protection and observation. The U.N. chief for humanitarian affairs warned that the premature withdrawal of the U.N. peacekeeping force known as MONUC could worsen the situation. (The Washington Times)
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A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, Dan Coats, casts his vote in Indianapolis on Tuesday. Mr. Coats, who won his primary, spent 10 years in the Senate before leaving in 1998. He moved to Virginia, where he has worked as a lobbyist. He also bought a home in North Carolina, prompting critics to call him a carpetbagger for seeking a Senate seat from Indiana again. (Associated Press)
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A Nigerian soldier stands guard outside the central mosque in Jos, Nigeria, in January after violence resulted in the deaths of both Christians and Muslims. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom puts Nigeria in the company of China, Iran and other top violators of religious freedom. (File photo, Associated Press)
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**FILE** A Pakistani police officer guards a U.N. car destroyed in June 2009 by suicide bomber at the Peshawar Pearl Continental Hotel. An increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded in 2009, pushing South Asia past the Middle East as the top terror region in the world, according to new figures compiled by a U.S. intelligence agency. (Associated Press)
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In this undated file photo, President Obama concludes a vacation by meeting Sunday with Billy Graham, at his home in Montreat, N.C. The evangelist counseled commanders in chief since Dwight D. Eisenhower. (White House via Associated Press) **FILE**
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** FILE ** Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl, Arizona Republicans, listen on April 19 as Pinal County, Ariz., Sheriff Paul R. Babeu (left) calls for more National Guard troops for border security. Cochise County, Ariz., Sheriff Larry A. Dever (right) concurred. (AP Photo)
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Scott Veley of Kensington, Conn., holds a Gadsden flag during a tea party protest at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on April 15, 2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A Chinese People's Liberation Army Airforce's "Bayi Aerobatic Unit" J-10 fighter jet taxis back upon landing as an air force personnel stands guard at a base of the PLA Airforce's 24th Division in Yangcun, Tianjin, China, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. The media, along with about 51 military attaches from embassies in Beijing, including the United States, Britain and Israel, witnessed a 15-minute demonstration by four pilots from the 24th Air Division in China's domestically developed J-10 fighters. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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President Obama makes a courtesy bow to welcome Chinese President Hu Jintao to the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington earlier this week. A report by the CIA's Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Center links Chinese companies to nuclear and missile programs in Pakistan and missile programs in Iran. (Bloomberg News)
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Who says the tea-party movement is divisive and limited to far-right-leaning activists? A new "tea" shirt from manufacturer Authentic GOP challenges that claim.
