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Salvation Army worker Daniel Aherns, here in July 2009, collects on Fifth Avenue at Rockefeller Center in New York. A seasonal stereotype doesn't keep the charity from helping those hardest hit by the recession. (Associated Press)
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New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees (9) flips the ball back to the referee after a penalty was called on the Saints during the first quarter in an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, seen in March 2009, has moved to regain control over fatwas, which were proliferating from many sources before he limited them to an official council. (Associated Press)
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Israeli President Shimon Peres (right) listens as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening of the winter session in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Mr. Netanyahu offered to renew a moratorium on Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank but only if the Palestinians meet his demand to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Larry Whitt, who left the Navy after serving 12 years because he is gay, joins other protesters who watched President Obama arrive in Coral Gables, Fla., on Monday. Mr. Whitt was there to protest the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Larry Whitt, who left the Navy after serving 12 years because he is gay, joins other protesters who watched President Obama arrive in Coral Gables, Fla., on Monday. Mr Whitt was there to protest the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center right) stands during the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. Mr. Netanyahu offered to renew a moratorium on Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank if the Palestinians meet his demand to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino (second from right) speaks to a group of Orthodox Jewish rabbis, including Rabbi Yehuda Levin (right), as Mr. Paladin's campaign manager, Michael Caputo (seated, third from right), listens during a campaign stop at Karlsburg Rabbinical College in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Associated Press Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah Republican, seen here in March 2009, posted the draft report on his website Friday.
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In this photo taken on April 12, 2010, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Kunduz Gov. Mohammed Omar attend a meeting with elders in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Mr. Omar was among many killed in a bomb blast at a mosque in Takhar province Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
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Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith (89) leaves the field on a cart after being injured in an NFL football game agains the the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. The Saints defeated the Pantyhers 16-14. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The court was hearing the free-speech dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and the Topeka, Kan., church. The case focuses on whether the church has the right to protest at funerals. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Religious students forced to beg by their Koranic teacher ask for change from cars on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal. Senegal's government said that it is stepping up its campaign against begging in the streets of the capital, where tens of thousands of children can be seen wandering barefoot and swarming cars for change. (Associated Press)
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Margie Phelps, center, and Shirley Phelps-Roper, left, of the Westboro Baptist Church, of Tokepa Kan., speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Albert Snyder, of York, Pa., and the Westboro Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Margie Phelps, right, and Shirley Phelps-Roper, second from right, of the Westboro Baptist Church, of Tokepa Kan., speak to the press in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Albert Snyder, of York, Pa., and the Westboro Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church, of Tokepa Kan., lower right, celebrates as she walks down the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010,with Margie Phelps, left, the lawyer and church member who argued the case for the Westboro Baptist Church, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Albert Snyder, of York, Pa., and the Westboro Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Albert Snyder of York, Pa., left, steps aside after making a statement in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Snyder and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. At right is Kansas Attorney Gen. Stephen Six. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Albert Snyder of York, Pa., second from left, leaves theSupreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, with retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Larry Twitchell, left, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Snyder and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday in the dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The case pits Snyder's right to grieve privately against the church members' right to say what they want, no matter how offensive. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)