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FILE - This March 18, 2014 file photo shows Elvira Arellano waiting to enter into the United States in Tijuana, Mexico. Arellano, a Mexican activist who took sanctuary at a Chicago church for a year to protest her deportation, has returned, Sunday, March 23, 2014. She is protesting the separation of families through deportation. (AP Photo/Alex Cossio, file)
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"If the governor would remove the issue of Medicaid expansion, we could finish Virginia's budget in short order. That is why I, along with my colleagues in the House of Delegates, am offering to compromise. The responsible path forward is to pass a clean budget, then continue the debate over Medicaid expansion in a separate special session."— House Speaker William J. Howell, Stafford Republican
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 AT 3 A.M. AND THEREAFTER - This Oct. 31, 2012 aerial photo shows the oceanfront community of Sea Gate in the Queens borough of New York. While President Barack Obama signed a law Friday, March 21, 2014 that will delay steep increases to flood insurance paid by many, nearly 60,000 policyholders in New York state are among the 1.1 million nationwide who will see their federally subsidized flood insurance premiums rise as part of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, according to a review of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 AT 3 A.M. AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a boat floats in the driveway of a home in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in Lindenhurst, N.Y. While President Barack Obama signed a law Friday, March 21, 2014 that will delay steep increases to flood insurance paid by many, nearly 60,000 policyholders in New York state are among the 1.1 million nationwide who will see their federally subsidized flood insurance premiums rise as part of changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, according to a review of federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
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Retaliatory "sanctions" from Russians across the country have sprung up on social media sites like Twitter. A sign reads that President Obama is no longer allowed to enter this shop. (Sergey Lebedev via twitter)
