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Lupita Nyong'o arrives at Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Annie I. Bang /Invision/AP)
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Lupita Nyong'o arrives at Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Annie I. Bang /Invision/AP)
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Canyon's Madison Parker (42) crashes into Georgetown's Alex Vance (15) as she tries to score during a girls' UIL Class 4A state basketball semifinal, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Georgetown players console each other following a girls' UIL Class 4A state basketball semifinal loss against Canyon, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Canyon won 41-22. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Georgetown's Alex Vance (15) works to hold back tears as she and her team receive the bronze medal following a girls' UIL Class 4A state basketball semifinal against Canyon, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Canyon won 41-22. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Georgetown's Charisma Alexander (23) and Canyon's Angel Hayden, second from left, scramble for a loose ball during a girls' UIL Class 4A state basketball semifinal, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Canyon won 41-22. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Georgetown's Taylor LaCour, left, is pressured by Canyon's Madison Parker (42) during a girls' UIL Class 4A state basketball semifinal, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Canyon won 41-22. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Feb. 14, 2014, photo, former NFL safety Darren Sharper leaves a courthouse in Los Angeles. An arrest warrant has been issued for Sharper and another man, accusing them of raping two women in New Orleans last year. Sharper also is under investigation in sexual assault cases in Florida, Nevada and Arizona and has pleaded not guilty to rape charges in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )
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Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, touted the health care law and said this week that payments to Medicare Advantage needed to be reined in.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, said "this isn't right and has to be stopped" as America's Health Insurance Plans reported that Obamacare cuts would trim payment rates to Medicare Advantage plans by nearly 6 percent in 2015. (Associated Press photographs)
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Associated Press Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about the annual State Department Human Rights report, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, at the State Department in Washington. The U.S. says a chemical weapons attack in Syria that the Obama administration says killed more than 1,000 people was the world's worst human rights violation of 2013. An annual State Department report released Thursday also highlights government crackdowns on peaceful protests in Ukraine and Russia's refusal to punish human-rights abusers.
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Protestors rally on the steps of the Idaho Statehouse in Boise, Idaho to protest SB1254, a bill seeking to allow concealed weapons on the state's college campuses, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014.(AP Photo/John Miller)
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Anthony Kearns, of Irish Tenors fame, will sing some tunes of inspiration this weekend to benefit wounded warriors, and celebrate things Irish. (Kirsten Fedewa)
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In this Feb. 14, 2014, photo, former NFL safety Darren Sharper leaves a courthouse in Los Angeles. An arrest warrant has been issued for Sharper and another man, accusing them of raping two women in New Orleans last year. Sharper also is under investigation in sexual assault cases in Florida, Nevada and Arizona and has pleaded not guilty to rape charges in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )
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Sen. Lee Heider, R-Twin Falls, rear, looks out from the Idaho Senate's office suite after being blockaded inside by gay rights protesters seeking to add anti-discrimination protections to the Idaho Human Rights Act on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 in Boise, Idaho. In all, 46 people were arrested and taken by law-enforcement bus to jail, bringing the total number of demonstrators arrested to at least 122 this month. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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Gay rights protesters block the Senate hallway at the Idaho Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 in Boise, Idaho. In all, 46 people were arrested for misdemeanor trespassing, bringing the number of arrests this month during similar demonstrations at the Capitol to 122. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, led the resistance from his fellow party members against the Democrats' plans to expand education and health benefits for veterans. The bill died in the Senate on Thursday. (Associated PresS PHOTOGRAPHs)
