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3 — Accused "subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz, who shot four young black men whom he believed were intent on robbing him on the subway, is surrounded by newsmen in New York in 1987. (Associated Press)

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House Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., center, speaks at a news conference to introduce the American Health Care Reform Act, the group's legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. From left are Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-NC. The Republican Study Committee works to advance a conservative social and economic agenda in the House of Representatives. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Divisive: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivered a well-received speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year, but he made some enemies among advocates of collective bargaining rights for state workers. (Associated Press photographs)

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** FILE ** Protesters bang drums and shout slogans inside the state Capitol Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Opponents to Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are taking part in their seventh day of protesting. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

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A protester demonstrating against the U.S. immigration policy is arrested after handcuffing himself to the fence in front of the White House on Sept. 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Demonstrators rally in front of the White House in Washington on July 24, 2013, calling for immigration reform. The demonstrators urged President Obama to use executive authority to expand the policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Renee Adams (left) poses with her mother, Irene Salyers, and son, Joseph, 4, at their produce stand in Council, Va., on July 12, 2013. Four out of five U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and a vanishing American Dream amid rising incidences of hardship among whites. (Associated Press)