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Illinois Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, pauses to regain his composure as the gallery erupts in protest after he announced he wouldn’t call the gay marriage bill on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol Friday, May 31, 2013, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/The State Journal-Register, Ted Schurter)
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Bryce Harper is likely headed to the disabled list with bursitis in his left knee. (Associated Press photo)
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 22 granted Nathan Dunlap a "temporary reprieve," putting off indefinitely his execution on death row for the 1993 shooting deaths of four employees at an Aurora, Colo., restaurant. (Associated Press)
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Democratic state Sens. Ricardo Lara (left) and Kevin de Leon converse during a Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. By a 27-9 vote the Senate approved Mr. Lara's bill that would use California's tax policy in an attempt to pressure the Boys Scouts of America into fully accepting gay members. The bill, SB323, gets rid of a tax exemption for sales and use taxes, as well as corporate taxes, for youth groups that discriminate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, will not run for re-election in 2014. A proud social conservative, she made an immediate splash in the GOP presidential race in 2011, but voters turned on her, and she dropped out six months later. (Associated Press)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry is poised to sign a bill into law that amends the state education code to allow schools to acknowledge Christmas without fear of a lawsuit. (Associated Press)
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Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledges award recipients as he speaks during the Office of Inspector Generals annual awards ceremony on May 29, 2013, at the Justice Department in Washington. (Associated Press)
