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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)
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**FILE** Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat and ranking member on the House Budget Committee, speaks about the budget at the 2013 Fiscal Summit in Washington on May 7, 2013. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Saudi women attend the Gulf youth conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 2012. (Associated Press)
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"Today, we take the next step forward in solving a problem that has been kicked down the road too many times," said Rep. Joseph R. Pitts, Pennsylvania Republican and House health subcommittee chairman.
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** FILE ** Alan Krueger, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, speaks to the media about middle class tax cuts and spending during a White House news briefing in Washington, Nov. 26, 2012. (Associated Press)
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A study at Brigham Young University found that babies who sleep with bottles are 30 percent more likely to be obese by the time they're toddlers. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Illinois of Secretary of State Capitol police officers speak with protesters sitting in front of the entrance to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's office at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on May 23, 2013. The demonstrators were protesting against the state's oil drilling "fracking" legislation. (Associated Press)
