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** FILE ** Journalist Howard Kurtz was fired from his position with The Daily Beast after an article he wrote on openly gay basketball player Jason Collins. (Associated Press)
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A protester walks away after placing a smoke device on the ground in front of police officers during a May Day march that began as an anti-capitalism protest and turned into demonstrators clashing with police on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Thousands of people march during a May Day immigration rally in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Senate is crafting an immigration reform bill. (Associated Press photographs)
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has selected Mona Seif (right) as a finalist for the prestigious Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. (Twitter)
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Ismael Duran attends a rally to commemorate the legacy of May Day and support immigration reform in Detroit on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Immigrants and activists called for comprehensive immigration reform — an issue once again on the front burner politically after being virtually ignored in President Obama's first term. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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In an advertisement originally released online by PepsiCo, a woman must identify an assailant from a row of black men and a goat. PepsiCo pulled the ad after complaints that it was racially insensitive. (Image: YouTube)
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Protesters for abortion rights hold a vigil for Savita Halappanavar outside Ireland's government headquarters in Dublin on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation condoms during a Valentine's Day press conference to introduce a statewide law requiring condom use by adult film performers on Feb. 14, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Associated Press/AIDS Healthcare Foundation) **FILE**