Social Issues

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** FILE ** In this Feb. 12, 2013, photo, statues of La Sante Muerte from an altar run by Arely Vazquez Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant and transgender woman, is shown inside a Queens, NY apartment. La Santa Muerte, an underworld saint most recently associated with the violent drug trade in Mexico, now is spreading throughout the U.S. among a new group of followers ranging from immigrant small business owners to artists and gay activists. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

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This image provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine shows Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins' Children's Center in Baltimore. A baby born with the HIV virus appears to have been cured, scientists announced March 3, 2013. The child from Mississippi is now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. (Associated Press/Johns Hopkins Medicine)

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** FILE ** Palestinians and foreign activists chant slogans as they march with their hands chained together during a protest held in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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This image provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine shows Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins' Children's Center in Baltimore. A baby, born with the AIDS virus, appears to have been cured scientists announced Sunday, March 3, 2013, describing the case of a child from Mississippi, who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. If the child remains free of HIV, it would mark only the world's second known cure. (AP Photo/Johns Hopkins Medicine)

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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is calling for the GOP to adopt a more restrained and less interventionist approach to global affairs, and is embracing the sequester cuts to the defense budget that have military hawks in a tizzy. (Associated Press)

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Electrical engineer Shane Todd was said by police in Singapore to have hanged himself, but the U.S. citizen’s father believes he was murdered. (Provided by the Todd Family)

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Electrical engineer Shane Todd was said by police in Singapore to have hanged himself, but the U.S. citizen’s father believes he was murdered. (Provided by the Todd Family)

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Supporters of the Firearms Safety Act wave their signs protesting against gun violence at the Prevent Gun Violence Rally on Lawyer's Mall in front of the State House in Annapolis on March 1, 2013. The bill would ban assault weapons and require people who buy handguns to get a license and submit fingerprints. It also would limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds and prohibit anyone who has been involuntarily committed due to mental illness from possessing a firearm. (Associated Press/Capital Gazette)

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**FILE** Demonstrators carry signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 5, 2006, in support of a bill to ban horse slaughter for human consumption. (Associated Press)

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In the garden courtyard of David’s palace, two servants help wash Bathsheba, a role played by Melia Kreiling. Her privacy is protected by other maids holding a sheet.