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Stuart Bowen, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, gestures during an interview in his office in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s new book is “Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution.” (Associated Press)
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Among James Franco’s projects are “Howl,” about gay Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, and “About Cherry,” a drama also starring Ashley Hinshaw centered on a troubled young woman who gets involved in pornography. (Sundance Film Festival via Associated Press)
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Among James Franco’s projects are “Howl,” about gay Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. (Sundance Film Festival via Associated Press)
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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)
