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**FILE** Health workers protest outside a hospital in Pamplona, Spain, on Jan. 8, 2013, against austerity measures. Spain Treasury says it plans to borrow some euro 230 billion ($300 billion) in 2013, down from euro 250 billion last year, and expects a more relaxed year in interest rates compared to 2012 when it came close to seeking a sovereign bailout. (Associated Press)
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Illinois state Rep. Edward J. Acevedo, Chicago Democrat, listens to lawmakers while testifying during a House committee hearing at the Illinois Capitol on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Springfield Ill. The House on Tuesday passed legislation to allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Syrian refugee boys look Jan. 7, 2013, outside their tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj near the border with Syria. (Associated Press/File)
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State Sen. John C. Watkins, Powhatan Republican, has introduced legislation to allow uranium mining at one site. He said he expects a close vote. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 4, 2013, a day after the new Congress opened for business. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Thomas R. Carper (right), Delaware Democrat, succeeds the now-retired Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The ranking Republican is also new. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, may have lost his bid for vice president, but his influence will still be felt on Capitol Hill as chairman of the House Budget Committee. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A Bahraini anti-government protester poses for a photograph flashing the victory sign in front of burning tires on a road in the village of Dumistan, Bahrain, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The country's highest court has upheld jail sentences against 20 opposition figures convicted of plotting to overthrow the Western-allied government, including eight prominent activists facing life in prison. The ruling is almost certain to bring strong criticism from rights groups and touch off more street protests in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Advocates have identified Illinois as possibly the 10th state to legalize gay marriage. This past November’s elections gave Illinois Democrats supermajorities in both state chambers. (Associated Press)
