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Demonstrators clash with policemen in riot gear during a protest against Italian Government austerity measures in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Workers across the European Union sought to present a united front against rampant unemployment and government spending cuts Wednesday with a string of strikes and demonstrations across the region. Protesters clashed with police in various demonstrations in Rome, Milan, Turin, Padua and Brescia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, is congratulated by House congresswomen, as she announces that she will stay on at that post at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (center), California Democrat, surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In this Sept. 13, 2012, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks Oct. 2, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduces newly elected Democratic members of the House on Tuesday. She said it would not be “a good thing for our country for us to go over the cliff.” (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi is joined by Rep. Steve Israel in introducing newly elected Democratic members of the House during a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol. The freshmen-to-be are spending a few days in orientation in preparation for their January swearing-in. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Former Seattle Seahawks player Jerramy Stevens, far right, listens during a bail hearing for Stevens at Municipal Court in Kirkland, Wash. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Stevens appeared in court for a domestic violence probable cause hearing. He was released without conditions by the judge who didn't find probable cause to hold him. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
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Bono thinks President Obama is an “extraordinary man,” as he said before addressing the Global Social Enterprise Initiative Monday at Georgetown University.
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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori noted that “the political landscape is the same” after voters on Election Day 2012 widely rejected Catholic stances on gay marriage and birth control. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Supporters of "Vote Yes on B in Los Angeles," the condom-use-in-porn measure on the November ballot led by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, hand out voter information and free condoms on Los Angeles' famed Sunset Strip on Oct. 27, 2012. (Joe Kohen/AIDS Healthcare Foundation via Associated Press)
