Social Issues

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** FILE ** Crystal methamphetamine dries on a table at a seized illegal laboratory in Ensenada, Mexico, on Aug. 26, 2009. Although Mexican-made meth is not entirely new to the U.S. drug trade, it now accounts for as much as 80 percent of the meth sold here, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Much of it is up to 90 percent pure, a level that far exceeds the potency of most previous Mexican meth. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant outlines some current health care initiatives established by his administration in hopes that they will help with easing into the federal health care overhaul in the state at the the Mississippi Health Care Reform Summit at Mississippi College in Clinton, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. The day long summit also dealt with the current status of employer provided health care as well specific upcoming changes and their effect on businesses. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Jonna Mendez, was once the CIA's Master of disguises, helping agents conceal their identities and blend in on dangerous spy missions. Pictured, Mendez transforms herself by simply wearing a hat and moustache, holding a cigar. Monday January 31, 2005 (The Washington Times )

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California Gov. Jerry Brown said he needed more time to consider a bill that would let courts give parental rights to more than two individuals. The bill was introduced by a gay legislator. (The Associated Press)

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**FILE** John Morton (right), director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (Associated Press)

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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Oct. 9, 2012, after being sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (Associated Press)

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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Oct. 9, 2012, after being sentenced to at least 30 years in prison in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno's downfall. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Singer Ke$ha attends the 26th Annual Genesis Awards benefiting the Humane Society in Beverly Hills on March 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

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For agreeing with six colleagues in 2010 that Iowa's law banning gay marriage was unconstitutional, Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins' job is on the line Nov. 6. (Associated Press)

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Salvador Alfonso Martinez, also known as "La Ardilla," or "Squirrel" in English, holds up his right finger while presented to the press under the custody of Navy marines at the Organized Crime Special Investigations Unit headquarters in Mexico City on Oct. 8, 2012. According to federal authorities, Martinez is one of the most wanted criminals in Mexico, and is allegedly a top regional leader of the Zetas drug cartel. (Associated Press)