Social Issues

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Newly-arrived Syrian refugee families receive food from the Jordanian military after they crossed the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria, through the Al Yarmouk River valley, into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha , Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

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Joshua Montano, left, and Francisco Luna protest in front of the Capitol the day after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, in an executive order reaffirming Arizona state law denying young illegal immigrants driver's licenses and other public benefits on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Phoenix. Brewer's order says she's reaffirming the intent of current Arizona law denying taxpayer-funded public benefits and state identification to illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks at a breakfast news briefing Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. (Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor)

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FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in custody after being found guilty of multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Bellefonte, Pa Sandusky has been recommended for designation as a sexually violent predator, a legal status that would require lifetime registration with authorities, according to a person who has read an assessment board's report to a judge in the case. The recommendation from the Sexual Offenders Assessment Board was disclosed to The Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 by the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the report's confidential nature. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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Amber Riley, singer/songwriter and "Glee" actress, sings the National anthem before a color guard of Disabled American Veterans of The Stanly County Chapter 12 Honor Guard the Democratic National Convention. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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A woman takes a picture of an ice sculpture that says "Middle Class" on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2012 in Marshall Park in Charlotte, N.C., which has been taken over by the Occupy movement during the Democratic National Convention. The sculpture, which was made by artists Ligorano and Reese, is called "Morning in America" and is supposed to represent the fact that the middle class is disappearing like ice. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter makes her way to the podium to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4, 2012. (Associated Press)

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President Obama smiles as supporters applaud during a Sept. 4, 2012, rally at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va. (Associated Press)

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A Turkish soldier helps young Syrian refugees clear the barbed wire fence at a border crossing near Reyhanli, Turkey, earlier this year. The number of Syrian refugees living in border camps in Turkey is now estimated at 80,000, and Turkey says that is close to its maximum capability for providing them shelter. (Associated Press)

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In this photo released by the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), a woman receives sugar Aug. 27, 2012, from the World Food Program in a Kassab camp for Internally Displaced Persons. Civilians are beginning to return to their camps for the internally displaced following several weeks of unrest that began with the killing of a local official and his driver by a group of armed men. (Associated Press/UNAMID)