Social Issues

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A man waves a Romanian flag during a protest against President Traian Basescu in Bucharest last week. Mr. Basescu narrowly survived a recent effort to impeach him and remove him from office, but analysts say they expect Romania’s political turmoil to continue until parliamentary elections in early December. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** This undated booking photo provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department in Liberty, Texas, shows Eric McGowen, who is charged with aggravated sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in 2010 in Cleveland, Texas. McGowen is among 14 adults charged in the case. (Associated Press/Liberty County Sheriff's Department)

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Ward 3 Council member Mary M. Cheh questions members of the Metropolitan Police Department about automated camera ticket delivery delays during a meeting of the traffic enforcement task force on Tuesday. Ms. Cheh is co-chairperson of the panel. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Beau Davidson, a Nashville-based recording artist, will perform his song "Blessed" Wednesday evening, slotted between speeches by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Arizona Sen. John McCain, he told The Washington Times during an interview in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Christina Aguilera compares her upcoming album to a “rebirth,” and “a culmination of “everything I’ve experienced up until this point.” the pop star said, including divorce. A release date and title for the album haven’t been announced. (Associated Press)

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Family Research Council President Tony Perkins led the push for a strong anti-pornography plank in the GOP platform and introduced its language, calling for strict enforcement of federal obscenity laws. It broadens the 2008 platform. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Terri Doring lost her secretarial job at a Philadelphia law firm in 2009. She now is on the verge of losing much of what remains of her middle-class lifestyle and is scrambling to make mortgage payments on her town house. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Terri Doring lost her secretarial job at a Philadelphia law firm in 2009. She now is on the verge of losing much of what remains of her middle-class lifestyle and is scrambling to make mortgage payments on her town house. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, checks out the stage Aug. 27, 2012, at the Republican National Convention inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. (Associated Press)

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Todd Hoffner, head football coach at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn., has been charged with two counts related to child pornography after authorities said they found nude images of children on his cellphone. (AP Photo/Blue Earth County, Minn., Sheriff's Office)