Social Issues

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A judge on Wednesday named TJ Jackson, Michael Jackson’s nephew, as the co-guardian for (from left) Prince Jackson, Prince Michael II “Blanket”Jackson and Paris Jackson. He will share responsibility for raising the siblings, who range in age from 10 to 15, with family matriarch Katherine Jackson, Michael’s mother. (Associated Press)

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In a Dec. 12, 1999 photo, Nebraska's Charlie Rogers (33), guards Creighton's Corey Sweeney (22) during a women's basketball match in Lincoln, Neb. Rogers, who told police she was the victim of a vicious hate crime in July, 2012, was charged with making a false report Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 and pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Rogers Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Lincoln Journal Star, William Lauer)

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In this Wednesday, May 30, 2012 photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Josh Olson is photographed on the shooting range after practice at Fort Benning, Ga. Olson was on a routine patrol in Tal Afar, Iraq, when a grenade that was lobbed at his Humvee exploded. He lost his right leg in the attack, and would end up spending 18 months at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. It was during that time that he took a trip to a shooting range, and impressed officials from the U.S. Army with his marksmanship, becoming the first athlete with a physical disability to be nominated to the Army's World Class Athlete Program. Now, Olson is setting his sights on a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in London. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson receives rehab at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of the Olson family)

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Police escort protesters from the room Aug. 17, 2012, after disrupting Kris Kobach, Secretary of State from Kansas, as he addressed the Commission at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Immigration Briefing in Birmingham, Ala. (Associated Press/Southern Poverty Law Center, Butch Dill)

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IPanama border police patrol by boat in the Darien province on the border with Colombia, near Yaviza, Panama. Panamanian authorities began noticing five years ago that the Darien Gap, the only interruption in the hemisphere-spanning Pan-American Highway, was being used by migrant smugglers, usually to move people from Asia and Africa. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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A Panama border police officer questions two migrants from India at a police station in the Darien province on the border with Colombia, in Yaviza, Panama. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Migrants rest in a shelter after being found in the Darien province by Panama border police in Meteti, Panama. Panamanian authorities began noticing five years ago that the Darien Gap, the only interruption in the Pan-American Highway, was being used by migrant smugglers, usually to move people from Asia and Africa. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Cuban migrants gather as they rest at a shelter along with another group of migrants from Bangladesh, after being found by Panamanian border police in the Darien province in Meteti, Panama. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Two migrants from Bangladesh sit inside a police car after being found in the Darien province by Panama border police in Panama City. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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A Panama border police officer points as he begins to patrol in the Darien province, on the border with Colombia, in Yaviza, Panama. Panamanian authorities began noticing five years ago that the Darien Gap, the only interruption in the Pan-American Highway, was being used by migrant smugglers, usually to move people from Asia and Africa. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan visited New Hampshire on Monday to rebut President Obama’s claims Saturday that Mr. Romney would raise taxes on the middle class. (Associated Press)

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Rep. W. Todd Akin, Missouri Republican, is under heavy pressure from his own political party to quit the race for the U.S. Senate after insensitive remarks he made regarding rape and abortion. (Associated Press)

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Panamanian border police load boats with equipment to begin patrolling for migrant smugglers, among other things. Panama’s public safety minister, Jose Murillo, says that hundreds of Cubans are now taking the arduous Darien Gap route northward to the United States. (Associated Press)