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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the GOP’s guiding principle in the debate over who gets tax breaks is “Do no harm.” There is no consensus. (Associated Press)
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Police officers restrict access to a Shirlington apartment complex where a man and woman were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide (Charity Corkey/The Washington Times)
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Timothy Ray Brown, the man believed to be the only known patient completely cured of the AIDS virus, speaks July 24, 2012, at a press conference at the Westin City Center in Washington, D.C., during the the biennial international AIDS conference. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** Lawrence Stallworth II (left), 20, of Cleveland, who was diagnosed with HIV at 17, speaks July 22, 2012, on a youth panel at the International AIDS Conference in Washington. Sitting next to Stallworth is Helena Nangombe, of Namibia, and Romane Knight, of Jamaica. (Associated Press)
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Lawrence Stallworth II, 20, of Cleveland, who was diagnosed with HIV at 17, speaks July 22, 2012, on a youth panel at the International AIDS Conference in Washington. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray tries to offer his remarks to the crowd while being shouted down by activists seeking housing for people with HIV/AIDS as he tries to deliver his speech to the crowd at the XIX International AIDS Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Monday, July 23, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Army Pvt. Danny Chen, 19, allegedly was hazed by eight fellow soldiers to the point that he committed suicide in October 2011. (U.S. Army via Associated Press)
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Officials face an immense challenge of pacifying Rio de Janeiro’s slums as the city prepares to take the global stage for the 2016 Olympics and the 2014 World Cup. Human rights groups have raised concerns about the evictions of thousands of families, especially in poor neighborhoods. (Associated Press)
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Sir Elton John speaks at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
