Social Issues

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In this image made from amateur video footage released by the Tibetan Youth Congress, two Tibetans hold Tibetan independence flags June 20, 2012, as they are engulfed in flames in their self-immolation to protest against Chinese rule, on a street in Yushu prefecture in China's Qinghai province. The group and the official Xinhua News Agency said one of the men died and the other was seriously injured. (Associated Press/The Tibetan Youth Congress)

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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives June 21, 2012, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (Associated Press)

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Illinois state Attorney General Lisa Madigan (left)and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, both Democrats, agree with gay plaintiffs that the state's marriage law violates their right to equal protection and won't defend it in court. But private legal groups have stepped in to fill that breach. (Associated Press)

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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa, on June 18, 2012. Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (Associated Press)

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Immigrants take part in a naturalization ceremony at the Museum of American History in the District last month. For the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed that of Hispanics. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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On a bus tour of Wisconsin that included a stop Monday at Montery Mills in Janesville, Mitt Romney had a carefully modulated response to President Obama's surprise decision on illegal immigrants. (Associated Press)

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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Monday. Mr. Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (Associated Press)

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Kayla Wenger was joined by her father, Eric, and mother, Laurie, for the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation adoption ceremony after American defeated Bucknell on Jan. 25. The Eagles finished undefeated in conference play in the regular season, the first Patriot League team to accomplish the feat. (Photo provided by AUEagles.com)

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**FILE** President Obama announces June 15, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House that his administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. (Associated Press)