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Dr. Jeremy Lazarus, a Denver psychiatrist taking over as the American Medical Association's president later this month, said not to expect chaos if the U.S. Supreme Court rejects all or part of President Obama's sweeping health care law. (Associated Press)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks June 1, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. In the background is House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat. (Associated Press)
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Afghan victims of a suicide attack are seen June 6, 2012, on stretchers at a hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market area, killing and wounding scores of people, authorities said. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this June 5, 2012, file photo, gay marriage supporter Bob Sodervick holds a flag outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. (Associated Press)
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The San Antonio Spurs began the Western Conference finals with two straight wins, but they've lost three consecutive to the Oklahoma City Thunder and are on the brink of elimination. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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**FILE** Having labeled it "Debt on Arrival," Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions (left) of Alabama, the Senate Budget Committee's ranking member, and John Barrasso of Wyoming react to President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget on Feb. 13, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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Television satellite trucks set up June 4, 2012, outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., in preparation for the start of the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State college football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray arrives to offer remarks Monday on the city's participation in Secure Communities, a federal program aimed at deporting criminal illegal aliens. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Thomas Matson, resident engineer with the Michael Baker Corp., walks along phase one of the New York Avenue Bridge project. The reconstruction has not proved to be the traffic nightmare that skeptics predicted. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Phase one of the New York Avenue Bridge project is nearing completion. Heavy train traffic under the bridge has limited the time workers are given to safely do reconstruction near the tracks. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)