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New York resident Melissa Garcia Velez from Colombia speaks during a rally in March in Union Square in New York. The rally was one of many around the country to focus attention on the issue of illegal immigration. A lawsuit filed Monday by illegal-immigrant students and some House Democrats challenges filibusters and would rewrite the way the Senate operates, if successful. (Associated Press)
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More than 100 people rallied outside the State House in to support emergency legislation that would muzzle the far-reaching opinion on pit bulls and pit bull mixes. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown's budget proposal includes a compromise to raise more revenue from expanded bar and restaurant hours.
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Several hundred supporters rally Monday at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on behalf of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate. (Associated Press)
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New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told University of North Carolina graduates during his commencement address Sunday that last week's gay marriage vote in the state shows there is still work to be done for civil rights in the U.S. (News & Observer via Associated Press)
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The state of North Carolina, where voters recently approved amending the state constitution to ban gay marriage, was once a bright spot for President Obama but now has become a sore subject for Democrats. (Associated Press)
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Demonstrators play drums as they march in a protest to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the "Indignados" movement in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Spanish activists angered by grim economic prospects planned nationwide demonstrations Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of their protest movement that inspired similar groups in other countries. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, left, meets with Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Athens, Saturday, May 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Aris Messinis, Pool)
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FILE - In this May 10, 2012, file photo House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, takes questions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. "I'm gonna stay focused on jobs, thanks," Boehner said the day after President Barack Obama's embrace of gay marriage swirled through the political world. "The president can talk about it all he wants. I'm gonna stay focused on what the American people want us to stay focused on," he said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Pastor Miles McPherson of the Rock Church, a former NFL football player, holds up a photo of Junior Seau as Seau's casket rests behind McPherson at Seau's burial on Friday, May 11, 2012, in Oceanside. Seau committed suicide the week prior. (Associated Press)
