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State Sen. Richard Saslaw, Fairfax Democrat, gives a thumbs down signal for the budget vote at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. There was not a majority on Senators voting for the budget bill which did not pass. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control on Feb. 10, 2012, at the White House. (Associated Press)
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Maryland State Sens. Nancy C. Jacobs, a Republican representing Cecil and Harford counties, and Allan H. Kittleman, a Republican representing Carroll and Howard counties, chat Feb. 23, 2012, at the State House in Annapolis, as the Senate passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maryland State Sen. Edward R. Reilly, Anne Arundel County Republican, looks over paperwork Feb. 23, 2012, at the State House in Annapolis, as the Senate passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maryland State Sen. Jamin B. Raskin, Montgomery County Democrat, speaks Feb. 23, 2012, at the State House in Annapolis, as the Senate passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maryland state Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (left) gets a hug from Maryland state Sen. Allan H. Kittleman after the Senate passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act in Annapolis on Thursday. "It's just a remarkable day for the people of the state of Maryland," said Mr. Madaleno, a Montgomery Democrat who is openly gay. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Maryland State Senator Richard Stuart Madaleno, Jr. (left), Montgomery Democrat, gets a hug from Allan H. Kittleman, Carroll/Howard Republican, after the Maryland State Senate passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act at the State House in Annapolis, Thursday, February 23, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sen. Jamie Raskin, Montgomery Democrat, speaks during a debate on possible amendments to a gay marriage bill in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Senate approved the bill Thursday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Pro-choice advocate Margaret Doyle of Richmond is removed by Capitol Police from the General Assembly Building in Richmond after a bill that states human life begins at conception passed the Senate Education and Health committee on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)
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Pakistani volunteers help an injured boy Feb. 23, 2012, as he arrives at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. A powerful car bomb ripped through an outdoor minibus terminal, killing and wounding many people, including women and children, officials said. (Associated Press)
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Flames rise from a house in the Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs, Syria, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, after shelling by government troops. This photo was taken by a citizen journalist and supplied by the Local Coordination Committees activist group. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
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Dan Danner, president of the National Federation of Independent Business, said Wednesday that the NFIB's friends in the business community and on Capitol Hill initially told him his fight to overturn the new federal health care law was quixotic. “I can tell you today that most of them are no longer saying that,” he said. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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President Abdoulaye Wade waves to supporters at a campaign rally in his hometown of Kebemer, Senegal, on Feb. 9. As Mr. Wade tries to persuade voters to give him a third term on Sunday, his age has become a campaign issue. Officially, he was born on May 29, 1926, making him 85 years old. His critics contend that he may be 90. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner testifies Feb. 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget. (Associated Press)
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B.B. King (left), Buddy Guy (center) and Warren Haynes perform in recognition of Black History Month on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this July 13, 2010, photo, Greg Casady of Council Bluffs, Iowa, holds a sign in favor of recent legislation in Arizona while demonstrating in support of recent legislation dealing with illegal immigration at the Fremont, Neb., Municipal Building. A federal judge on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, rejected a portion of the city of Fremont's ordinance that would have denied housing permits to illegal immigrants, but upheld a requirement that employers verify the citizenship status of people they hire. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Mark Davis)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS South Korean actor Cha In-pyo speaks at a rally Tuesday near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul protesting China's forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, who they fear will be executed upon their return.
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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (left) said a budget proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley is too light on cuts and too heavy on spending. The Senate likely will begin debating the budget this month, Mr. Miller said. (The Washington Times)
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In this July 13, 2010, photo, Greg Casady of Council Bluffs, Iowa, holds a sign in favor of recent legislation in Arizona while demonstrating in support of recent legislation dealing with illegal immigration at the Fremont, Neb., Municipal Building. A federal judge on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, rejected a portion of the city of Fremont's ordinance that would have denied housing permits to illegal immigrants, but upheld a requirement that employers verify the citizenship status of people they hire. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Mark Davis)
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Three unidentified women on Feb. 21, 2012, leave a house in Dayton, Texas, where 11 children — some of them reportedly found in restraints — were removed by children's protective services the previous month. (Associated Press)
