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A drug addict holds a needle and syringe after injecting himself with heroin in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Addicted street children are easy prey for militants.
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**FILE** Conservative activist and blogger Andrew Breitbart answers questions during a June 7, 2011, interview at the Associated Press in New York. (Associated Press)
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Democratic Sens. (from left) Charles Schumer of New York, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Illinois, Patty Murray of Washington state and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speak March 1, 2012, with reporters on Capitol Hill after they defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage. (Associated Press
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** FILE ** A member of the Muslim community performs a call to prayer during a rally in New York on Feb. 3, 2012, to demand the resignation of police Commissioner Ray Kelly and police department spokesman Paul Browne. Thirty-three civil rights groups from around America complained to the New York attorney general about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. (Associated Press)
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Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Morgan (right) greets his boyfriend with a passionate kiss at an on-base military-family homecoming. A friend photographed the embrace, which was posted on the "Gay Marine" Facebook page. (Courtesy of Facebook)
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In this Feb. 28, 2012, photo, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talks to reporters following a Republicans strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate is debating Republican legislation aimed at taking a bite out of President Barack Obama’s health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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**FILE** Dogs taken off the streets of Khayelitsha township aren't all strays. Some owners aren't aware that they should confine their animals for safety, clinic workers say.
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Dr. Gemma Driscoll (right), a British volunteer veterinarian, examines a dog at the Mdzananda clinic near Cape Town, South Africa. The clinic provides spaying, neutering and other basic care for pets in the impoverished Khayelitsha township. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)
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Actress Reese Witherspoon is a global ambassador for Avon's efforts to help victims of domestic violence, a commitment that brought her to the Washington area on behalf of women's shelters. (Associated Press)
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Dharun Ravi turns to look behind him Feb. 28, 2012, during his trial in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, during an intimate encounter with another man. Days later Clementi committed suicide. (Associated Press/The Courier-News)
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Students and parents pray for victims of a school shooting on the square in Chardon, Ohio, on Tuesday. A gunman opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria at the start of the school day on Monday. The community offered grief counseling to students, staff and others at area schools. (Associated Press)
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Actress Halle Berry became the first black woman to win a best actress Oscar, for the film "Monster's Ball," on March 24, 2002. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies Feb. 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill on the State Department's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies Feb. 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate on the State Department's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks Feb. 28, 2012, at the United Auto Workers conference in Washington. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right), accompanied by Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 28, 2012, before the Senate Budget Committee on the Pentagon's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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Molly Wei testifies Feb. 27, 2012, during the trial of Dharun Ravi in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his college roommate Tyler Clementi's intimate encounter with another man. The roommate committed suicide days later. (Associated Press/The Star-Ledger)
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Flags fly at half-staff in front of the town hall in Chardon, Ohio, for the victims of an early-morning school shooting on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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Flags fly at half-staff in front of the town hall in Chardon, Ohio, on Monday for the victims of a school shooting. At the school, teachers locked down their classrooms as they had been trained to do, and students took cover as they waited for the all-clear.
