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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.
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People camp in protest next to ruins on the outskirts of Amecameca, Mexico. The protesters have filed complaints with state and federal officials to demand that a highway under construction be rerouted after pre-Hispanic ruins were detected. (Associated Press)
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a GOP presidential campaign rally on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Traverse City, Mich. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Students leave with their parents from Maple Elementary School after a shooting at Chardon High School on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Chardon, Ohio. A suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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Afghan soldiers secure the scene of a suicide attack at the gate of an airport in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Nigerian-born Charles Wiwa, 44, shown in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, fled Nigeria in 1996 following a crackdown on protests against Shell’s oil operations in the Niger Delta. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the San Marino Club during a GOP presidential campaign stop on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in Troy, Mich. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at the Knights of Columbus in Lincoln Park, Mich., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi arrives Feb. 24, 2012, for the opening arguments at his trial in New Brunswick, N.J. He is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man. The roommate later committed suicide. (Associated Press)
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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)
