Social Issues

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RISING: In Florida, a poll has former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in third place with 17 percent of the GOP vote. (Associated Press)

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A man is taken into police custody early Thursday morning in State College, Pa., after Penn State students took to the streets to protest the firing of football coach Joe Paterno. The university's board of trustees dismissed Mr. Paterno and President Graham Spanier at a Wednesday night news conference.

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Antonio Bonfim Lopes (right) is escorted Thursday by police to federal police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. He is believed to be the drug-trafficking kingpin of the city. His capture is considered a blow to the drug gang that controls one of Latin America's biggest slums and the main drug distribution point in Rio. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Dangerous drugs by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, accompanied by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, about the Senate Judiciary Committee's action on legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. Mrs. Feinstein is the lead sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly discusses the details surrounding the case of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and allegations against him of sex-abuse crimes involving young men, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Daniel Shanken)

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A student is taken into police custody on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, following a gathering of Penn State students and others off campus after the firing of football coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce discusses the campaign in Mesa, Ariz. Mr. Pearce, the sponsor of Arizona's groundbreaking immigration enforcement law, lost the state's recall election to Jerry Lewis. The recall election, forced by a petition drive, is the first for an Arizona legislator. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Workers by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Brett O. Feese, a former high-ranking Republican in Pennsylvania, was convicted in a scheme to misuse millions of dollars in taxpayer money.

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Elderly voters spend time at the polls at the Greenspring retirement community in Springfield, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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In this combination of images provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, two of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use by the fall of 2012 are seen here. (Associated Press/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

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"A woman her age shouldn't look that good," says Dr. Anthony Youn, a plastic surgeon, of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. (Associated Press)

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer sex crime accusations, but may take his protracted fight to Britain's highest court.

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Long-time Penn State coach Joe Paterno is not a suspect in the sexual-abuse case against his former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky. Tim Curley, Penn State’s athletic director, and Gary Schultz, vice president for finance and business, are being charged with perjury. (Associated Press)

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Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years. (Associated Press)

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Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley is expected to turn himself in on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in Harrisburg, Pa., as he has been charged with perjury and failure to report under Pennsylvania’s child protective services law in connection with the investigation into allegations former football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused eight young men, the state attorney general’s office said Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Little, File)

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Health Care for America Now and 11 other progressive groups hope to disrupt Americans for Prosperity's "Defending the American Dream Summit" with "Occupy the Kochs' Guerrilla Drive-In" - an outdoor film festival staged just outside the event. (Health Care for America Now)