Social Issues

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry is not participating in the Ames, Iowa, debate and isn't on Saturday's straw poll ballot, but his name is on the lips of Republican officials across the state as a strong candidate. (Associated Press)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill Friday, July 8, 2011, in Washington, to discuss the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill Friday, July 8, 2011, in Washington, to discuss the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Associated Press Convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell stands Wednesday with his attorney, Rufus Sims, in court in Cleveland as a jury recommends the death penalty for his crimes.

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Members of the Jackson family, left to right, Blanket Jackson, Prince Jackson, Paris Jackson, Katherine Jackson and La Toya Jackson pose Monday Aug. 8, 2011, at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles after a presentation of 13 pieces of original artwork by pop icon Michael Jackson were donated to the hospital. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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STATE OF ECONOMY: "This is something we can do immediately, something we can do as soon as Congress gets back," President Obama says while seeking to inject a glimmer of hope into a gloomy economic picture. (Associated Press)

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Somali refugees carry their donated rations of food aid on Aug. 7, 2011, in the eastern Kenyan village of Hagadera near Dadaab, 60 miles from the Somali border. (Associated Press)

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Virginia Delegate Ward Armstrong, Henry Democrat and House minority leader, is moving from Collinsville to Bassett to run for another term after his old district was reconfigured. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian demonstrating in Cairo on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, holds up a poster with an image of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a protest against the leader's regime. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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An Egyptian boy sits on the shoulders of a man during a protest against the Syrian regime, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

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A woman carries three water containers on her back to her home on Aug. 4, 2011, at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. The camp, designed for 90,000 people, now houses about 440,000 refugees, almost all from war-ravaged Somalia. (Associated Press)

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is seen on multiple television screens, at Justice Department on Wednesday during a news conference to discuss results of the U.S. prosecution of an international criminal network organized to sexually exploit children. (Associated Press)

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Ms. Wilson, a resident of the District of Columbia, awaits the starting sign for her swimming competition. Ruth Dunkle, a professor and gerontologist at the University of Michigan's School of Social Work, argues that a healthy lifestyle coupled with good genes keeps people living longer.