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Pro-life activist Joe Scheidler speaks during a morning ceremony of prayer vigils and rallies against late-term abortion near "late-term abortion provider" Dr. Leroy Carhart's clinic in Germantown, Md. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. The prayers and rallies are a part of the nine-day pro-life protesting event, Summer of Mercy 2.0. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Pro-life activist Joe Scheidler at a morning ceremony of prayer vigils and rallies against late-term abortion near "late-term abortion provider" Dr. Leroy Carhart's clinic in Germantown, Md. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. The prayers and rallies are a part of the nine-day pro-life protesting event, Summer of Mercy 2.0. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks to local residents at The Sports Page bar & grill in Indianola, Iowa, on July 20. He is among Republican presidential candidates refusing to sign a pledge denouncing gay marriage. But gay activists intend to eventually pin him down on his attitude. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, a candidate for president, speaks during a rally at the Delaware County fairgrounds in Manchester, Iowa, on July 25. She strongly opposes gay marriage. (Associated Press)
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Silver Spring resident Wendy Hercules, 16, speaks in support of a lawsuit filed by immigrant advocacy group Casa de Maryland that claims elections officials erroneously validated many signatures that helped send Maryland's Dream Act to referendum. The law would allow some illegal immigrants to receive tuition breaks. (Associated Press)
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A former golf course is now a refugee camp for people displaced by an earthquake 18 months ago. More than 600,000 people still live in settlement camps. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press "All love is equal," says Miley Cyrus, who displays her support for gay marriage with an equal sign inked on her finger as her latest tattoo.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, and Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, head to a caucus meeting on Aug. 1, 2011, with fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill to discuss the debt plan. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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LOGJAM LIFTED?: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, is all smiles as he walks to the Senate floor Sunday to announce that a deal has been reached on the debt ceiling. It must still pass both houses of Congress. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, gives a thumbs up when asked about a deal an the debt ceiling as he heads to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, July 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Hoping for an autograph, Isabella Varea of Bethesda extends a ball toward U.S. Soccer player Heather O'Reilly during a charity soccer match Sunday in the District.
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Former U.S. Soccer player Mia Hamm and Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant watch from the sidelines during a charity soccer match Sunday in the District. "Washington comes out and gets involved," Ms. Hamm said.
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Greek taxi drivers, protesting new licensing rules as part of the government's austerity measures, wave a Greek flag and chant slogans at a demonstration outside the Greek parliament in Athens on Tuesday. Some entrepreneurial Greeks, by contrast, are trying to make the best of the austerity situation. (Associated Press)
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From left: Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, head July 31, 2011, to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill to vote on the debt-limit solution crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (second from right), Kentucky Republican, walks July 31, 2011, to the Senate floor at the Capitol for a vote on a debt-limit solution crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. McConnell is joined by Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl (left), of Arizona, and Sen. John Barrasso (rear center), Wyoming Republican. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (second from right), Kentucky Republican, walks July 31, 2011, to the Senate floor at the Capitol for a vote on a debt-limit solution crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. McConnell is joined by Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl (left), of Arizona, and Sen. John Barrasso (rear center), Wyoming Republican. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, is pursued by a reporter on July 31, 2011, as he arrives at his office on Capitol Hill after speaking about ongoing debt negotiations on Sunday talk shows. (Associated Press)
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President Obama talks about the ongoing budget ceiling negotiations on July 29, 2011, at the White House. (Associated Press)
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President Obama talks about the ongoing budget ceiling negotiations on July 29, 2011, at the White House. (Associated Press)
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Public corruption "is a problem across this country," says Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, co-sponsor of a bill to strengthen exisiting laws applying to misconduct in office. "Our citizens deserve to be governed by the rule of law, not the rule of men." (Associated Press)
