Social Issues

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Exhibit: "IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas" Through Feb. 22, 2012, at the National Museum of the American Indian

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A statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands guard outside the Treasury Building in Washington.

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Phil Soriano is outnumbered by women during choir practice at Leisure World retirement community north of Silver Spring, where two-thirds of the residents are women. Among Langley Park's recent immigrants from South America, women are a small minority. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS A towing-service employee wades through floodwaters to reach disabled cars on Amboy Road in Staten Island, N.Y., on Sunday. The weather service says showers and thunderstorms are expected to dump 2 more inches of rain on top of nearly 8 inches of rain that fell on New York City on Sunday. No deaths were reported.

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Confetti falls as Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, and her husband, Marcus, rally supporters at the Iowa Republican Party's Straw Poll in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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In this image taken on a cellphone by a citizen journalist and provided by Shaam News Network, protesters against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad hold up an Arabic banner reading, "Enough killing, will not bow," during a demonstration in the village of Maarat Harma in northern Syria's Edlib province on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)

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** FILE ** President Obama signs the health care bill at the White House in Washington on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press)

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President Obama signs the health care bill in the White House on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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**FILE** Anthony Sowell sits in the courtroom before the jury recommended the death penalty for Sowell on Aug. 10, 2011 in Cleveland. (Associated Press/The Plain Dealer)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, has until Tuesday to make her three selections to fill out the 12-person supercommittee that must find $1.5 trillion in tax increases or budget cuts. (Associated Press)

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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)