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**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (left), Kentucky Republican, speaks June 28, 2011, with reporters as Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, looks on, following a weekly Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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Casey Anthony talks to an unidentified man during her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse Thursday, June 30, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony, 25, has plead not guilty in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted of that charge. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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**FILE** The Rev. Michael Gray, a United Methodist pastor in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, speaks June 30, 2011, at a news conference in Lewiston, Maine, where it was announced that gay-marriage supporters are laying the groundwork for another referendum on same-sex marriage in the state. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 29, 2011, as Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, looks on. (Associated Press)
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College lecturers picket outside Croydon College in south London as thousands of public-service workers and teachers in the United Kingdom strike over pension cuts on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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"If this week has shown us anything it's that the American people can't wait on Democrats to do the right thing when it comes to spending and debt and putting us on a path to balance the budget," said Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican (left), also spoke in favor of a balanced budget amendment. (Associated Press)
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People wait for a bus outside a shuttered art center in Detroit. Mayor Dave Bing is challenging the Census Bureau's count that put the city's population below the important threshold of 750,000, the level needed to qualify for some state and federal aid programs. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Belarus plainclothes policemen detain a protester during a "Revolution by Social Networks" rally in Minsk on Wednesday. The Vesna rights advocacy group said more than 100 people were arrested after police lost patience and began rounding up the demonstrators, beating many with truncheons.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Activist and artist Ai Weiwei talks to journalists gathered outside his home in Beijing on June 23 after his release from government detention. He is challenging tax evasion charges and a $1.85 million tax bill. Chinese authorities previously have said Mr. Ai was released after he confessed to tax evasion and pledged to repay the money owed.
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Some Syrian refugees in Turkey say they are dedicated to continuing the fight for freedom from across the border. "We weren't ready earlier." one said. (Associated Press)
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A fire bomb thrown by protesters explodes next to riot police during a demonstration in Athens Tuesday evening June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks with reporters following a weekly Republican policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Flanked by Republican New Jersey state Sen. Thomas H. Kean (left) and Democratic state Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (right), New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question after signing public employee benefits legislation into law on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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A protester faces a riot police officer during a demonstration in Athens on June 28, 2011. Youths hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police as a general strike against new austerity measures brought the country to a standstill. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Rick Rivera (center), a retired schoolteacher from Upper Freehold, N.J., sports on his back a picture of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with Mickey Mouse ears as Mr. Rivera and public employee union members protest near the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on Monday, June 20, 2011. The state Senate and Assembly were debating a bill requiring sharply higher pension and health care contributions from public employees. The governor signed the legislation on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is taking only small steps to promote clean energy and protect the Chesapeake Bay, environmental activists say. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking victim, as she receives the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award on Monday at the State Department. The U.S. says 23 nations could face sanctions for failing to do more to fight human trafficking. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hugs Charimaya Tamang of Nepal, a trafficking victim, as she receives the 2011 Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award on Monday at the State Department. The U.S. says 23 nations could face sanctions for failing to do more to fight human trafficking.
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Monday contended the Dream Act would reduce the federal deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade by allowing more illegal immigrants to stay in the country and pay taxes. (Associated Press0
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American student Amanda Knox greets her parents during an appeal hearing in Perugia, Italy, on Monday, June 27, 2011. Knox and her Italian boyfriend were convicted in 2009 of sexual assault and murder in the 2007 death of her British roommate. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
