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Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, said Tuesday that a Pew Hispanic Center report showed more than 7 million people are working in the country illegally and noted that the unemployment rates in minority communities are well above the national average. (Associated Press)
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Indian workers attempt to get on a ship leaving for Alexandria, Egypt, from the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the flow of refugees into Egypt and Tunisia is putting "tremendous burdens" on the two countries. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, talks to the media Tuesday on Capitol Hill after a Republican policy luncheon as Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, looks on at left. (Associated Press)
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WIGGLE ROOM: President Obama is willing to give states the opportunity to opt out of parts of the health care law. (Bloomberg)
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A sign in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich., shows the depressed state of local housing, which has attracted low-income buyers and renters from the inner city into the middle-class enclave. (Associated Press)
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Jay Johnson, who works for an AIDS advocacy and service organization in Philadelphia, took part in one of the studies testing gene therapy as a possible new way to treat and perhaps someday to cure HIV infections. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In a Feb. 25, 2011 photo, Dr. Pablo Tebas, left, and Jay Johnson pose for a photograph at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Tebas is leading a study testing gene therapy as a possible new way to treat and perhaps someday to cure infection with the AIDS virus. Johnson, who works for an AIDS advocacy and service organization in Philadelphia, took part in one of the studies. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Missouri state Rep. Eric Burlison says his compact proposal isn't health care reform, but rather "governance reform."
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Abortion doctor-turned-pro-life activist Dr. Bernard Nathanson, seen here in February 2000, died last week at 84. (The Washington Times)
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FILE - This Oct. 27, 2010, file photo shows former Major League Baseball manager Joe Torre speaking before President Barack Obama arrives at an event marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington. A person with knowledge of the appointment says Torre has been hired as Major League Baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, because commissioner Bud Selig isn't expected to formally introduce Torre until Saturday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Sam Gehler talks to police at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011., on his way to deliver about 10,000 petitions in opposition of the governor's proposed budget. Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are in their 10th day of protests. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, puts up a chart on Feb. 14 while delivering the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for fiscal 2012 on Capitol Hill. The nation faces a possible government shutdown if Democrats and Republicans have not agreed by March 4 on an extension for funding the federal government. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat, presides at a Capitol Hill hearing on the national budget. The nation faces a possible government shutdown if Democrats and Republicans have not agreed by March 4 on an extension for funding the federal government. (Associated Press)
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Maryland State Sen. Allan Kittleman, Howard County Republican, speaks Thursday on the state Senate floor in Annapolis, Md., in support of the gay marriage bill as State Sen. Nancy Jacobs, Harford County Republican, sits at left. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Nancy Jacobs, R-Harford County, speaks in opposition of the gay marriage bill on the State Senate floor Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 in Annapolis, Md prior to the bill clearing Thursday evening.(AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signs the Hawaii Civil Unions Bill into law at a ceremony in Honolulu on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The new law makes Hawaii the seventh state to give essentially the same rights of marriage to same-sex couples through civil unions or similar laws. Five other states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
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A police officer walks by someone sleeping at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, on the ninth day of protests against Gov. Scott Walker's plan to strip public sector workers of nearly all of their bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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A riot policeman fights with a demonstrator during a protest in Athens on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Scores of youths hurled rocks and petrol bombs at riot police after clashes broke out during a mass rally taking place as part of a general strike. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
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A motorcycle policeman hits a demonstrator during a protest in Athens on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Scores of youths hurled rocks and petrol bombs at riot police after clashes broke out during a mass rally taking place as part of a general strike. (AP Photo/ Dimitri Messinis)
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Libyan protetsers protest against Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Tobruk, Libya, on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Heavy gunfire broke out in Tripoli as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi tightened their grip on the Libyan capital while anti-government protesters claimed control of many cities elsewhere and top government officials and diplomats turn against the longtime leader.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
