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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)
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Opponents of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill sleep in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)
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Opponents of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate most collective-bargaining rights for many state employees take part in their eighth day of protesting Tuesday at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away in Denver, union activists rallied in a show of support. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tells a joint session of the Nevada Legislature Tuesday that he wants "an adult conversation about an adult subject": that prostitution hurts job creation. (Associated Press)
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The casket of slain Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, 32, sits at the front of the Brownsville Events Center in Brownsville, Texas, Tuesday during a funeral Mass attended by more than 1,000 people. He and his partner were ambushed on the road in Mexico. (Associated Press)
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Ed Shepard, 87, runs a gas station in Welch, W.Va. His is the last of the dozen stations that used to service the town. According to the 2010 census, Welch experienced more deaths than births. (Associated Press)
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“We don't know the cost of the health care bill or how many people they're going to hire,” says Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)
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Kathryn Schulze wears a message written on tape over her mouth inside the Wisconsin Capitol on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are taking part on Tuesday in their eighth day of protests. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
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Demonstrators rally at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Hundreds of union members crowded the hallways to protest of a contentious labor bill. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)
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Demonstrators rally at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Hundreds of union members crowded the hallways of the Capitol in protest of a contentious labor bill. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)
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People rally on the Vermont Statehouse steps on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, in Montpelier, Vt. Labor unions in the state are rallying in support of Wisconsin workers locked in a battle over collective bargaining rights. More than 300 people, including teachers, firefighters, nurses and other union members and supporters, turned out in bitter cold in Vermont's capital Tuesday for a rally supporting the workers balking at Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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Protesters sleep inside the state Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are taking part in their eighth day of protests. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
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Luke Balsavich holds a large sign outside the state Capitol on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers are taking part in their seventh day of protests. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
