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In this photo taken on on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, High school graduate and teen mother, Erika Perez, 18, meets with her Adolescent Family Life Program (AFLP) case manager Elizabeth Rodriguez, to set her life goals at the AltaMed Health Services Corporation in East Los Angeles. The AFLP and others like it are being credited, in part, with helping slow the rate of teen births in California to an all-time low, which reflects a national record low. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm speaks to the North Dakota House's Industry, Business and Labor Committee on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, about legislation that helps to implement a federal health care reform law in North Dakota. The North Dakota Legislature will be reviewing a series of health-care measures during its 2011 session. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel)
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**FILE** Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Feb. 11, 2011. (Associated Press)
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A woman passes a poster reading: "Weapons Monopoly for Criminals? No" in Zurich last month. Swiss gun culture meets grass-roots democracy on Sunday in a referendum dividing those who hope to cut the country's high rate of firearms suicides and those who fear tighter rules might kill off village shooting clubs and even cripple Switzerland's legendary citizen militia. (Associated Press)
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Anti-government protesters demonstrate in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Thousands of state workers and impoverished Egyptians launched strikes and protests around the country on Thursday over their economic woes as anti-government activists sought to expand their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak despite warnings from the vice president that protests won't be tolerated much longer. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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An Egyptian soldier watches as protesters pray in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Thousands of state workers and impoverished Egyptians launched strikes and protests around the country on Thursday over their economic woes as anti-government activists sought to expand their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak despite warnings from the vice president that protests won't be tolerated much longer. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican, addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, gives two thumbs up while addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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** FILE ** U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (center), Kentucky Republican, listens to Kentucky Senate President David Williams as state House Speaker Greg Stumbo sits at left before their testimony before a state Senate committee in Frankfort, Ky., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. All three spoke in support of a bill that would require a prescription for certain cold medicines because of their use in making methamphetamine. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
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Singer Leona Lewis arrives at the 2nd Annual Essence Black Women in Music reception honoring Grammy-nominated artist Janelle Monae in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dick Wadhams, shown here greeting supporters at an election night party on Nov. 2, says he has grown weary of a new corps of conservative activists. (Associated Press)
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Clothes dry in the sun outside a shack in Juba. Even aid workers live in shipping containers, and 85 percent of the population is illiterate, but excitement over independence is widespread. (Associated Press)
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FILE- This file photo dated Nov. 10, 2010, showing Miriam O'Reilly as she arrives at her employment tribunal in London where she claims she was a victim of sex and age discrimination by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). O'Reilly went on to win her ageism case against the BBC and they have apologized and said it would introduce new guidance procedures for its presenters. One colleague offered O'Reilly hair dye, another told her "it's time for botox." and a third said her wrinkles could be a problem in this new era of high-definition TV, as she presented the rural affairs BBC TV show Countryfile and was dropped from the show so she decided to fight the BBC for her job. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
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Rep. Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Republican voted against the budget blueprint and pushed for further cuts in spending. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican, voted against the budget blueprint and pushed for further cuts in spending. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Luis Posada Carriles talks to a reporter in Miami in November 2010. Mr. Posada, 82, is accused of lying under oath to federal officials during immigration hearings in El Paso and faces 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and immigration fraud. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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President Obama greets members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday after urging businesses to join him in an effort to change a "burdensome" corporate tax code and calling for "something smarter, something simpler, something fairer." (Bloomberg)
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The Green Bay Packers' Jordy Nelson (87) catches the ball for a touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers' William Gay (22) in the first half of NFL Super Bowl XLV football game on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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The Green Bay Packers' Jordy Nelson celebrates after he scored a touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLV game on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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The Green Bay Packers' Nick Collins, center, carries the ball past the Pittsburgh Steelers' Ramon Foster, right, during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLV game on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
