Social Issues

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** FILE ** Blood vials await examination for the AIDS virus at Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1997, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel)

British police officers contain a group of students protesters outside Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010, during a protest against tuition fees. British students held a third day of protests over plans to triple university tuition fees, with police urging them to avoid the violence that marked earlier demonstrations. School and university students braved snow in London for a rally in Trafalgar Square against the decision to increase university fees to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year as part of government deficit-cutting measures.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Protesters block traffic during a march protesting against tuition fees increases in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to increase university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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People walk past British police officers blocking off Whitehall leading to the Houses of Parliament in London as students march through the streets in a protest against tuition fees, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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A British police officer scuffles with a protester during a march by a group of students outside Buckingham Palace, protesting against tuition fees increases in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Students reach the highway and block it in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)

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Students block the highway in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)

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Students gather in downtown Rome Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, during a protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS David Stockman, budget director for President Reagan, sees tough decisions for President Obama's deficit commission as it prepares a final report.

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Demonstrators run to protest against the general elections after a news conference by twelve of the nineteen presidential candidates in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major candidates endorsed a joint statement denouncing Sunday's voting as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country's Provisional Electoral Council. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Greenpeace activists wave windsocks as they campaign for the use of renewable energy Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 in Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines. The Filipino activists called on President Benigno Aquino III to commit to 50 percent renewable energy by 2020 as one of the solutions to fight climate change. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

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In this Nov. 25, 2010, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), packages of seized marijuana are examined by officials in Murrieta, Calif., after a cross-border tunnel between Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego was discovered. (AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

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Residents of Merry Go Round Farm can enjoy an equestrian center and miles of walking paths and horse trails.

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Feminist Gloria Steinem claims conservative women are beset by a political form of Stockholm syndrome. (Associated Press)

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Sinn Fein supporters protest outside Irish government buildings, in Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. The Irish government has unveiled a range of tough austerity measures designed to help solve the country's debt crisis. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

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In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by German journalist Peter Seewald, left, and by Monsignor Rino Fisichella holds a copy of the book "Light of the World'' during a private audience at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. The Vatican broadened the scope of the pope's comments about condom use being a lesser evil than transmitting HIV by saying the concept also applies to women. The Pontiff said in the book that condom use by people such as male prostitutes was a lesser evil since it indicated they were taking a step toward a more moral and responsible sexuality by aiming to protect their partner from infection. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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A protester sprays a message on a government building Wednesday as students protest against tuition fees at Whitehall in London. Thousands of British students participated in the demonstration. (Associated Press)

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A crushed AIDS drug is shown in the palm of a smoker's hand in the Kwadebeka Township near Durban, South Africa. AIDS patients in South Africa are being robbed of their lifesaving drugs so that they can be mixed with marijuana and smoked, authorities and health experts say. (Associated Press)

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Activist Lori Lamb distributes stickers to travelers to protest against TSA's new security procedures at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Holiday travelers dismayed by airport body scans planned protests at bustling airports Wednesday, while the head of the nation's transport security agency urged passengers to comply with searches to reduce the possibility of delays on one of the busiest travel days of the year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Activist Lori Lamb distributes stickers to travelers to protest against TSA's new security procedures at Los Angeles International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Holiday travelers dismayed by airport body scans planned protests at bustling airports Wednesday, while the head of the nation's transport security agency urged passengers to comply with searches to reduce the possibility of delays on one of the busiest travel days of the year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)