Social Issues

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Riot police confront demonstrators during riots in Barcelona, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Riot police take to the streets during riots in Barcelona, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Police guard a bus depot in Madrid during a nationwide general strike organized by Spanish unions on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Picketers hurled eggs at buses and blocked trucks from delivering produce to wholesale markets as Spanish workers protested austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. (AP Photo/Paul White)

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Texas coach Mack Brown looks for a call from officials during the fourth quarter on an NCAA college football game against UCLA, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 in Austin, Texas. UCLA won 34-12. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In this March 14, 2007, file photo, Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz gives closing arguments during a trial at the Calumet County Courthouse in Chilton, Wis. On Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, an attorney for Mr. Kratz said he will resign before proceedings to remove him for sending sexually charged text messages to a domestic abuse victim. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

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** FILE ** A protesting policemen holds up handcuffs during a rally in front of government headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. More than 8,000 police officers and jail wardens, chanting anti-presidential slogans, joined the rally and, later, an unauthorized march to the Romanian president's offices to protest austerity measures such as cuts in salaries and pensions imposed by the government to meet International Monetary Fund requirements for getting a loan. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Despite his denials, multiple sources insist Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, seen here in November 2008, likened foes of the proposed lifting of the ban on open gays in the military to racists who opposed the military's integration in the late 1940s. (Associated Press)

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This Sept. 23, 2010 picture shows Eric Deggans, St. Petersburg Times media critic, who maintains a blog entitled "The Feed" on the newspaper's website. "When there are forums about race, people flock there to do battle," said Deggans. Whenever he blogs about race, "about 20 percent of the comments will be straight-up racist. Another 20 percent are questionable." The racial comments and other personal attacks have made Deggans feel more defensive, as if he's always under attack: "It wears you down after a while." He said, "I have to constantly coach myself to dial down the hurt and the anger, because you get three comments that are really hurtful and prejudiced, but the fourth is someone who wants to have a genuine conversation."(AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Boyzell Hosey) MANDATORY CREDIT: ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, BOYZELL HOSEY

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Comedian Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, before the House Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law subcommittee hearing on Protecting America's Harvest. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, gestures while announcing the Republicans "Pledge to America" agenda, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber company in Sterling, Va. From left are, Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, holds up a copy of the GOP agenda, "A Pledge to America", Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber yard in Sterling, Va. From left are, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Boehner, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Protesters gather at the Place de la Bastille in Paris on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at the start of a demonstration against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Women holding a placard reading "Women! Double day, Half pension" during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (center), Ohio Republican -- accompanied by Craig Fritsche (left), president of Tart Lumber, and Tabetha A. Baume-Chandler, president of Facility Technology, both in Sterling, Va. -- announces the Republicans' "Pledge to America" agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama hugs a guest Wednesday after listening to her story in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va., where Obama discussed the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, talks in the backyard of a private residence to discuss the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Falls Church, VA. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, arrives in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, to discuss the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius looks on at left as President Barack Obama speaks in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, to discuss the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)