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People wait outside the Trenton, N.J., office of the Division of Pensions and Benefits for the agency to open. The number of public employee retirements in New Jersey is up nearly 50 percent this year, partly because of concerns that pension benefits could be cut. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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'FREE THE INNOCENT PEOPLE': A child passes by posters of detainees hanging on a wall in a village in Malkiya, Bahrain. Graffiti calls for their release. (Associated Press)
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Well-wishers and male relatives of Bahrainis rounded up in a crackdown on Shiite Muslim activists gather for a sit-in in a private home in the village of Nuweidrat, Bahrain, on Tuesday. More than 250 Shiites have been detained since last month, and 23 political activists and others have been accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The banner shows some of the more prominent prisoners and reads, "Sit-in in support of families of the prisoners." (Associated Press)
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Ibrahim's mother, Mariam Labib, talks in July of her daughter's death. Ibrahim had complained of spousal abuse and had wanted a divorce, but her parents and Coptic belief banned it. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said Monday that he won't countenance any income-tax increases next year.
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Texas coach Mack Brown argues an officials call during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game against Wyoming, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 in Austin, Texas. Texas won 34-7. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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OPEN TO COMPROMISE: "If the only option I have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, I'll vote for it," House Minority Leader John A. Boehner says. (Associated Press)
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Tea partyers rally at the Capitol in September 2010 to oppose government spending, particularly bailouts and economic policies backed by President Obama. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Residents eat at a Guatemalan restaurant across the corner of Sixth Street and Union Avenue where police shot an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was menacing officers with a knife, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this April 23, 2010 file photo, Belgium's Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, left, and commission chairman Peter Adriaenssens address the media in Brussels about the sexually abuse of a Bishop. A Belgian commission looking into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of victims and that witnesses say widespread abuse over decades led to at least 13 suicides. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, file)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of Hazleton, Pa., Mayor Lou Barletta and the town's law cracking down on illegal immigration gather in front of City Hall in June 2007. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the law on Thursday, saying it infringed on the federal government's power.
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In this June 3, 2007, file photo, a crowd gathers below the steps during a rally in support of Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, in front of City Hall in Hazleton, Pa. A federal appeals court has ruled that Hazleton may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants, dealing another blow to legislation that inspired copycat measures around the nation, including Arizona. (AP Photo/Steve Klaver, File)
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FILE - Newly signed Los Angels Laker Matt Barnes speaks to media during an introductory press conference in El Segundo, Calif. in this July 27, 2010 file photo. Sacramento County authorities say Barnes was arrested Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010 on suspicion of domestic violence. Barnes was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on suspicion of domestic violence and maliciously obstructing the use of a telephone line. He posted a $50,000 bond and was released. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Associated Press photographs House Republican leader Rep. John A. Boehner (left) outlined a GOP alternative to President Obama's proposal for more economic stimulus spending.
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WWW.COLBERTRALLY.COM Stephen Colbert might stage a parody of Glenn Beck's rally at the Lincoln Memorial in October.
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** FILE ** In this June 16, 2010, file photo, House Minority John Boehner, R-Ohio, participates in a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Colombians talk with a representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (center) in Barranca, Ecuador, in August 2008. An estimated 150,000 Colombian refugees live in Ecuador, according to the United Nations. (Associated Press)
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Commuters look through the window of a subway train in Paris. French unions launched a major strike Tuesday over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, with walkouts causing headaches. (Associated Press)
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David Anderson covers his damaged roof with a blue tarp, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 in Raymondville, Texas, after tropical storm Hermine swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Workers clean up a pile of debris from a collapsed metal building, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 in Raymondville, Texas, after Tropical storm Hermine swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
