Social Issues

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ASSOCIATED PRESS AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION: Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, wants a new policy for illegals involved in DUI cases.

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David Walker, an Arizona rancher, stands at a wall on the border with Mexico at a ranch in Hereford, Ariz., on Sunday. Mr. Walker was attending a rally in support of Arizona's immigration law. (Associated Press)

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United States guard Rudy Gay goes up for a dunk during the third quarter of an exhibition basketball game against France Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

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Masked Palestinian protesters hold a sound grenad, during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Friday, Aug 13, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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A Palestinian protester wears a gas mask as Israeli troops take position , during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, , Friday, Aug 13, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Kashmiri protestors shout slogans during a pro-freedom procession in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri protestors shout slogans during a pro-freedom procession in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri protestors run to participate in a pro-freedom procession in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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A Kashmiri protestor jumps over a shattered windshield as a pro-freedom procession marches through a street in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Kashmiri Muslims carry a wounded man on a stretcher at a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiri Muslims carry a wounded man on a stretcher at a local hospital in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Tens of thousands of angry protesters rushed into the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday after government forces killed four people and injured at least 12 others during protests against Indian rule in the disputed region, police said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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A man who identified himself as Richard prepares a sign in opposition to gay marriage on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, outside City Hall in San Francisco. Judge Vaughn Walker gave opponents of same-sex weddings until Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. to get a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on whether gay marriage should resume. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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A cyclist often can move faster than motorists as reconstruction proceeds slowly on the Humpback Bridge.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Gay couple Tara Walsh (left) and Wen Minkoff embrace outside San Francisco's City Hall on Thursday. A judge put gay marriages on hold for at least six days in California, disappointing some but raising hopes that same-sex couples will soon be able to tie the knot.

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Tourists take photos of gay-marriage foes on Thursday in San Francisco. Federal Judge Vaughn Walker gave opponents of same-sex weddings until Aug. 18 to get an injunction from a three-judge appeals court panel to block his ruling allowing the resumption of gay marriages.

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Same-sex couple Robert Huddleston, left, and Chris Holler, second from left, of San Francisco, react to the news that they may not marry for at least another week Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, in San Francisco. A federal judge put gay marriages on hold for at least another six days in California, disappointing dozens of gay couples who lined up outside City Hall hoping to tie the knot Thursday. Judge Vaughn Walker gave opponents of same-sex weddings until Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. to get a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on whether gay marriage should resume. Gay marriages could happen at that point or be put off indefinitely depending on how the court rules.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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** FILE ** Karen National Army soldiers stand in formation during Revolution Day ceremonies in Burma in January 2006. The ethnic tribesmen, a minority in Burma, fought against the Japanese in World War II, but were never given their own state as the British had promised.

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** FILE ** This is a Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, file photo of miners as they dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe began selling millions of carats of rough diamonds on Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010, that were mined from an area where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and forced children into hard labor. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi-File)