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Nikki Araguz, the transgender wife of a firefighter killed in the line of duty July 4, is battling a lawsuit aimed at keeping her from getting benefits on the grounds that Texas does not recognize same-sex marriages. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on teachers jobs and House bill H.R. 1586 Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on August 10, 2010. Obama was joined by Education Secretary Arne Duncan. UPI/Kevin Detsch
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A masked Kashmiri Muslim protester shouts pro-freedom slogans during a protest rally at Khanmoh, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri Muslim protesters shout pro-freedom slogans during a protest rally at Khanmoh, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. For nearly two months, Kashmir has been in the grips of violent protests as angry young men, women and children, have held demonstrations against Indian rule in the region. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Kashmiri Muslim protestors pray in the middle of a road during an anti-India procession in Chadoora, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Kashmiri Muslim protestors shout pro-freedom slogans during an anti-India procession in Chadoora, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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An Indian policeman rests against closed shops during curfew in downtown area of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims protested against Indian rule in the Himalayan region of Kashmir and offered special prayers for nearly 50 people who died in last two months of civil unrest. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama waves during a speech at Gregory Gym at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Dan Coats, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate (right center), speaks with health care professionals during a roundtable discussion on health care at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
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Illustration: Abortion (after Da Vinci)
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Claes Borgstrom, lawyer for the two women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Sweden in August, talks to media at his office in Stockholm Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Borgstrom, whose office is under police protection, denied that the case had anything to do with WikiLeaks or the current U.S. interest in Assange. (AP Photo/Anders Wiklund) SWEDEN OUT
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Shirin Nariman, a former Iranian political prisoner, speaks out on Thursday, August 5, 2010, against the Iranian regime's executions and methods of torture to a group of about 15 Iranian activists while some stand behind her, holding posters of political prisoners sentenced to death.
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Associated Press photographs From left, Afghan National Army soldiers Mirza Mirzali, a Pashtun; Mullah Assan, an ethnic Turkmeni; and Aijad, an ethnic Tajik, are representative of the various ethnicities in the army. Despite ethnic quotas, the Afghan army is still dominated by northern minorities who were oppressd by the Taliban. The Taliban is made up of mostly Pashtuns.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, talks with Sen. John Cornyn, D-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, as they walk to McConnell's office, following the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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Lynn France via Associated Press Lynn France poses with husband John on their July 2005 wedding day on Italy's Amalfi Coast. In January of 2009, she discovered her husband's second wife on Facebook. Mrs. France is seeking custody of their two young sons.
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Hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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**FILE** Connor Schmeding joins hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Aug. 4, 2010, in San Francisco. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (Associated Press)
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Same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, center, speaks at a public rally on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in West Hollywood, Calif. Gay rights supporters turned out in droves to celebrate a federal judge's overturning of California's Proposition 8, a same-sex marriage ban, a landmark case which could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)
