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In this Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, photo, local residents hold a demonstration against illegal immigration after hearing news that a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast, in Zuwara, Libya. (AP Photo/Mohamed Ben Khalifa)
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Chief of the Burgenland police, Hans Peter Doskozil, informs the media at a news conference at a police station in Eisenstadt, Austria, Thursday, Aug 27, 2015. Austrian police on Thursday discovered the badly decomposing bodies of at least 20 — and possibly up to 50 — migrants stacked in a truck parked on the shoulder of the main highway from Budapest to Vienna. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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Who poses the bigger threat to young African-American men? (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)
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FILE- In this July 28, 2015 file photo, Erica Canaut, center, cheers as she and other anti-abortion activists rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas to condemn the use in medical research of tissue samples obtained from aborted fetuses. Planned Parenthood Federation of America held a conference call Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, to discuss what it calls a “smear campaign” against the organization and its affiliates by a California-based anti-abortion group. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Hours after two Va. reporters were killed on live TV, George Zimmerman wrote a slew of controversial tweets calling President Obama a racist. (image: screen grab from Twitter @TherealGeorgeZ)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, photo, Syrian girl Salam Rashid, 14, who lost both of her legs below the knee in 2012 in a tank shell attack, poses for a picture at the MSF Hospital for Specialized Reconstructive Surgery in Amman, Jordan. The international charity Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially inaugurates in Amman next month its new reconstructive surgery hospital for war victims, which it says is unique in the region. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Nebraskans for the Death Penalty gathered 166,692 petition signatures in 82 days, well more than the required 57,000 needed by Thursday to force a repeal vote on the newly enacted state law eliminating capital punishment. (Associated Press)
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Univision newscaster Jorge Ramos, who has incredible sway with U.S. Hispanic voters, decried Donald Trump and his stance on immigration at a public event, which promptly got him booted from the room. (Associated Press)
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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a fierce gun control advocate, foundation has given to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, which resides under the aptly-named John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Mr. Bloomberg has given more than $1 billion to Johns Hopkins' various departments in his lifetime. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the confusion of race and gender standards by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Tori Reichelderfer, 17, shows her support as Planned Parenthood Action Council holds a community rally at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Aug. 25, 2015. Planned Parenthood Association of Utah CEO Karrie Galloway says the demonstration is a protest against Gov. Gary Herbert's decision to stop disbursing federal money to Planned Parenthood. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) **FILE**
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Illustration on the recent stock market plunge by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are 19th cousins, according to genealogy experts. (Associated Press)
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Cover of Bruce Springsteen's album "Born to Run," released 40 years ago today--August 25, 1975.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday blasted rival Donald Trump's immigration proposal as stupid, impractical, and "constitutionally flawed." (Fox News)
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In this Wednesday, June 24, 2015 file photo, Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput, right, stands next to Pope Francis as they pose for a photo with a delegation from Philadelphia at the end of the pontiff's weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Pope Francis will be traveling to Philadelphia in September to attend the World Meeting of Families. Chaput, the meeting's host, is moving to limit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Roman Catholics as they try to lobby for a broader role in the event. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
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President Barack Obama, left, and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid wave onstage at the National Clean Energy Summit, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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President Obama greets Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, after giving remarks at the National Clean Energy Summit at the Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center in Las Vegas on Aug. 24, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Lois Lerner's emails became an issue after she was singled out as a key figure in the IRS's treatment of tea party and conservative groups who sought tax-exempt status. The IRS improperly delayed hundreds of applications and sent out intrusive questionnaires asking what the agency now says were inappropriate inquiries. (Associated Press)
