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A car burns outside the parliament building in Burkina Faso as people protest against their longtime President Blaise Compaore who is seeking another term in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Theo Renaut)
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Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, is taking to task those veterans who are abusing the government benefits system. He said veterans' benefit programs need to be streamlined to avoid duplicate payments. (Associated Press)
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A signed copy of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was sold at auction in Ludlow, Shropshire, in 2009 for $32,600. (History Hunters Auction)
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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2013 file photo, an abortion protester stands outside the Red River Valley Women's Clinic in downtown Fargo, N.D. The director of North Dakota's sole abortion provider says medical abortions have ceased at the Fargo clinic following a North Dakota Supreme Court ruling Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, that upheld a 2011 state law limiting the use of drugs to perform abortions. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)
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National Edition News cover for October 29, 2014 - Obamacare premiums up 78% for some: President Barack Obama walks away his podium after speaking about Ebola from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014. The president said the US can't be seen as shying away from battle against Ebola. Obama did not directly criticize quarantine policies for returning health care workers implemented in New York and New Jersey. But he says the response to Ebola needs to be sensible and "based on science," while supporting health care workers going overseas to fight the disease.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Despite administration promises that the Affordable Care Act would reduce the costs of health care, policyholders have seen their premium rates increase considerably since it became law, partly because insurers must cover pre-existing conditions. (associated press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, confers with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2014, to urge approval for raising the minimum wage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**
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"I pray that our neighbors in Missouri will take this chance to help change us for the better by choosing to overcome wrong with right, evil with good and hate with love," writes Christy Stutzman. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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The University of North Carolina - Wilmington hosted a pro-abortion pizza party last week, celebrating "the brave men and women who performed abortions before they were legal." (Uncw.edu/Campus Reform)
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Ronald Reagan giving his "A time for choosing" speech in 1964 The Washington Times
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Illustration on equal rights and fair opportunities in American society by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, said he concluded that the quarantine was necessary to protect public health and that he thinks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "eventually will come around to our point of view on this." (Associated Press)
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Kaci Hickox, a health care worker who returned from fighting Ebola in West Africa, wrote a scathing review of "inhumane" treatment by inspectors at Newark Liberty International Airport and her ongoing quarantine. Ms. Hickox is the first traveler quarantined under new guidelines established in New Jersey and New York. (University of Texas at Arlington via Associated Press)
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A patient exhibiting signs of the Ebola virus was transferred to a Maryland hospital Monday night. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
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Eighty members of Congress have asked that a federal policy that bans gay and bisexual men from donating blood be changed by the end of the year. (Photo courtesy of Department of Defense 2014)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell implored the nation's doctors Thursday to help the U.S. stem the threat of Ebola and keep health care workers safe against the deadly virus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Illegal Pete's, a Colorado-based quick-service eatery known for its oversize burritos, is opening a restaurant in Fort Collins. (Illegal Pete's via Facebook)
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Illustration on 28 professors protest of Harvard's sexual relations policy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Drug Enforcement Administration special agents (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Dirk Andrews, left, and Travis Gray pick up their marriage license Tuesday morning, Oct. 21, 2014 at the Natrona County Clerk's office in Casper, Wyo. The two have been together for more than 10 years. Gay couples began to apply for marriage licenses Tuesday in Wyoming, shortly after the state began to recognize same-sex unions, albeit far more quietly than in other places where bans were recently struck down.(AP Photo/The Casper Star-Tribune, Alan Rogers)
