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Israel Andrade, who has been deported from the United States on four separate occasions, is now accused of sexually molesting a 9-year-old Texas girl as she slept in her home. (Parker County Sheriff’s Office/CBS DFW)
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Republican U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito hopes to settle the Medicaid issue in her state by trumpeting Rep. Paul Ryan's voucher-style plan.
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State-run libraries in Singapore are destroying all remaining copies of a gay-themed children's book that is based on the true story of two male penguins raising a baby chick at New York's Central Park Zoo. (Simon & Schuster)
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State-run libraries in Singapore are destroying all remaining copies of a gay-themed children's book that is based on the true story of two male penguins raising a baby chick at New York's Central Park Zoo. (Simon & Schuster)
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Illustration on humanitarian efforts extended to certain illegal immigrants by Donna Grethen/ Tribune Content Agency
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Barbara Gonzalez, public information officer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows donated stuffed animals in an area where immigrant families are housed at the Artesia Residential Detention Facility inside the Federal Law Enforcement Center in Artesia, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Pool, El Paso Times, Rudy Gutierrez)
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"Conservative" means "Jesse Helms" and "Strom Thurmond" to blacks, says the author. Above: late GOP senators Helms (N.C.) and Thurmond (S.C.) at left and right, with Elizabeth and Robert Dole. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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Newly arrived people who were caught in Arizona by the U.S. Border Patrol are initially processed at Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol headquarters in Tucson, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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HALEY JOEL OSMENT - the actor was charged with drunk driving and marijuana possession after he crashed his car while returning home from a concert in Los Angeles in 2006. The 18-year-old Osment, suffered minor injuries in the accident and was briefly hospitalized. Osment was released from custody after posting a $15,000 bond.
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NICHOLA CAGE - was arrested by New Orleans police in 2011 on domestic abuse and disturbing the peace charges. The Academy Award winning actor was collared after he allegedly got into a confrontation with his wife. Cage was briefly jailed before posting bond to secure his release from the lockup of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.
