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FILE - This April 9, 2014 photo shows employment signs inn the city of Hobbs, N.M., which are competing for workers to keep up with development in the midst of an oil boom. The Census Bureau reports that the community of Hobbs, was the second fastest-growing in New Mexico from 2012 to 2013. Hobbs and other communities in southeastern New Mexico’s oil-rich Permian Basin are enjoying significant population growth in large part because of increased oil production from advances in drilling technologies. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, file)
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FILE - This Feb. 24, 2014 photo shows Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway addressing a recent community meeting in Carlsbad, N.M. The Census Bureau reports that the community was the second fastest-growing in New Mexico from 2012 to 2013. Hobbs and other communities in southeastern New Mexico’s oil-rich Permian Basin are enjoying significant population growth in large part because of increased oil production from advances in drilling technologies. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, file)
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Rep. John Walsh, R-Livonia, left, talks over the votes on Detroit bailout bills with Speaker of the House, Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, Thursday, May 22, 2014 on the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives in Lansing, Mich. The Michigan House has approved Detroit bankruptcy legislation that commits $195 million in state money to prevent deeper cuts in retiree pensions and the sale of city-owned art. The House voted 74-36 Thursday to spend money to match contributions from foundations and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Eleven bankruptcy-related bills cleared the Republican-led chamber and go to the Senate. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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Shauna Goubeaux and son Aden were among the four same-sex Montana couples that filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday May 21, 2014 to challenge the state’s 2004 constitutional ban on gay marriages. "We want Aden to grow up knowing that we are a family like any other family," says Shauna "By being plaintiffs in this case we are showing him his mommies will stand up for what is right and stand up for him." (AP Photo/Independent Record, Thom Bridge)
