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FILE--In this Oct. 12, 2006 file photo, Detroit's skyline is shown. The historic restructuring of Detroit through bankruptcy is taking a crucial step by putting its plan before the people most affected: roughly 30,000 retirees and city employees. Monday, May 12, 2014 was the deadline for ballots to have been sent to those who qualify for pensions, and should be arriving by mid-week. Detroit is proposing to cut pensions by 4.5 percent and eliminate cost-of-living payments. Retired police officers and firefighters have a better deal that trims only the cost-of-living payments. (AP Photo)
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In a Friday April 25, 2014 file photo, an outreach worker at Boom Health center package condoms for distribution to sex trade workers, in Bronx, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) **FILE**
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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. More than 60 North Dakota lawmakers want to appeal a federal judge's ruling that overturns a state law banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The facility is the state's only abortion clinic. (AP Photo/File)
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Susan Barr, top, and Shelly Butler, both of Dallas, are first to line up to file paperwork for a marriage license at the Pulaski County Courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, May 12, 2014. The state's largest county began issuing gay marriage licenses following a judge's ruling overturning Arkansas' constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Susan Barr, top, and Shelly Butler, both of Dallas, who were first to file paperwork for a marriage license at the Pulaski County Courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., kiss after their wedding ceremony Monday, May 12, 2014. The state's largest county began issuing gay marriage licenses following a judge's ruling overturning Arkansas' constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Christina Huynh)