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Elderly and disabled South African voters, assisted by nurses, cast their ballots during early voting for special groups at the Nazareth House old-age home in Johannesburg, South Africa Monday, May 5, 2014. South Africa goes to the polls on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in elections that are likely to see the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party return to power with a smaller majority due to voters disaffected by corruption in government and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Rep. Raul Labrador, Idaho Republican, said the GOP will loosen penalties on illegal immigrants if Democrats will increase visas for high-tech workers. (Associated Press)
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From left field: Sid Dinsdale could find an opening between the bitterly split front-runners in the GOP race for Senate, which will be decided Tuesday.
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This undated image provided by the Nebraska Humane Society shows a cat wounded by an arrow at the Nebraska Humane Society in Omaha, Neb. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of whoever shot the animal. (AP Photo/Nebraska Humane Society)
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In this undated image provided by the Nebraska Humane Society, a cat wounded by an arrow recovers at the Nebraska Humane Society in Omaha, Neb. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of whoever shot the animal. (AP Photo/Nebraska Humane Society)
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, Lariyah Beasley, a 4-year-old preschool student from Chicago, holds a sign during a rally outside the Chicago Board of Education headquarters in Chicago. School districts in the Chicago and St. Louis suburbs would see major cuts to state aid while downstate schools would see gains under a proposal that would drastically overhaul Illinois' complicated school funding formula for the first time in almost two decades. A database released Wednesday, May 7, 2013, by the state Board of Education illustrates that the proposal would provide equity to rich and poor districts across Illinois. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine, File)
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FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file photo, Illinois state Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, introduces an education funding reform bill at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. School districts in the Chicago and St. Louis suburbs would see major cuts to state aid while downstate schools would see gains under a proposal that would drastically overhaul Illinois' complicated school funding formula for the first time in almost two decades. Manar said the state Board of Education's database detailing the estimated impact to the state's 860 school districts, released Wednesday, May 7, 2014, more clearly illustrates that his proposal would provide equity to rich and poor districts across Illinois. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
