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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2012, file photo, Tyson Gay celebrates after receiving the silver medal for the men's 4x100-meter race during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. Gay has accepted a one-year suspension and has returned the silver medal he won at the London Olympics after he tested positive for a prohibited substance, USADA announced Friday, May 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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Fire fighters extinguish a fire during May Day activities Thursday, May 1, 2014 in Seattle. Police have made several arrests and fired pepper spray as anti-capitalist marchers meandered through Seattle several hours after hundreds of peaceful demonstrators took part in a May Day march in support of immigrant rights and a boost in the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Protesters burn signs during May Day activities Thursday, May 1, 2014 in Seattle. Police have made several arrests and fired pepper spray as anti-capitalist marchers meandered through Seattle several hours after hundreds of peaceful demonstrators took part in a May Day march in support of immigrant rights and a boost in the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Police form a line during May Day activities Thursday, May 1, 2014 in Seattle. Police have made several arrests and fired pepper spray as anti-capitalist marchers meandered through Seattle several hours after hundreds of peaceful demonstrators took part in a May Day march in support of immigrant rights and a boost in the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Police detain a protester during May Day activities Thursday, May 1, 2014 in Seattle. Police have made several arrests and fired pepper spray as anti-capitalist marchers meandered through Seattle several hours after hundreds of peaceful demonstrators took part in a May Day march in support of immigrant rights and a boost in the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Police extinguish burning signs during May Day activities Thursday, May 1, 2014 in Seattle. Police have made several arrests and fired pepper spray as anti-capitalist marchers meandered through Seattle several hours after hundreds of peaceful demonstrators took part in a May Day march in support of immigrant rights and a boost in the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Kansas state Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat, criticizes budget legislation during a Senate debate, Friday, May 2, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly objects to the Republican plan because she believes it and tax cuts championed by GOP Gov. Sam Brownback will lead to budget shortfalls in the future. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ty Masterson, an Andover Republican, speaks in favor of a GOP budget plan as the Senate debates it, Friday, May 2, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Masterson acknowleges the state will face challenges in keeping the budget balanced in future years. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, April 15, 2008 file photo, Terry Crenshaw, wardens assistant at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, walks past the gurney in the execution chamber at left, in McAlester, Okla. At right are the rows of chairs in which witnesses to executions are seated. Oklahoma prison officials tried for 51 minutes to find a vein in a death row inmate's arms and feet before inserting an IV through the man's groin ahead of a botched execution this week, the state's prisons chief said Thursday in a report urging more oversight of executions. (AP Photo)
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In this 2011 photo is Amy Sandler, right, and her wife Niki Quasney in Munster, Ind. Indiana will be required to recognize the couple’s out-of-state marriage for at least a few days more as a federal judge considers whether to extend an April order that expires May 8, 2014 requiring the state to acknowledge the union. Quasney is terminally ill with advanced ovarian cancer, and the couple fear Sandler’s ability to collect Social Security and other death benefits would be harmed if their marriage isn’t recognized. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Jeffrey D. Nicholls)
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In this Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 photo, Homeless Liaison Officer Tom Gentner talks to one of the homeless residents he keeps track of after she was arrested for prostitution on the west side of Savannah, Ga. Gentner spotted the woman in an area known for prostitution outside his precinct boundaries and organized a sting operation earlier in the morning. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
