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New Jersey Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Paul A. Sarlo, D-Wood-Ridge, N.J., listens to an answer during a state budget hearing Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Sarlo says New Jersey is facing significant late-year budget cuts because Gov. Chris Christie's administration overestimated how much tax revenue the state would receive. Sarlo says up to $800 million in fixes will be needed in the next two months to close out the fiscal year with a balanced budget, which the state constitution requires. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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In this March 15, 2010, photo, Illinois state Rep. Keith Farnham speaks with local officials in Carpenterville, Ill. The 66-year-old Democrat from Elgin is scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court Wednesday April 30, 2014, since a federal complaint charged him with possession of child pornography. Farnham resigned his seat in March. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Rick West)
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Fans hold up signs in support of the Los Angeles Clippers before Game 5 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Los Angeles. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league for making racist comments that hurt the league. (AP Photo)
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Sam Wright protests against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, outside Staples Center before Game 5 of the Clippers' opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Los Angeles. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that Sterling has been banned for life by the league for making racist comments that hurt the league. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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A fan holds up a sign about Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling before Game 5 of the Clippers' opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Los Angeles. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that Sterling has been banned for life by the league for making racist comments that hurt the league. (AP Photo)
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Jerry Carr carries a sign in protest of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, outside Staples Center on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Los Angeles, before Game 5 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that Sterling has been banned for life by the league for making racist comments that hurt the league. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Shelly Sterling, wife of Donald Sterling, high fives fans in the final seconds of the Clippers defeat of the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Playoffs Tuesday April 29, 2014. Sterling was banned for life from the NBA earlier in the day because of his racist comments. Los Angeles, CA. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, John McCoy)
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, left, accompanied by NBA Senior Vice President of Production Jarad Franzreb, leaves a news conference in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Shelly Sterling, wife of Donald Sterling, high fives fans in the final seconds of the Clippers defeat of the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Playoffs Tuesday April 29, 2014. Sterling was banned for life from the NBA earlier in the day because of his racist comments. Los Angeles, CA. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, John McCoy)
