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**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks April 28, 2014, about the budget and the economy at George Washington University in Washington. (Associated Press)
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FILE - This Feb. 24, 2012 file photo shows the exterior of the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet, Ill. Efforts to reopen a Joliet youth prison as a facility to treat mentally ill adult inmates have been underway despite claims from Gov. Pat Quinn's administration that extending the temporary income tax increase would be necessary for reopening. Illinois Department of Corrections documents in a story Monday, April 28, 2014, shows the agency is working to reopen the facility and settle a 2007 federal lawsuit claiming the state has failed to address mental illness in a crowded prison system. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Joseph P. Meier, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES
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FILE - In this April 15, 2014 file photo, demonstrators carry a banner that reads in Portuguese "There won't be a cup!" during a protest against the amount of money spent on World Cup preparations in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is worried the street protests that are planned during the World Cup could hurt his team's chances of winning the title. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Low-wage workers rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 28, 2014, to urge Congress to raise the minimum wage as lawmakers return to Washington following a two-week hiatus. Democrats been pushing to lift the minimum wage but even if any legislation is passed in the Senate, it is certain to be ignored in the Republican-controlled House. (AP Photo)
