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Sen. Ted Cruz is ready for the big top with the spectacle called the State of the Union scheduled next week. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Jessyn Farrell, D-Seattle, speaks to the media Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Olympia, Wash. Farrell spoke of a proposal to raise Washington's minimum wage to $12 per hour over the next three years. Washington state's current $9.32 rate is already the highest state minimum wage in the nation. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
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This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. USIS, the company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on. (AP Photo/The Guardian)
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This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. USIS, the company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on. (AP Photo/The Guardian)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley delivers his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. The term-limited governor used his final address to urge lawmakers to raise the state's minimum wage. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
