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Inmates pass the time in cramped conditions at California State Prison in Los Angeles. The Supreme Court on Monday endorsed a court order requiring California to cut its prison population by more than 30,000 inmates to improve overall health care. (California Department of Corrections via Associated Press)

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray promised that all contracts for more than $1 million would go to the D.C. Council for review, but a contract for school security remains unchecked. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Fieldworkers pick onion bulbs on a Vidalia onion farm in Lyons, Ga., on May 10. Concerns abound that new legislation meant to bar illegal immigrants from the workforce and giving local police increased enforcement powers will scare away Mexican laborers. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks to CIA employees at the CIA Headquarters, Friday, May 20, 2011, in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** Spaniards protest in Madrid's Puerta del Sol plaza on Thursday, May 19, 2011. Spanish university students and youth groups were protesting against a youth unemployment rate of 40 percent and austerity measures taken to end Spain's debt crisis. (Associated Press)

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Protesters clash with police outside the Greek parliament during a demonstration by the Panhellenic Federation of Workers Association on Wednesday. The union is protesting the decision to increase working hours from 37.5 to 40 per week. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS DIAGNOSIS: "Our plan was a state solution to a state problem," Mitt Romney said about Massachusetts' health care reform.

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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. suggested to Gov. Martin O'Malley in a May 9 letter that the fall's special General Assembly session include discussions on transportation funding needs, rising pension costs and the state's $1.1-billion structural deficit. (Associated Press)

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associated press Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, is expected to sign a bill creating a health care system modeled after Canada.

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Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs" star Mike Rowe will appear as a witness before the Senate on Wednesday at a hearing titled "Manufacturing Our Way to a Stronger Economy," talking up the know-how and skill of American workers. (Discovery Channel) ** FILE **

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Supporters of President Obama's health care policies — (from left) Ron Pollack, Larry Kim, Dell Erwin, Ray Scher and Kevin Wilson — hold a rally in front of federal court in Richmond on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing two cases challenging the federal health care reform act. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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*** FILE ** In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Ogden, Utah, Debra Brown enters Judge Michael DiReda's courtroom in Ogden, Utah. A Utah judge ruled Monday, May 2, 2011, that Brown, who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering her employer 17 years ago, is innocent of the crime. (AP Photo/Al Hartmann, The Salt Lake Tribune, Pool, File)

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Justin Miller (left) talks with Leah Chanthapanya (right) at a May 3 job fair in Independence, Ohio. Chanthapanya is looking for a customer service or administrative position. Employers added more than 200,000 jobs in April for the third straight month, the biggest hiring spree in five years. But the unemployment rate rose to 9 percent in part because some people resumed looking for work. (Associated Press)

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D.C. United's Andy Najar scored one of the goals in the 2-2 draw with the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. (Associated Press)

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Job seekers wait in line for a job fair to open on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in Independence, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Waitress Jasmine Randhawa serves a pepperoni pizza at Mountain Mike's pizza parlor in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday, April 1, 2011. The nation's service sector, which employs about 90 percent of the U.S. workforce, grew in April, though at the slowest pace since August. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)