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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON The Continental Congress included among American grievances that King George III (in coronation robes) hired mercenaries.

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**FILE** A Harper's Weekly drawing shows cadets from The Citadel firing on Star of the West, thought to have been reinforcing the Union garrison at Fort Sumter, on Jan. 9, 1861.

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The J. Edgar Hoover Building, which opened to employees in 1974, dominates the nighttime cityscape on Pennyslvania Avenue NW. ** FILE **

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E. Donald Hughes is one of the last members of the first African-American labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. His mother, Inell Hughes, was married to a porter.

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said her campaign received a "flood" of calls about voter intimidation among Culinary Workers Union members in Nevada. "The evidence is pretty compelling," she said.

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Getty Images Brian Billick was fired in Baltimore despite signing a four-year contract extension.