President Barack Obama, right, smiles after a group of children waved flags and flowers to cheer him during a welcome ceremony Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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The question before the Supreme Court Wednesday is: Did Alabama's Republican-dominated legislature rely predominantly on race or on partisanship when it was redrawing its districts?
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Andy Warhol's Triple Elvis [Ferus Type] is set to be auctioned at Christie's, and expectations are high — but Warhol's estate won't see any of the money.
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A photo illustration from the European Space Agency shows what a landing by the Philae robotic craft might look like, on the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet. The lander is heading toward the comet Wednesday morning.
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Surprise! Not one of these things contains a single speck of blue pigment.
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Abigail, 11, sells pastries on a street in El Alto, Bolivia, in June. Under the new law, 10-year-olds can work as long as they have parental consent and also attend school.
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Britain's Andy Murray plays a return to Canada's Milos Raonic during their singles ATP World Tour tennis finals match Tuesday at the O2 arena in London.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has launched an Ebola donation campaign on the web site and tossed in $25 million of his money to help fight the virus.
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Militants from the Islamic State parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle on a main street in Mosul, Iraq, in June.
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The gold-medal winning U.S. rowing team — coxswain at lower left — at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
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"The guy" (Ben Sinclair, left) delivers pot to two clients played by Tanisha Long and William Jackson Harper.
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Rap pioneers the Sugarhill Gang (left to right: Wonder Mike, Master G and Big Bank Hank) perform live circa 1979.
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