Policemen stand near a bookmaker's board showing the betting odds on the general election result near a polling station Thursday in Witney, England. Odds were 4/6 for a hung Parliament.
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Researcher Sydney Levitus' work frequently transports him -- at least figuratively -- back to the helms of ships that plied the seas many decades ago.
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Members of the media photograph the mailbox at a home where Faisal Shahzad lived, in Bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday, May 4, 2010.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (left) and his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, shake hands at the end of their April 20 press conference in Tehran. Turkey is opposed to a new round of U.N. sanctions against Iran and is trying to help Iran and the U.S. and other Western countries find a middle way on the nuclear issue.
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When Mary Ritchie and Cathie Bush married in 2004, they thought they would finally get the benefits and protections other couples do. But it wasn't long before they discovered that "everybody" did not include the federal government. Kathy Bush (left) and Mary Ritchie are seen with their sons William and Ryan.
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Peter Buffett is a musician and philanthropist -- and son of investor Warren Buffett, one of the richest people in the world. Peter has gotten plenty of emotional support, but not much financial support from his parents over the years. "There are so many assumptions that come with who my father is," Buffett says.
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