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Afghan police and officials visit the site of a suicide attack in Kabul in September. A suicide bomber blew himself up alongside a minivan carrying foreigners on a major highway leading to the international airport in the Afghan capital, police said, killing at least 10 people, including nine foreigners. Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira speaks to the French National Assembly on Jan. 29, the first day of debate on the government project to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples. Remy de la Mauviniere/AP hide caption
Vive La Scandale! French Lawmakers Caught In The Act (Of Playing Scrabble)
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President Obama greets law enforcement officers after speaking on ideas to reduce gun violence at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations on Monday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
Sampson Davis was born and raised in Newark, N.J. He is an emergency medicine physician and a founder, with two childhood friends, of The Three Doctors Foundation. Rainer Hosch/Spiegel&Grau hide caption
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Laurence Olivier, seen here in his film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, also intended to create a film version of Macbeth. Anonymous/AP hide caption
Taylor Swift gives the opening performance at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles. Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS hide caption
Frank Ocean performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2012. Kevin Mazur/WireImage hide caption
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President Obama speaks about his gun control agenda before law enforcement officials in Minneapolis on Monday. The president was doing what his aides say he didn't do often enough in his first term: getting outside of Washington to build public support for legislation. Ben Garvin/Getty Images hide caption
Public Pressure, Background Checks Central To Obama Gun Control Strategy
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Brookfield, Vt., residents fear that Postal Service changes will eventually lead to the closing of their small town post office. About 1,300 people live in Brookfield, according to 2010 U.S. Census figures. Steve Zind/Vermont Public Radio hide caption
For Rural Towns, Postal Service Cuts Could Mean A Loss Of Identity
The New York City Labor Chorus performs in 2011 at the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Old Havana. Courtesy of NYCLC hide caption
Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough as Alex and Katie in Safe Haven, the latest Nicholas Sparks' romance novel to be turned into a film. James Bridges/Relativity Media hide caption