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Saturday

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks at a Republican rally Friday after the House passed a measure that would temporarily fund the government while crippling President Obama's health care law. The Senate is not expected to follow suit. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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J. Scott Applewhite/AP

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A white heckler arrested during an anti-segregation demonstration in Lexington, Ky., is hustled into a police car in August 1963. Forty years later, the Lexington Herald-Leader ran a correction apologizing for the newspaper's lack of coverage of the civil rights movement. AP hide caption

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AP

Friday

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A police photograph shows burned and wrecked crude oil carrying rail tankers piled up in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, on Monday. Dozens of people died in the disaster. EPA/Landov hide caption

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EPA/Landov

Tuesday

Customers hoarded Twinkies when Hostess announced it was going out of business in 2012. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

The Deserters is Charles Glass' second book relating to World War II. His last book, Americans in Paris, told the story of the U.S. citizens who remained in the French capital after the 1940 German invasion. Penguin Press hide caption

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Penguin Press

Sunday

Anti-gay marriage protesters (left) try to persuade same-sex marriage supporters to get out of the way of their march in front of the Supreme Court. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Landov

Tuesday

President Obama answers questions during his news conference at the White House on Tuesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

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Musical instruments wait for the arrival of the orchestra during the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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