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    FILE - This April 12, 2010, file photo shows baseball Commissioner Bud Selig during a news conference prior to the Minnesota Twins' home opener baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at their new stadium, Target Field, in Minneapolis. Selig delivered the keynote address at the World Congress of Sports on Wednesday, telling attendees from the sports business world that he is "very hopeful" baseball's progress toward a labor agreement goes as smoothly as the last one came together in 2006. Baseball's current labor deal will expire in December. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)


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    A Wisconsin State Patrol officer monitors protesters during Gov. Scott Walker's appearance in Menasha, Wis. Protests continue against the governor's budget plan. He wants to implement a law that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights and cut their pay. (Associated Press)


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    Job seekers wait in a long line at a job fair in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and companies may be stepping up hiring. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)


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    A group of University of Maryland students gather Tuesday to discuss supporting a bill that would allow many illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition in Maryland. The university's student government and president already endorse the bill, which supporters say would help the state economy by creating a better-prepared work force. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)


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    RETAIL POLITICS: Eva Yung, of Alexandria, joins other protesters at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard arguments as to whether a group of female plaintiffs can bring a class-action discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)


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    Larry Cerne, of Cleveland, protests against Senate Bill 5 at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday in Columbus. The bill would strip public employees of most collective-bargaining rights. Ohio's governor has said he would sign the measure. (Associated Press)


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    People line up outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, to attend a hearing in a class-action suit by female employees of Wal-Mart. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)


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    Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III delivered his $2.6 billion general fund budget for fiscal 2012 earlier this month to the County Council. (Associated Press)


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    JAMES IMBROGNO VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS This mural by Judy Taylor was removed over the weekend from the Maine Labor Department's lobby and put into storage. An anonymous fax sent to the governor's office said it was propaganda in line with "communist North Korea where they use these murals to brainwash the masses."


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