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Kansas state Rep. Valdenia Winn, D-Kansas City, asks questions about health care legislation during a House committee hearing, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Winn is skeptical of the measure, which brings Kansas into a compact with other states seeking to exempt themselves from the federal health care overhaul. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Workers labor at their stations during a visit by former U.S. President Bill Clinton to the new apparel manufacturer Industrial Revolution II, S.A. in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014. Clinton visited the manufacturer, which plans to reinvest half its profits into a health care and education program. The former U.S. president is in a two-day trip to Haiti to visit several projects that focus on agriculture and the environment. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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FILE - This June 2013 file photo shows one of the new cell blocks of the North Dakota State Penitentiary in Bismarck, N.D. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials hope to start using the new facilities by July, 2013. North Dakota's robust economy has led to a record population, the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and thousands of more jobs than takers. But the state's economic miracle led by its oil bonanza also has resulted in plenty of problems, including more crime and increasingly overcrowded prison and jail cells. A state commission made up of lawmakers, judges, lawyers and law enforcement officials is looking for ways to free up limited lockup space without compromising public safety. (AP Photo/Bismarck Tribune, Will Kincaid, File)

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Protesters applaud a speaker during a protest outside Health Ministry in Athens on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Several thousand supporters of a Communist labor union marched in central Athens Tuesday to protest an overhaul of the country's national health system that has led to months of strikes. The government has ordered a shake up of the main health care fund EOPYY, stopping the agency's direct involvement on care provision. The changes were introduced as part of the country's bailout commitments. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Elderly men shout slogans during a protest outside Health Ministry in Athens on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Several thousand supporters of a Communist labor union marched in central Athens Tuesday to protest an overhaul of the country's national health system that has led to months of strikes. The government has ordered a shake up of the main health care fund EOPYY, stopping the agency's direct involvement on care provision. The changes were introduced as part of the country's bailout commitments. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, Duke Energy employees work on power lines in Charlotte, N.C. Duke Energy Corp. reports quarterly earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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National Edition News cover for February 18, 2014 - DHS official used private eye to spy on future PA Gov. Rendell: Emails between Christian Marrone and his boss, then-Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Fumo, which suggest hiring a private eye to spy on renovations at one of then-Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell's homes to see if he was using non-union workers.

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Gary Casteel, right, a regional director for the United Auto Workers, stands near as Frank Fischer, the chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., discusses workers' vote against union representation on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. The 712 to 626 vote is a devastating blow to the union and its efforts to organize other Southern plants run by foreign automakers. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)