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New EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy was aware as far back as 2009 that one of her employees claimed to be working for the CIA while still collecting his EPA paycheck, according to the deposition of John C. Beale. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, where he talked about unemployment benefits. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 326,000, a sign that layoffs are weighing less on the job market and economic growth. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Darlene Handy of Baltimore holds up banners during a rally supporting to rise the state's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2016 and to index it to keep up with inflation.

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Gov. Martin O'Malley accompanied by Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown speaks during a rally asking to rise the state's minimum wage on Tuesday. Six Flags amusement park in Prince George's County is seeking an exemption. (associated press photographs)

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In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2014 photo provided by the Las Vegas Police Department, shows Richard Magdayo Dahan, 40, being held at the Clark County jail without bail pending a court appearance this week on a first-degree murder charge in the recent slaying of his 28-year-old wife, Daisy Casalta Dahan. An unemployed Las Vegas chef who turned himself in at a police station described in grim detail how he stabbed his wife to death in their apartment kitchen and said he'd do it again, according to an arrest report made public Monday. Richard Dahan told police he was a kidney transplant recipient in failing health who lost his job as a chef at a Las Vegas Strip casino resort. (AP Photo/ Las Vegas Police Department)