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Day in photos Michigan labor protests, Oregon mall shooting, North Korean rocket launch, Twinkies and more.
Dec. 11, 2012
A crowd protests outside the Michigan Capitol against two controversial right-to-work bills that the state’s House of Representatives passed in Lansing. As chants of angry protesters filled the building and its grounds, Michigan lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to the legislation, dealing a devastating and once-unthinkable defeat to organized labor in a state that has been a bastion of the movement for generations.
Romain Blanquart
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AP
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Dec. 11, 2012
Protesters against right-to-work legislation yell outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing. The Republican-majority Michigan legislature gave final approval Tuesday to restrictions on public-sector unions in a state considered a stronghold of organized labor.
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Dec. 11, 2012
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) speaks at a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Michigan became the 24th state with a right-to-work law after Snyder signed the bill Tuesday. The law will make requiring financial support of a union as a condition of employment illegal.
Paul Sancya
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AP
Dec. 11, 2012
A sign in a window of the Capitol building in Lansing, Mich., shows the final House of Representatives vote on the right-to-work legislation.
Rebecca Cook
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Reuters
Dec. 11, 2012
Union members from around the country rally at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing to protest the vote on right-to-work legislation.
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Dec. 11, 2012
A tactical team moves through the parking lot at Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore. Witnesses say the scene went from cheery to chaotic in seconds when a gunman opened fire at the mall, killing at least two people and wounding another.
Thomas Boyd
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Portland Oregonian via AP
Dec. 11, 2012
Onlookers observe the scene outside Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., where a gunman opened fire.
Bruce Ely
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Portland Oregonian via AP
Dec. 11, 2012
A couple with a child embrace after they were released from the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., which was the scene of a fatal shooting Tuesday.
Thomas Boyd
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Portland Oregonian via AP
Dec. 11, 2012
Witnesses are interviewed by a Clackamas County sheriff’s deputy outside Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Ore., after a fatal shooting there.
Thomas Boyd
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Portland Oregonian via AP
Dec. 12, 2012
A man at a railway station in Seoul watches a TV broadcasting news on North Korea's rocket launch. The North on Wednesday launched a long-range rocket, which Japanese authorities said passed over its southern island chain of Okinawa. It was the second launch this year, after a failed attempt in April.
Jung Yeon-Je
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 12, 2012
North Korean youths dance near the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate the rocket launch, which defied international warnings.
Jon Chol Jin
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AP
Dec. 12, 2012
North Koreans toast with beer after hearing the news of a rocket launch at the new Mansukyo Restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Kim Kwang Hyon
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AP
Dec. 11, 2012
A fireball erupts across Interstate 77 from a gas line explosion in Sissonville, W.Va. At least five homes went up in flames and a badly damaged section of I-77 was shut down in both directions after the natural gas explosion triggered an hour-long blaze that officials said spanned about a quarter-mile.
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West Virginia State Police via AP
Dec. 11, 2012
Workers unpack what they believe is the last shipment of Twinkies in the country at a Jewel-Osco grocery store in Chicago. Bankrupt parent company Hostess is ending production of the sweet treats.
Jim Young
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Reuters
Dec. 11, 2012
Protesters against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi attempt to remove a barrier on a road leading to the presidential palace in Cairo. Nine people were hurt when gunmen fired at protesters camping in the city’s Tahrir Square, according to witnesses and the Egyptian media, as the opposition called for a major demonstration it hopes will force Morsi to postpone a referendum on a new constitution.
Amr Abdallah Dalsh
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Reuters
Dec. 11, 2012
Abdullah Ahmed, 10, who suffered burns in a Syrian government airstrike and fled his home with his family, stands outside the family’s tent at a camp for displaced Syrians in the village of Atmeh. This tent camp sheltering some of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians uprooted by the country's brutal civil war has lost the race against wintry conditions: The ground under white tents is soaked in mud, rainwater seeps into thin mattresses, and volunteer doctors routinely run out of medicine for coughing, runny-nosed children.
Muhammed Muheisen
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AP
Dec. 11, 2012
Typhoon victims dry coconuts harvested from a destroyed coconut plantation to make copra (dried coconut meat used to make food items), in the coastal town of Cateel, Philippines, which was devastated during last week’s Typhoon Bopha. The typhoon killed at least 640 people and caused $210 million in crop damage.
Erik De Castro
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Reuters
Dec. 11, 2012
A man dives into icy waters at Houhai Lake in Beijing. Winter swimming is especially popular among the elderly here, as it is believed to improve circulation, increase mental awareness, release stress, remove aches and pains, increase vitality and keep skin looking younger.
Mark Ralston
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 11, 2012
A woman holds a figurine of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as she attends Mass to pray for Chavez's health in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba on Tuesday for a cancer recurrence that has thrown his presidency into jeopardy and upended politics in the South American nation.
Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Reuters
Dec. 11, 2012
Simon Lenihan, a full-time commercial horse logger, removes a Scots pine tree from the Balmoral Estate with Sultan De Le Campagne, a 15-year-old Belgian Ardennes horse, in Balmoral, Scotland. The horses working at Balmoral are being used in place of large timber machines to minimize damage to vegetation, soils and water tables.
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Dec. 12, 2012
Palm trees near a shopping center parking lot in Tyler, Tex., are wrapped in foil insulation to protect them from the cold. Overnight temperatures dropped below freezing in much of northern Texas.
Scott M. Lieberman
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AP
Dec. 11, 2012
A dancer from the Imperial Russian Ballet company warms up before a rehearsal of "Sleeping Beauty" at Madrid's Nuevo Teatro Alcala theater.
Susana Vera
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Reuters
Dec. 11, 2012
A cyclist passes a giant illuminated snowman displayed on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France.
Eric Gaillard
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Reuters
Dec. 11, 2012
Patrouille Suisse Northrop F-5E Tiger II jets release flares during a flight demonstration at a Swiss Air Force ceremony at a Swiss army airbase in Duebendorf, near Zurich.
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Reuters
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