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Screenwriter Mark Boal and Director Kathryn Bigelow pose for photos for their new film 'Zero Dark Thirty' in New York December 4, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Andrew KellyWASHINGTON | Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:13pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After the Senate Intelligence

1 of 12. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) walks with House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) to a meeting with House Republicans on the ''fiscal cliff'' budget deal on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 1, 2013. Washington's last-minute

1 of 7. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) leaves New York Presbyterian Hospital with husband, Bill (TOP), and daughter, Chelsea (C), in New York, January 2, 2013. The secretary of state, who has not been seen in public since Dec. 7, was revealed

A statue of the United States first President, George Washington, is seen under the Capitol dome in Washington January 2, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Gary CameronWASHINGTON | Thu Jan 3, 2013 1:11am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new 113th U.S. Congress,

The facade of the New York Times building is seen in New York, November 29, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Shannon StapletonNEW YORK | Wed Jan 2, 2013 5:18pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected The New York Times' bid to force the