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Plus, gun control measure fails in the Senate.

It's a Wrap - The Senate Gang of Eight has formally introduced an immigration reform bill. The bipartisan measure increases border security and provides a path to legal residency for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. before Dec. 31, 2011, and immigrants who were children when they arrived and have completed high school. (Photo: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Second Chances - Former congressman Anthony Weiner may get redemption after all. In an NBC New York/Marist poll released April 16, 46 percent of Democrats said they'd consider voting for him in an NYC mayoral bid, up from 28 percent in October. In addition, in a hypothetical contest, Weiner comes in second after front-runner Christine Quinn. (Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Racism or Reason? - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu thinks Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman is incapable of exercising leadership skills after a video emerged showing city jail inmates drinking, getting high and handling a gun. Gusman says the mayor is using "Archie Bunker rhetoric," invoking Americans' favorite television bigot. (Photo: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Jonathan Bachman)

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Second Chances - Former congressman Anthony Weiner may get redemption after all. In an NBC New York/Marist poll released April 16, 46 percent of Democrats said they'd consider voting for him in an NYC mayoral bid, up from 28 percent in October. In addition, in a hypothetical contest, Weiner comes in second after front-runner Christine Quinn. (Photo: REUTERS/Mike Segar)

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