Politics & Government
More than 600 students from across South Carolina gathered at the South Carolina State Library for a parade to the State House, Thursday, April 14, 2011 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Gerry Melendez/The State/MCT)
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Omar Pauling, 8, right, a student at Fairfield Magnet School for Math and Science, joins other classmates during the 2011 SC Read-In at the State House, Thursday, April 14, 2011 in Columbia, South Carolina. More than 600 students from across South Carolina gathered at the South Carolina State Library for a parade to the State House. (Gerry Melendez/The State/MCT)
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The Bascom Library and Community Center in San Jose, California on Monday, April 11, 2011. Steve Kline and The Friends of the Bascom Library and Community Center have been pushing the city to open the facility, which sits empty after being completed in December 2010. Budget problems have kept the city from opening and staffing it. (Nader Khouri/MCT)
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The Bascom Library and Community Center in San Jose, California on Monday, April 11, 2011. Steve Kline and The Friends of the Bascom Library and Community Center have been pushing the city to open the facility, which sits empty after being completed in December 2010. Budget problems have kept the city from opening and staffing it. (Nader Khouri/MCT)
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Steve Kline, center, stands with members of The Friends of the Bascom Library and Community Center in front of the facility in San Jose, California on Monday, April 11, 2011. Kline and The Friends of the Bascom Library and Community Center have been pushing the city to open the facility, which sits empty after being completed in December 2010. Budget problems have kept the city from opening and staffing it. At front right are Al Mata and his son, Marcus, 6, who have to drive to Santa Clara to use a library even though they live two blocks from the new one. (Nader Khouri/MCT)
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Steve Kline stands in front of the Bascom Library and Community Center in San Jose, California, on Monday, April 11, 2011. Kline and The Friends of the Bascom Library and Community Center have been pushing the city to open the facility, which sits empty after being completed in December 2010. Budget problems have kept the city from opening and staffing it. (Nader Khouri/MCT)
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