Members of the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota attend a hearing for temporary funding during the state government shutdown in St. Paul, Minn. on Friday, July 1, 2011. Minnesota residents and groups with money in limbo during the indefinite state government shutdown pleaded Friday with a special judge to keep their programs afloat. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jim Gehrz)
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