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Vice President Joe Biden points to some new sunglasses he tried on while talking with Special Olympics athlete Michael Barrantes on Thursday in Boise. Biden talked with Barrantes, a floor hockey medalist from Costa Rica, in one of the Special Olympics venues that focuses on the health of the athletes. This program is called Opening Eyes and it provides eye check ups with immediate glasses, sunglasses and sports glasses presented to the athletes free of charge. Story here. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)
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