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Minor offenders put in court-ordered community service last week by aiding in the Superstorm Sandy relief effort on Coney Island in New York’s Brooklyn borough. About 80,000 of the 100,000 annual cases in Manhattan are lower-level misdemeanors and violations that often wind up with community service. Last week, 70 people went to Coney Island. (Manhattan District Attorney’s Office via Associated Press)
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The life of Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash Dec. 9, was celebrated Wednesday at a memorial service. (Associated Press)
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Syrians, who fled their homes with their families, gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Syrians who fled their homes with their families gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Rescue workers at a hospital morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, carry the body of a female polio worker killed by unknown gunmen on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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A North Korean traffic coordinator stands on a roadside near portraits of the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il during a foggy morning on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. North Korea marked the first death anniversary of the former leader Kim Jong Il on Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Libertarian Party Vice Chairman R. Lee Wrights said “killing zones” have been created in the wake of the establishment of gun-free school zones. (Libertarian Party)
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Washington hung tough against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in a 102-96 loss Friday at Verizon Center. The next night, the Wizards suffered their worst loss of the season, 102-72 against the Miami Heat to drop to 3-18. (Associated Press)
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A man reacts placing candles on a makeshift memorial in honor of the victims who died a day earlier when a gunman opened fire in an elementary school, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. The man, who died from a self-inflicted wound, allegedly killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the Sandy Hook Elementary school, massacring 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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** FILE ** In this July 18, 2012, file photo, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talks about the drought during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. The fear that federal crop insurance subsidies are becoming fertile ground for big spending cuts in negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff has rural lawmakers and their leaders shopping for a compromise on a farm bill to protect them. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Ambulances leave an area near the scene of a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. An official with knowledge of Friday's shooting said 27 people were dead, including 18 children. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
