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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2005 file photo, Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln performs during Jazz at Lincoln Center's Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert, in New York.The jazz singer and songwriter Abbey Lincoln has died in New York at age 80. Known for her independent and uncompromising style, Lincoln made records and acted in films in the 1950s and '60s, then saw her career surge again in the 1990s when she found herself as a songwriter. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)

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Couples kiss in New York's Times Square, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, on the 65th anniversary of VJ Day. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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In this photo provided by NBC Universal, Dina Lohan appears on NBC's "Today" show, in New York, on Friday, August 13, 2010. (AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer)

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In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Fidel Castro looks at a book given to him by Colombia's Senator Piedad Cordoba, not pictured, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday Aug. 12, 2010. Castro turns 84 on Friday. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Alex Castro)

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Children sing a birthday song next to a cake that reads in Spanish "Congratulations Commander" at an event honoring Fidel Castro's 84th birthday at the Ernesto "Che" Guevara Palace of Pioneers in Havana, Cuba, Friday Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Children in costume perform at an event celebrating the 84th birthday of Fidel Castro at the Ernesto "Che" Guevara Palace of Pioneers in Havana, Cuba, Friday Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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A girl in a bee costume waits to perform at an event celebrating Fidel Castro's 84th birthday at the Ernesto "Che" Guevara Palace of Pioneers in Havana, Cuba, Friday Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

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Kevin Durant goes for a dunk during a scrimmage by the U.S. national basketball team at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

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In this Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 a painting called 'Sailing on the Broads' by Kieron Williamson, an eight-year-old painting prodigy is seen displayed in an art gallery in Holt, Norfolk in England. He's Britain's most talked-about young artist. His paintings sell for thousands of dollars and there's a long waiting list for his eagerly anticipated new works. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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In this Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 a painting called 'Hong Kong' by Kieron Williamson, an eight-year-old painting prodigy is seen displayed in an art gallery in Holt, Norfolk in England. He's Britain's most talked-about young artist. His paintings sell for thousands of dollars and there's a long waiting list for his eagerly anticipated new works. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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In this Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 Kieron Williamson, an eight-year-old painting prodigy stands by some of his work displayed in an art gallery in Holt, Norfolk in England. He's Britain's most talked-about young artist. His paintings sell for thousands of dollars and there's a long waiting list for his eagerly anticipated new works. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 photo, Dina Lohan attends the premiere of "Bride Wars" in New York. Dina Lohan said on NBC's "Today" show Friday, August 13, 2010, that her duaghter Lindsay Lohan will be moving from California and back to New York. Lindsay Lohan served 14 days of a 90-day jail sentence for violating her probation in a 2007 drug case. She was sent to a UCLA drug rehab facility. Her mother says she'll be out soon. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)

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In this Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 a painting called 'Sailing on the Broads' by Kieron Williamson, an eight-year-old painting prodigy is seen displayed in an art gallery in Holt, Norfolk in England. He's Britain's most talked-about young artist. His paintings sell for thousands of dollars and there's a long waiting list for his eagerly anticipated new works. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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Dancer Lauren Froderman laughs with media members following the taping of the final night of competitive dancing on the FOX-TV show 'So You Think You Can Dance' on Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, Calif. Viewer votes awarded the 18-year-old recent high school graduate from Phoenix the title of "America's Favorite Dancer" and the $250,000 grand prize. (AP Photo-Jay Sowers - THE LIMA NEWS)

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FILE - This Feb. 17, 1998 file photo shows Dr. Laura Schlessinger posing during her morning talk show in her Los Angeles studio. Schlessinger is apologizing for blurting a racial slur several times during her talk show, Aug. 10, 2010. Schlessinger wrote on her Web site that she was wrong to utter the N-word. (AP Photo/Susan Sterner, File)

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In this photo released by Sincrocine Producoes Cinematograficas , Brazilian actor Guilherme Berenguer touches the 15-month-old jaguar named Catarina in Santarem, Para state, Brazil, Aug. 2010. Catarina, an endangered spotted jaguar rescued from poachers, is one of the stars of a soon-to-released feature film shot in the Brazilian Amazon, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Sincrocine Producoes Cinematograficas)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Joined by his daughter Alicia, and singer Chuck Jackson, Rep. Charles B. Rangel blows out candles on a cake during his birthday fundraiser on Wednesday. Mr. Rangel said he was eager to turn his attention to campaigning and let his ethics charges play out.