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One year ago Tuesday, a defense contractor went on a shooting rampage inside a building at the heavily secured Washington Navy Yard, killing 12 people. Law enforcement are focusing on lessons learned from the ordeal. (Associated Press)
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Herbert Slatery speaks about his appointment as attorney general in the Tennessee Supreme Court chamber in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Slatery previously served as Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's chief legal counsel. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 photo, math is taught to high school students during a class at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained at the border, in Karnes City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Matthew Miller, a U.S. citizen, sits on the dock at the Supreme Court during his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo. North Korea's Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced Miller to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
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The Department of Veterans Affairs pushed ahead on a construction project even after learning that its project manager was under FBI investigation and had been fired from a previous job for embezzlement — a decision that's now entangled the agency in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. (Associated Press)
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Police in Stamford, Connecticut, have pitched in to help a 27-year-old autistic man who was robbed of his birthday money last week. (YouTube)
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Carolina Panthers' Greg Hardy smiles at fans as he arrives for an NFL football practice in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Hardy has been convicted on two counts of domestic violence and is still playing. Though he has already been found guilty, the league is sticking by its policy to wait until the appeal process has been heard before making any decision on a possible suspension. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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This Jan. 8, 2009, file photo provided by the Mesa County, Colo., Sheriff's Department, shows a small Draganflyer X6 UAV drone as it makes a test flight in Mesa County, Colo. (AP Photo/Mesa County Sheriff's Unmanned Operations Team, File)
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Prosecutor Phil Grant, left, answers media questions in Conroe, Texas about the indictment of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, charged with injury to a child. (AP Photo/ The Courier, Jason Fochtman)
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FILE - In this February 2014 file photo, from a still image taken from a hotel security video released by TMZ Sports, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice drags his fiancee, Janay Palmer, out of an elevator moments after knocking her off her feet, against the elevator's railing at the Revel casino in Atlantic City, N.J. A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive five months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week. The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived. A female voice expresses thanks and says: "You're right. It's terrible." (AP Photo/File)
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Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell leaves after speaking at the Justice Department's Health Care Fraud Training Conference at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **
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Cab driver Martin Salami looks down as he talks about new ordinances facing drivers at a depot near the airport Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, in San Diego. Airport inspectors are judging how taxi drivers smell, a practice that some drivers say may lead to discrimination against immigrants. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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FILE - In this undated file photo released by Forest Guardians, a prairie dog eats in southwestern Utah. Cedar City residents who say prairie dogs are overrunning parts of their town are set to argue Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 against federal regulations protecting the animals. Residents suing in federal court say the prairie dogs have done damage to the city's golf course, airport and at the cemetery, even interrupting funerals with their barking. (AP Photo/Forest Guardians, File)
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An emergency personnel member works across the street in front of a house where a Massachusetts prosecutor said the bodies of three infants were found, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Blackstone, Mass. Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said Thursday authorities don't know when or how the babies died. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) walks to the bench after getting a cut above her eye during the first half of Game 2 of the WNBA basketball finals against the Chicago Sky, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Gen. John Allen gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this July 22, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)
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Supreme Court, October 2010 - Back row (left to right): Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, and Elena Kagan. Front row (left to right): Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was charged with conspiracy, related to dog fighting and served 23 months in prison.
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Former San Diego Chargers' quarterback Ryan Leaf was sentenced to 5 years for burglary and drug pocession. He also faces parole revocation on earlier drug possession conviction. (AP Photo/Kent Horner)
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced to serve three months in jail and fined $2,500 in connection with a domestic violence incident. Mayweather pleaded guilty to a charge of battery and two counts of harassment. He was arrested in September 2010, after he punched the mother of his children at his home. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)
