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Oklahoma City police officer Sgt. Ryan Stark, right, accepts the flag from the casket of his canine partner, K-9 Kye, following funeral services for the dog in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. K-9 Kye died Aug. 25 after being stabbed by a burglary suspect on Aug. 24. Sgt. Stark tried to separate the dog and the suspect before fatally shooting the suspect. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Canine officers and their handlers from around the state stopped at the casket of K-9 Kye following funeral services for the dog in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. K-9 Kye died Aug. 25 after being stabbed by a burglary suspect on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Oklahoma City police officer Sgt. Ryan Stark, center, leans over the casket of his canine partner, K-9 Kye, following funeral services for the dog in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. K-9 Kye died Aug. 25 after being stabbed by a burglary suspect on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Oklahoma City police officer Sgt. Ryan Stark, right, looks at the casket of his canine partner, K-9 Kye, during funeral services for the dog at First Southern Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. K-9 Kye died Aug. 25 after being stabbed by a burglary suspect on Aug. 24. Sgt. Stark tried to separate the dog and the suspect before fatally shooting the suspect. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Oklahoma City police officer Sgt. Ryan Stark, right, looks at the casket of his canine partner, K-9 Kye, during funeral services for the dog at First Southern Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. K-9 Kye died Aug. 25 after being stabbed by a burglary suspect on Aug. 24. Sgt. Stark tried to separate the dog and the suspect before fatally shooting the suspect. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said state laws should be defended until all appeals are exhausted, acknowledging failure to strictly enforce the law probably influenced the court's decision.
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Kody Brown and his four wives sued Utah in 2011 after a county prosecutor threatened to charge them under the state's bigamy law. A federal judge in Utah this week issued a final ruling that strikes down parts of the state's anti-polygamy law. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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ordnance: A light armored vehicle rolls through the streets of New Orleans. Such high-powered equipment has been sent to local law enforcement from Washington. (Associated Press)
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The Pittsburgh Police tactical armored security vehicle is parked outside a city police station. With police departments buying armored vehicles, some criminal justice experts warn that their use in fighting routine crime could do more harm than good.
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Warren County Undersheriff Shawn Lamouree poses in front of the department's mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle in Queensbury, New York. The vehicles are among the biggest pieces of equipment that the Defense Department is giving to law enforcement agencies.
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Waitresses at Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado keep their sidearms with them at all times. (Associated Press Photo)
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Christina Bijou, from Greenbelt, Maryland, rallies outside the Department of Justice to call on the Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to help secure justice for Michael Brown. (Alex Brandon)
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Clime lab technicians sweep a Wendy's in Omaha, Neb., for evidence, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Police say a suspect has been killed and a crew member with the "Cops" television show has been wounded in a shootout after police interrupted a robbery at the fast-food restaurant. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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** FILE ** In this Oct. 13, 2013, file photo, Ailiana Tsarnaeva, sister of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, departs District Court in Boston's South Boston neighborhood. Tsarnaeva has been arrested in New York City for allegedly threatening to bomb a Harlem woman. Police say that she is charged with aggravated harassment for threatening the woman over the phone on Monday, Aug. 25. She was issued an appearance ticket and is due back in court on Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File date corrected)
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Christina Bijou, from Greenbelt, Maryland, rallies outside the Department of Justice to call on the Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to help secure justice for Michael Brown.
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Justice Department spokesman Kevin Lewis (second from right) listens as Marsha Coleman-Adebayo reads a letter during a rally. (Associated Press photographs)
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Angela Martin is questioned by Congressman Patrick T. McHenry, Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, about the alleged discrimination and retaliation she faced at the CFPB. (youtube)
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Christina Bijou of Greenbelt, Md., right joins other activists rallying outside the Justice Department to call on the Attorney General to "help secure justice for Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as well as an overhaul of US law enforcement tactics in order to stop police brutality and the militarization of police forces", Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Nathan Sheard of New York, N.Y. with Code Pink, holds a sign with the name of a man killed by police as he and other activists rally outside the Justice Department to call on the Attorney General to "help secure justice for Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as well as an overhaul of US law enforcement tactics in order to stop police brutality and the militarization of police forces", Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Justice Department security watch from the Connsititution Ave. entrance as activists rally outside the Justice Department to call on the Attorney General to "help secure justice for Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as well as an overhaul of US law enforcement tactics in order to stop police brutality and the militarization of police forces", Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
