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Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, called the actions of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office official Deborah Cohn "appalling and unbefitting a federal official" when she used her influence to find a job for a relative's live-in boyfriend, and then threatened to sue when the government was about to make her case public. He has demanded that Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker take "immediate action" to discipline Ms. Cohn. (Associated Press)
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Sandra Fluke, the former Georgetown University law student who testified on birth control and was subjected to denigrating comments by radio host Rush Limbaugh, is running for the California state Senate to represent the coastal communities of Los Angeles. She finished second in the primary behind another Democrat, Ben Allen. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Atlanta Braves' Dan Uggla in action during a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, June 27, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada was blasted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal for comments he made last week on the Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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In this Aug. 1, 2013, file photo, Michelle Knight speaks during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro, right, in a Cleveland courtroom. Knight was the first woman abducted Castro in 2002 and made a victim's statement at the sentencing. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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National Edition News cover for July 12, 2014 - Criminal confession a dilemma for clergy: A Louisiana Supreme Court's decision that a teenage girl's confession of abuse to a priest can be used as evidence threatens to upend the sacred penitent-confessor privilege, the Catholic Church said in response. (Associated Press)
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Barbara Gonzalez, public information officer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows donated stuffed animals in an area where immigrant families are housed at the Artesia Residential Detention Facility inside the Federal Law Enforcement Center in Artesia, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Pool, El Paso Times, Rudy Gutierrez)
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Newly arrived people who were caught in Arizona by the U.S. Border Patrol are initially processed at Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol headquarters in Tucson, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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**FILE** A Miami-Dade Police detective talks to an officer at the police line near the scene where a police-involved shooting took place in which four subjects were fatally wounded in Miami on July, 1, 2011. Authorities in Miami-Dade County say police shot and killed four suspects during a confrontation after they got out of their vehicles wearing ski masks and carrying guns. (Associated Press)
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HALEY JOEL OSMENT - the actor was charged with drunk driving and marijuana possession after he crashed his car while returning home from a concert in Los Angeles in 2006. The 18-year-old Osment, suffered minor injuries in the accident and was briefly hospitalized. Osment was released from custody after posting a $15,000 bond.
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NICHOLA CAGE - was arrested by New Orleans police in 2011 on domestic abuse and disturbing the peace charges. The Academy Award winning actor was collared after he allegedly got into a confrontation with his wife. Cage was briefly jailed before posting bond to secure his release from the lockup of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.
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SHIA LEBEOUF - the 'Transformers' star was arrested in November 2007 after he refused to leave a Chicago Walgreens. The 21-year-old LaBeouf, who appeared to be intoxicated, was popped after he ignored a security guard's demand to leave the drugstore. Lebeouf was hit with a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge.
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CHRIS TUCKER - the comedian was arrested in April, 2005 and was charged with reckless driving and fleeing to elude after he did not immediately pull over his speeding Bentley. Tucker, 33, spent about 30 minutes in a McDuffie County lockup before posting cash bond and being released.
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TERRENCE HOWARD - was arrested after by Pennsylvania police for assaulting his estranged wife. According to a Whitemarsh Police Department report, Howard argued on the phone with Lori McCommas and warned her, 'Don't disrespect me by hanging up on me or I'll come over and hurt you.' After McCommas hung up and called 911, Howard went to her house, kicked in the front door, and punched the mother of his three children twice in the face. When a Whitemarsh cop responded to the scene, Howard admitted, 'I broke the door down and hit my wife.' After being charged with a variety of crimes Howard subsequently pleaded guilty in 2002 to disorderly conduct.