Law_Crime

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Matt and Melanie Capobianco's adoptive daughter, Veronica, goes trick-or-treating in Charleston, S.C., in October 2011. The girl is at the center of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a federal law on the adoption of American Indian children. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Melanie Capobianco)

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This photo provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff shows Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo. Gallardo was cited for drunken driving Tuesday, April 16, 2013, after authorities said he drove with a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit. (AP Photo/Milwaukee County Sheriff)

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A worker helps frame a new home under construction in Matthews, N.C., on Friday, March 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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U.S. Army Spc. William Colton Millay was sentenced to 16 years in jail and given a dishonorable discharge for selling military secrets to an FBI agent who Millay thought was a Russian agent. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

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Taeko Bufford (left) and Diane Cervelli, pictured near Waikiki beach in Honolulu in 2011, sued a Hawaiian bed-and-breakfast owner for discrimination after the proprietress said she would not accommodate the couple because she was uncomfortable putting up same-sex couples. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Mayor Vincent Gray said that approval of the referendum would send a signal that we are sick and tired of the special burdens imposed on the District. (The Washington Times)