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** FILE ** A woman holds a Bible as she stands in silent prayer on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in the hour before the justices return to the bench for another term on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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An unidentified woman holds a Bible as she stands in silent prayer on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in the hour before the justices return to the bench for another term on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times/File)

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As the sun rises over the U.S. Supreme Court, people stand in silent prayer on the steps in the hour before the justices return to the bench for another term on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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**FILE** This photo shows the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court in a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington on Oct. 8, 2010. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. (Associated Press)

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A hospital surveillance photo released by the Phoenix Police Department on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, shows a woman with her 11-year-old daughter, a leukemia patient who had her arm amputated and a heart catheter inserted because of an infection. Authorities say the woman inexplicably took the girl from the hospital last week. (AP Photo/Phoenix Police Department)

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**FILE** This undated photo shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. (Associated Press/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram)

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Clouds pass above Arrowhead Stadium, home to the Kansas City Chiefs, on Dec. 3, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. The team is still recovering from a murder-suicide committed by linebacker Jovan Belcher two days earlier. (Associated Press)

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Romeno Crennel pauses while talking about the murder-suicide committed by linebacker Jovan Belcher during a news conference on Dec. 3, 2012, at the team's practice facility in Kansas City, Mo. (Associated Press)

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In this citizen journalist image, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, anti-Syrian-regime mourners carry the coffins of Syrian civilians who were killed by the shelling of forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, in Homs, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Lens Yong Homsi)

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Connecticut's Brianna Banks (13) goes up for a shot while guarded by Maryland's Alyssa Thomas (25) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Hartford, Conn., Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Highway 163 just south of Doyline, La., is blocked Saturday as authorities begin moving up to 6 million pounds of improperly stored explosive powder from Doyline to storage bunkers at a state-owned site. State police have opened a criminal investigation. (ShreveportTimes.com via Associated Press)

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Convicted murderer Sarah Jane Coffman, who was released from prison Feb. 1, returns to Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River, Alaska, every Saturday for orchestra practice. (Associated Press)