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Christopher Vaughn of Oswego, Ill., was sentenced on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, to life in prison for the June 2007 killing of his wife, Kimberly Vaughn, and their three children — 12-year-old Abigayle, 11-year-old Cassandra and 8-year-old Blake — in the family's SUV as they drove to a water park. (AP Photo/Will County Sheriff's Office)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Republican, leaves the podium after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, during which he talked about the election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Liberty Counsel, led by founder and chairman Mathew D. Staver, has asked the Supreme Court to review a N.J. case that upheld a law banning so-called "gay conversion" therapy for minors. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Sen. Bob Corker, seen in July, says he is “not obligated” to stick to the Americans for Tax Reform pledge, formulated by Grover Norquist in the mid-1980s. Other influential Republicans say they may be willing to abandon it if Democrats will work with them to achieve entitlement reform and debt reduction. (Associated Press)
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Mathew Martoma, former SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund portfolio manager, exits court in New York on Monday. Mr. Martoma was released on $5 million bail after his 12-minute appearance before a federal magistrate judge. His movements were restricted. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Michael G. Grimm, N.Y. Republican, himself a former FBI agent, is under investigation by the FBI. The House Ethics Committee is deferring action in the case. (Associated Press)
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James Brown, who authorities say killed four women in the Detroit area in December, has been charged with murder, prosecutors announced on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Detroit Police Department via The Detroit News)
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Egyptian protesters gather outside the country's high court in Cairo on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Egypt's highest body of judges slammed on Saturday a recent decision by the president to grant himself near-absolute power, calling the move an "unprecedented assault" on the judiciary. The statement from the Supreme Judicial Council came as hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police outside the downtown courthouse. (AP Photo/Mohammed Asad)
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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to supporters outside the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. MENA, Egypt's official news agency, says the country's highest body of judges has called the president's recent decrees an "unprecedented assault on the independence of the judiciary and its rulings." In a statement carried by MENA on Saturday, the Supreme Judicial Council said it regrets the declarations Mr. Morsi issued Thursday. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)
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In this image taken from video, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels capture a helicopter air base near Damascus, Syria, the capital, after fierce fighting on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
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The shower scene in “Psycho” is considered the perfect marriage of montage and murder. Alfred Hitchcock’s “fun picture” of 1960 was revolutionary in its violence, its sexiness, its sympathy to the perspective of the criminal mind, and, perhaps above all, its technique. (Associated Press)
