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A Palestinian fires his rifle during the funeral of Hamas’ top military commander, who was assassinated in an Israeli strike on Wednesday. The assault killed 10 other Palestinians, including two children and seven militants, and threatened further escalation. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is joined at a news conference in New Orleans about the BP oil spill settlement by Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West (far left) and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer (second from right). BP agreed to plead guilty to felony manslaughter, environmental crimes and obstruction of Congress and to pay $4 billion in fines and penalties. (Associated Press)
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A flier distributed by the New York Police Department depicts Etan Patz, who vanished in New York on May 25, 1979. Pedro Hernandez, 51, suspected in the disappearance, has been indicted on charges of murder and kidnapping, said his attorney, Harvey Fishbein. (Associated Press)
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Flowers have been placed outside a house in Riverdale on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 where a man was fatally shot Wednesday night by a Prince George's County sheriff's deputy who was attempting to serve a peace order. The man allegedly brandished some sort of weapon, which turned out to be a replica. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Dr. Scott Kelley, husband of Jill Kelley, leaves the family home Thursday, Nov 15, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. Jill Kelley is identified as the woman who allegedly received harassing emails from Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Sept. 4, 2010 file photo, the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer is lifted out of the Gulf of Mexico by the Helix Q4000 near the coast of Louisiana. Before the key piece of evidence has even been analyzed, oil giant BP PLC on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, planned to release the conclusions of its internal investigation into the rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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In this July 27, 2005, photo, FBI Agent Frederick Humphries listens during a news conference after the sentencing of Ahmed Ressam at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Humphries has been identified as the agent socialite Jill Kelley contacted to complain about harassing emails sent by Gen. David Petraeus' paramour, Paula Broadwell. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
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Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. is serving time in a federal prison in Alabama for stealing public funds.
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Former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown leaves federal court in Washington on Tuesday after being sentenced to one day in custody and six months of home detention for lying on loan applications. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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"We recognize that it's a painstaking, complicated investigation and they’ll get to a conclusion when they get to it," Mayor Vincent C. Gray said of the probe at his press briefing on Wednesday. The federal investigation into Mr. Gray’s mayoral run resulted in guilty pleas from three aides to the campaign. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
