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In this detail of a courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (seated at front right) listens on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, during a preliminary hearing in a military courtroom at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Sgt. Bales is accused of 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder for a pre-dawn attack on two villages in Kandahar province in Afghanistan in March 2012. At upper right is Col. Lee Deneke, the investigating officer, and seated at front left is Sgt. Bales' civilian attorney, Emma Scanlan. (AP Photo/Lois Silver)

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A satellite image from Oct. 25 shows the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory. (Associated Press)

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said he thinks it is proper to settle questions early on in class-action suits. “The reason is the enormous pressure to settle once the class is certified,” Justice Scalia said. (Associated Press)

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To Maricopa County Attorney William Montgomery, Arizona’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy protects women from a risky medical procedure, but judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared not to agree in a hearing Monday. (Associated Press)

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Bahraini police officers search for evidence at the scene of an explosion that killed an Asian man in Manama, Bahrain, on Monday. A series of bomb blasts in Bahrain’s capital killed at least two people on Monday, authorities said. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s listing of an operative of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a “specially designated global terrorist” is the first such listing since September. (Associated Press)

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Haley Kittleman, 21, daughter of Maryland State Senator Allan Kittleman, waits for the rally to begin, prior to the arrival of Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) for a rally in support of Question 6, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Haley Kittleman, 21, (left) and her father Maryland State Senator Allan Kittleman (center) get their photo taken by Maryland State Senator Richard Madaleno, Jr., (right) as they wait for the rally to begin, prior to the arrival of Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) for a rally in support of Question 6, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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An election judge uses a magnifying glass to inspect a ballot during a recount after the 2000 presidential election.

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Thomas D. Hall, clerk of the Florida Supreme Court, looks over a stack of pleadings filed with the court since Nov. 15, 2000, in Tallahassee, Fla., as the justices continue on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, to deliberate on the certification of the Florida presidential vote by the secretary of state. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser, Pool)

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The Florida Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in the state's election ballot recount case in Tallahassee, Fla., on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000. Members of the Supreme Court are (from left) Justices R. Fred Lewis, Harry Lee Anstead, and Leander J. Shaw Jr.; Chief Justice Charles T. Wells; and Justices Major B. Harding, Barbara J. Pariente and Peggy A. Quince. (AP Photo/Palm Beach Post, Scott Wiseman, Pool)

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Protesters hold signs and flags in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Monday, Dec. 11, 2000. The court will hear arguments on an appeal by Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican presidential candidate, to stop the hand recount of presidential ballots in Florida. The court ordered the recount stopped on Saturday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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**FILE** Anthony Cavallo, owner of the restaurant Vintage 50, mounts a potato cutter in his restaurant in Leesburg, Va., on Oct. 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Election Judge Jo Linda Phoenix of Bowie, Md., hands out stickers to people after they've cast their vote as hundreds of people turn out for early voting at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex in Landover, Md., on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)