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Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is concerned that the town of Middleborough is violating First Amendment rights by enforcing a 1968 bylaw that prohibits profanity. (Associated Press)
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Edward Archbold competes in an insect-eating contest Friday at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Mr. Archbold, winner of the contest, died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday. An autopsy is expected to determine the cause of death. (Sarah Bernard via Associated Press)
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Rafah residents burned tires in August to protest a deadly attack. Egypt is struggling to rein in rampant lawlessness and uproot Islamic militants who have attacked military troops and neighboring Israel. (Associated Press)
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Pakistani troops carry an injured Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai, from a helicopter to a hospital Tuesday in Peshawar, Pakistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for a gunman’s attack on the teen, who has championed the education of girls. (Associated Press)
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Former D.C. City Council Chairman Kwame Brown, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud and a misdemeanor campaign finance violation over the summer, arrives for a hearing at the D.C. federal courthouse after failing to make three weekly phone calls with court officials, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 9, 2012. A federal judge placed a curfew on Brown and ordered him to make weekly visits with court officials as punishment. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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William Enyart, the Democratic nominee for Illinois' 12th Congressional District, has been accused by a judge of pushing her aside while she was wearing a T-shirt supporting Mr. Enyart's Republican opponent. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Zia Nizami)
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St. Clair County Associate Judge Laninya Cason speaks during a press conference outside the O'Fallon Police Department in O'Fallon, Ill., on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Zia Nizami)
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Supporters of Samantha Pawlucy, a student at Charles Carroll High School in Philadelphia, gathered outside the school to show support for the teen as she returned to class on Oct. 9, 2012, for the first time since she was allegedly singled out by a teacher for wearing a Mitt Romney T-shirt to school. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Oct. 9, 2012, for sentencing. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Gayle Barnes, a member of the jury that convicted former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, stands Oct. 6, 2012, outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. Sandusky was convicted in June of molesting several boys over a period of years. Barnes, a homemaker and former school district employee, said she thinks a lot about the victims, particularly the eight who testified against Sandusky and provided what she considers the critical evidence of guilt. She said he deserves life in prison. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Sandusky juror Joshua Harper, of State College, Pa., stands Oct. 5, 2012, in front of the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Harper, who has bachelor's and master's degrees from Penn State, said that he takes pride in having served on the jury, and that the guilty verdict was not a close call. He wants Sandusky "put away for the rest of his life, really." (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Joe Amendola, attorney for former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, arrives for a pre-sentencing hearing on Oct. 8, 2012, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was scheduled to be sentenced the next day for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. (Associated Press)