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Police officers stand at the scene where the driver of an official Olympic bus carrying journalists was arrested after a bicyclist was hit and killed, near the Olympic Park in Stratford, London, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Yui Mok, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
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Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks speaks to members of the media about the arrest warrant issued for Neil Prescott on one count of telephone misuse, a misdemeanor, after Prescott allegedly made threatening remarks to a former employer over the phone, Prince George's County Courthouse, Upper Marlboro, Md., Wednesday, August 1, 2012. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** A fire burns May 23, 2012, on a nuclear submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. A civilian employee working as a painter and sandblaster aboard the submarine has been charged with setting the fire, which caused $400 million in damages to the vessel. (Associated Press/WMUR, Jean Mackin)
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In this courtroom sketch from July 31, 2012, Drew Peterson (foreground left) looks on during the first day of Drew Peterson's murder trial in Joliet, Ill., while defense attorney Joe Lopez cross examines Kathleen Savio's neighbor, Mary Pontarelli, as they view a photo of Savio's lifeless body in the tub of her home. Peterson is charged in the 2004 death of Savio, his third wife. (Associated Press)
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Somali police men carry an injured Somali soldier in Mogadishu on Aug.1, 2012. The soldier was injured during an attempt by two suicide bombers to blow up the constituent assembly venue, police said. The bombers were shot dead by security forces. (Associated Press)
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Judge Robert E. Bacharach was nominated by President Obama for a seat on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Votes to break a Republican-led filibuster in the Senate fell short of the 60 required. (Associated Press)
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Sam Mullet Sr. is one of 16 Amish charged in beard- and hair-cutting attacks in Ohio who rejected government plea bargain offers of leniency Monday and will go trial. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** A large dust storm, or haboob, sweeps across downtown Phoenix on July 21, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Kelleen Benway is detained July 28, 2012, by a police officer after she returned to her home in Oxford, Mass., where multiple shootings occurred. Daryl Benway, 41, who had recently separated from Kelleen, shot his two children, killing his 7-year-old daughter, before committing suicide, prosecutors said. Kelleen was later released. (Associated Press/Worcester Telegram & Gazette)