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Sandra Layne (right) cries in a Bloomfield Hills, Mich., court during a hearing on July 2, 2012, as the tape of a 911 call made by Jonathan Hoffman, her 17-year-old grandson, is played. Layne is accused of repeatedly shooting the teen on May 18 at the West Bloomfield Township condo that she and her husband shared with the boy. Her attorneys say she acted in self-defense. (Associated Press/Detroit News)
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As abortion foes pray outside, Jackson Women's Health Organization owner Diane Derzis stands at the gate of Mississippi's only abortion clinic, in Jackson, Miss., on Monday. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Sunday that blocked enforcement of a law that could effectively regulate it out of business. (Associated Press)
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"No, it's a penalty. It's a penalty that comes under the tax code for the 1 percent perhaps of the population who may decide that they are going to be free-riders." - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat (Associated Press)
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Members of Students For Life of America pray at the Supreme Court last week while waiting for a ruling on the health care reform law. The law was upheld last Thursday, and foes' attention now turns to the presidential election in November, which holds the key to the law's fate. (Raymond Thompson Jr./The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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In this photo combo, at left, in an Oct. 8, 2011 file photo, Penn State president Graham Spanier walks on the field before an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa. At right, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in custody after being found guilty of multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Bellefonte, Pa., Friday, June 22, 2012. CNN says it has seen emails showing Spanier agreed not to take allegations of sex abuse against Sandusky to authorities but worried they'd be "vulnerable" for failing to report it. CNN says the emails followed a graduate assistant's 2001 report of seeing Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in a shower. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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An American Beech tree is down on Capitol Hill grounds in Washington on Saturday, June 30, 2012, across the U.S. Supreme Court after a powerful storm swept across the Washington region late Friday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Lightning crackles through the sky above Thornrose Cemetery on Friday, June 29, 2012, in Staunton, Va. (AP Photo/The News Leader, Pat Jarrett)
