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Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli is led away by FBI agents after his arraignment in 2008. Gioeli was convicted Wednesday by a federal jury in Brooklyn on racketeering charges but acquitted in the 1997 slaying of a New York police officer. (Associated Press)

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An employee restocks a machine with lead at the Faber-Castell pencil factory in Stein, Germany. Treating workers well has paid dividends for the company, the firm's owner said. (Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times)

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Charged Tuesday with kidnapping-related crimes, Mary Mayes (left) and Teresa Mayes are the mother and wife of Adam Mayes, wanted in the killing of a mother and her 14-year-old daughter and believed on the lam with her two younger girls. (Hardeman County Sheriff's Office via Associated Press)

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While Monsignor Salvatore Criscuolo, left, pastor at St. Patrick's in the City, listens, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, sings "Amazing Grace" as members of the Washington, D.C. Regional Police Pipe Band play outside of St. Patrick's in the City following the conclusion of the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Paul Lindemann (left) with the U.S. Capitol Police plays "Taps" following the reading of the names of the officers who were killed in the line of duty in 2011 during the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials on May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Prince George's County Sheriff Melvin High prays following communion at the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Northwest Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Border Patrol agents Carlos Ortiz, left, and Frank Ayala stand in the entrance to St. Patrick's in the City during the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Paul Lindemann, left, with the U.S. Capitol Police and Richard A. Pascuito, a retired U.S. Capitol Police officer, play the trumpet for the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Northwest Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A police officer holds his hat in his lap during the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Northwest Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Law enforcement officers attend the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Northwest Washington, D.C. The names of those officers killed in the line of duty in 2011 were read during the mass. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Diane Groomes, assistant chief of the Patrol Services Bureau with the Metropolitan Police Department, attends the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Northwest Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Members of the clergy process down 10th Street Northwest into St. Patrick's in the City for the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Cardinal Donal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, presided over the mass. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, holds his hand over his heart as police and law enforcement honor guards walk past him to process into St. Patrick's in the City for the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Cardinal Wuerl later said in his homily that "with law enforcement comes the impolice understanding that one must be prepared to pay the ultimate price." He also said, "We thank God for the gift of courage, especially at this mass." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Officer Jerry L. Buhaj, center, commander of the ceremonial unit for the United States Capitol Police, salutes as police honor guards pass him to begin the procession into St. Patrick's in the City for the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, talks with police honor guard members before processing into St. Patrick's in the City for the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Washington, D.C. Fire Department Emerald Society Pipers and Drums, including firefighter Jim Reilley, left, and firefighter Billy Rose, right, talk with a priest before the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Northwest Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Horse-mounted U.S. Park Police officers stand across G Street Northwest to block off the street in honor of the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Northwest Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)