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Members of the Washington, D.C. Regional Police Pipe Band, including (from left) Sgt. Brian Stone with the Montgomery County Police Department, Lt. Col. Steven Kinnear with the U.S. Army and Officer Michael Putman with the Montgomery County Police Department, warm up on F Street Northwest before playing at the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Washington, D.C. The pipers played for the procession and the recession. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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PFC Meg Hawkins, left, gets help with her uniform from PFC Jane Burns while at right PFC Tom Divers is reflected in their Fairfax County Police Honor Guard trailer as the officers get ready to march in the procession 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. Several honor guards from around the area participated in the event. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, shakes hands with PFC Tom Divers of the Fairfax County Police Honor Guard before the procession to begin 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. Honor guards from several area law enforcement agencies participated in the event. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** In this Sept. 7, 2011, file photo, John Brennan, assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, speaks in Washington. U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al Qaeda improvised explosive device, Brennan said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Children's book author Maurice Sendak gives an interview at his home in Ridgefield, Conn., on Sept. 6, 2011. Mr. Sendak died May 8, 2012, in Danbury, Conn., at age 83. (Associated Press)

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"We must make certain they do not harm the economy by drowning small business lenders in a sea of red tape," says Rep. Spencer Bachus, Alabama Republican, of the health care law.

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, after the court's hearing on Arizona's "show me your papers" immigration law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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FILE - This file photo provided by Pepsi PRNewsfoto shows Pepsi products. The heirs of the man who helped develop the formula for Pepsi are suing the soda company over their right to share with the public documents detailing their father's invention. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, Joan Ritchie Silleck and Robert Ritchie also seek unspecified damages for "unjustified and improper acts that have interfered" with their rights regarding their father's documents. (AP Photo/Pepsi PRNewsfoto, File)

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In this June 4, 2009 file photo, Cuban coast guards, right, stop men from trying to migrate illegally to the U.S. on a foam raft near Havana's Malecon. Cuba's government appears on the verge of a momentous decision that could end a half-century of travel restrictions that make it difficult to leave the Communist-run island, even for vacation. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

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Rita Crundwell, former comptroller of Dixon, Ill., leaves federal court in Rockford, Ill., on Monday, May 7, 2012, after pleading not guilty at her arraignment to a single charge of wire fraud. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)