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Monsignor William Lynn of Philadelphia (center) goes on trial Monday charged with endangering children by failing to remove accused predators from ministry. The Rev. James J. Brennan (right) also goes on trial while former priest Edward V. Avery (left) pleaded guilty last week to sex-abuse charges. (Associated Press)
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Democratic Sens. Charles E. Schumer of New York (left) and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut are calling for investigations into whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law. (Associated Press)
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Members of Christian faith organizations kneel in prayer in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Sunday as part of "Encircle the Court in Prayer" on the eve of the Supreme Court arguments on President Obama's health care legislation. (Associated Press)
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"Back in the '80s and '90s, there wasn't a musical act I hadn't interviewed and many of them became friends," write Rusty Humphries. One of those performers was Whitney Houston. (Associated Press)
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An Afghan boy prays on Saturday, March 24, 2012, over the grave of one of the sixteen victims of a shooting rampage allegedly by a U.S. Army staff sergeant in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
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** FILE ** President Obama answers a reporter's question about the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin on March 23, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House. With the George Zimmerman trial over and the neighborhood watchman found innocent of second degree murder, the president has said he wants to revisit a national dialogue on race and guns in America. (Associated Press)
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Florida's Bradley Beal (23) moves past Marquette's Jae Crowder (32) as Marquette's Junior Cadougan watches during the first half of an NCAA men's college basketball tournament West Regional semifinal on Thursday, March 22, 2012, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Philadelphia Flyers' Wayne Simmonds scores past Washington Capitals' Braden Holtby during a shootout in, Thursday, March 22, 2012, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 2-1. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Kevin Flynn shows off some of the brewing equipment he uses to make beer at his home in Caledonia, Wis., earlier this month. (Associated Press)
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (left) and Russell Pearce attend an Arizona Red Mountain Tea Party meeting in Mesa, Ariz., on Monday. The sheriff is in a tough fight to stay in office and Mr. Pearce is trying to regain a seat in his state's Senate. (East Valley Tribune via Associated Press)
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Maryland women's basketball team celebrates after defeating Louisville 72-68 in an NCAA tournament second-round game, Monday, March 19, 2012, in College Park, Md. Maryland won 72-68. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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"[Mohamed Merah] launches an assault, charging police through the apartment and firing at them with a Colt .45, continuing to advance, armed and firing, as he jumps from the balcony." - Prosecutor Francois Molins
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** FILE ** Defrocked priest Edward Avery, shown in an undated photo, pleaded guilty to sex-abuse charges on Thursday, March 22, 2012, in a Philadelphia court. (AP Photo/Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, File)
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American teacher Joel Shrum, shown in an undated photo, was shot to death by gunmen in Taiz, Yemen, on Sunday, March 18, 2012. Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the killing. (AP Photo/James Shrum, File)
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George Zimmerman is seen in police mug shot provided by the Orange County Jail in Florida from a 2005 arrest. Zimmerman is the neighborhood watch captain who shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, 17, in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., in February 2012. (Associated Press/Orange County Jail via Miami Herald)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy pays respect during a ceremony Wednesday for three slain paratroopers. Authorities think they were killed by the gunman also thought to be responsible for the deaths of three Jewish children and a rabbi. A 24-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent is the chief suspect in the seven slayings.
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Kizza Besigye, a Ugandan opposition leader with the Forum for Democratic Change, gestures the party sign before being arrested Wednesday for holding a rally in the capital city Kampala. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Oct. 14, 2011, file photo, Mike and Chantell Sackett of Priest Lake, Idaho, pose for a photo in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that property owners have a right to prompt review by a judge of an important tool used by the Environmental Protection Agency to address water pollution. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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Israeli burial officials at a morgue in Jerusalem prepare the coffins of the Toulouse shooting victims for their funeral on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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In this Dec. 16, 2011, photo, John Henry Browne, right, the attorney for Colton Harris-Moore, left, who is also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," listens to testimony in Island County Superior Court, in Coupeville, Wash. Browne is now representing Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
