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Peter Sachs fought a battle in courts to reclaim posters collected by his father that were taken by the Gestapo and eventually ended up in a Berlin museum. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Winslow Friday, a Northern Arapaho tribal member who admitted killing a bald eagle in 2005 for use in a religious ceremony, makes his way into the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at the U.S. Courthouse in Denver in December 2007. (AP Photo/Bill Ross, File)
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** FILE ** In this May 12, 2011, file picture John Demjanjuk leaves the court room, in Munich, southern Germany. German police say John Demjanjuk, who was charged with 28,060 counts of accessory to murder and convicted last year of serving as a Nazi death camp guard, has died. (AP Photo/dapd/ Lennart Preiss,File)
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Attorneys John Henry Browne, right, and Emma Scanlan, second from right, talk to reporters, Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Seattle. Browne and Scanlan will be representing a U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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FILE - In this Sunday, March 11, 2012 file photo, U.S. Army and Afghan soldiers are seen in a guard tower at their base in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, following the alleged killing of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier. U.S. investigators have determined that the suspect had been drinking alcohol prior to leaving the base the night of the attack, a senior U.S. defense official said Friday. How much of a role alcohol played in the attack is still under investigation, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because charges have not yet been filed. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)
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Dharun Ravi (center) is hugged by his father, Ravi Pazhani, on March 16, 2012, as they leave court in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life, was convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy. (Associated Press)
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Dharun Ravi enters the courtroom March 15, 2012, during jury deliberations at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime. His freshman-year roommate, Tyler Clementi, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010, just days after Clementi's intimate encounter with another man. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti (left) and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (Associated Press)
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The transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Edward J. Dycus, 22, of Greenville, Miss., sits Feb. 2, 2012, at the end of the loader ramp upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del. An Afghan soldier shot and killed Dycus at an outpost in southwestern Afghanistan in February in a previously undisclosed case of Afghan treachery, Marine officials said. (Associated Press)
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John Henry Browne, the attorney representing the U.S. soldier who is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, talks to reporters, Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Protesters in February 2011 gather around then-state Sen. Russell Pearce, author of Arizona's tough immigration law, at a Phoenix courthouse. The Republican was ousted from office in a November recall election. But he is considering another legislative race. An email message to Pearce supporters said he will announce his plans Monday. (Associated Press)
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Egyptian fans clash with riot police after the al-Ahly match against al-Masry at the stadium in Port Said last month. Egypt's top prosecutor has charged 75 people with murder and negligence in connection with the deadly soccer riot last month in the Mediterranean city of Port Said.
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Defendant Hemy Neuman (left) and defense attorney Bob Rubin listen to the judge's instructions to the jury during Neuman's murder trial on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)
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**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder speaks March 5, 2012, at the Northwestern University law school in Chicago. (Associated Press)
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs from his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., on Thursday, March 15, 2012, to begin a 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Job seekers stand in line during the Career Expo job fair on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Ward 2 D.C. Council member Jack Evans is one of several city lawmakers who have said their campaigns received subpoenas for records in a campaign-finance probe. Federal prosecutors are asking various D.C. officials for any records related to Jeffrey E. Thompson, his affiliates and their contributions to D.C. political campaigns since 2003. (The Washington Times)
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Audrey Bauer's older sister, Lydia, plays for Wisconsin-Green Bay and will also be headed to the NCAA tournament. (Associated Press)
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A Draganflyer X6 drone lent to the Mesa County, Colo., Sheriff's Department in 2009 is used in search-and-rescue, finding suspects and identifying fire hot spots. (Mesa County Sheriff's Department via Associated Press)
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Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi (center) stands in the hallway with family members during a break in his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J., on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)