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A woman grieves hysterically Wednesday outside the burned-out prison in Comayagua, Honduras. The local governor, a former prison employee, told reporters an inmate called her to say he was going to set the lockup ablaze and kill everyone inside.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Soldiers scramble during clashes Wednesday with relatives of inmates after a deadly prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras. As many as 350 inmates are missing and presumed dead and at least 21were injured in the blaze, authorities said.
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Mullah Krekar (center) sits between his lawyers, Brynjar Meling (left) and Arvid Sjoedin (right), in a courtroom in Oslo on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. The 55-year-old Iraqi-born cleric has pleaded not guilty to charges of making death threats against politicians and encouraging suicide bombings. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Berit Roald)
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Inmates' relatives stand at the gates of the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, early on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, after a fire broke out inside the facility Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
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Democratic Delegates Bonnie L. Cullison (left), of Montgomery County, and Jill P. Carter, of Baltimore, exult after a bill to legalize same-sex marriage jointly passed two Maryland House committees Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Indian police officers check out an Israeli diplomat's car that was damaged in an explosion Tuesday in New Delhi. Indian investigators suspect that a motorcycle rider attached the bomb to the car. (Associated Press)
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Oscar Goodman, a former mob lawyer and three-time mayor of Las Vegas, stands outside the new museum, housed in a former federal courthouse where one of 14 Senate hearings on organized crime was held in the early 1950s. (Associated Press)
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A photo of members of Detroit's Purple Gang hiding their faces in May 1929, when they were arrested on charges of providing protection to drug dealers, is displayed at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. The publicly funded, $42 million museum, which opened Tuesday, makes the most of Las Vegas' deep mobster roots. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Josh Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, listens during a court hearing regarding the custody of his two sons on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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The body of Whitney Houston arrives at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani arrives at the Supreme Court for a hearing in Islamabad on Monday. Judges charged Mr. Gilani with contempt for defying their orders to reopen an old corruption case against his political ally, President Asif Ali Zardari. (Associated Press)
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Umar Patek, an Indonesian militant charged in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks, arrives Feb. 13, 2012, to his trial in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, speaks to the media at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., after a bail conditions hearing on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani waves upon his arrival at the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The court charged Mr. Gilani with contempt for defying its orders to reopen an old corruption case against his political ally, President Asif Ali Zardari. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Family photograph via Associated Press Mark Aulger holds his 1-day-old daughter, Savannah, at a hospital in Plano, Texas, on Jan. 19, four days before his death. Diane Aulger had her labor induced so her husband could see their child before he died.
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From top left, David Brian Stone Sr., 44, of Clayton, Mich.; David Brian Stone Jr. of Adrian, Mich.; Jacob Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio; Tina Mae Stone; and bottom row from left, Michael David Meeks, 40, of Manchester, Mich.; Kristopher T. Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio; Joshua John Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Mich.; and Thomas William Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Ind., are suspects tied to Hutaree, a Christian militia. The trial is expected to last weeks. It involves seven of the nine people charged with belonging to Hutaree. The government says they conspired to try to kill a police officer and plotted further strikes. No one was ever attacked, and the defendants say they're being prosecuted for saying stupid things. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Wesley Shermantine is shown. Information provided by the California death row inmate who was one of the two notorious "Speed Freak Killers" led to the discovery Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, of a second set of human remains. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections, File)
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George Huguely V is escorted to Charlottesville Circuit Court by members of the Charlottesville Sheriff's Office for the start of his trial in Charlottesville, Va, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Huguely, is charged with the murder of fellow University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Sabrina Schaeffer)
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George Huguely V is escorted to court Feb. 9, 2012, by members of the Charlottesville Sheriff's Office for the start of his trial in Charlottesville, Va. Huguely is charged with the murder of fellow University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love. (Associated Press/The Daily Progress)
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This undated photo provided by the Los Angeles Police Department Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, shows Robert Dewey Hoskins who was convicted a year ago on charges of threatening to kill singer Madonna. Dewey walked away from a Los Angeles-area state mental hospital last week. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department)
