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FAMILY TRAGEDY: Sharon Love (far left) walks to the Charlottesville, Va., Circuit Courthouse on Monday with daughter Lexie (far right) on the first day of the trial of the man accused of killing daughter Yeardley. (AP Photo/Charlottesville Daily Progress)

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Ted Goodwin is a former president of the Final Exit Network and one of four defendants charged in 2009 with assisting in the death of a cancer-stricken man. With the Georgia Supreme Court ruling, they may no longer have to stand trial. “I'm just sorry that as many people have been put through what they've been put through in what turned out to be a boondoggle,” he said. (Associated Press)

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Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff talks Feb. 6, 2012, with consumer-rights organization Public Citizen in D.C. about his lobbying experience and his hope for change in the lobbying system. Abramoff, who spent 3½ years in a federal penitentiary for bribery of public officials and other crimes before his 2012 release, owes some $44 million in reparations. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff talks Feb. 6, 2012, with consumer-rights organization Public Citizen in D.C. about his lobbying experience and his hope for change in the lobbying system. Abramoff, who spent 3½ years in a federal penitentiary for bribery of public officials and other crimes before his 2012 release, owes some $44 million in reparations. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Alyssa Bustamante, then 15, listens during a brief hearing at which her attorney entered not-guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murder in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo., on Dec. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall, Pool, File)

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** FILE ** Marine Sgt. Benjamin Johns walks to a courtroom at the Legal Services Center at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Kent Nishimura, File)

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State and municipal police officers and forensic experts examine the body of a man who was among eight victims of a shootout in Monterrey, Mexico, on Jan. 26. (Associated Press)

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President Obama talks about the economy during an event at Fire Station No. 5 in Arlington, Va., on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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The murder trial of former UVa. lacrosse player George W. Huguely V starts Monday in the 2010 killing of his former girlfriend Yeardley Love. The case brought a crush of media attention to the quiet campus, which is now preparing to revisit the tragedy once again. (Charlottesville Police Department via Associated Press)

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A Pierce County sheriff's deputy and Graham firefighters work around the smoldering remains of a house near Fredrickson, Wash., on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, where, according to a sheriff's spokesman, three bodies believed to be Josh Powell and his two sons were found. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley)

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** FILE ** The Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Washington (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court are (clockwise from upper left) Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony M. Kennedy; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.; and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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FILE - In this July 23, 2005 file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, crosses the finish line to win the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 55.5-kilometer (34.5-mile) individual time trial looping around north of Saint-Etienne, central France. Federal prosecutors said, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, they are closing a criminal investigation of Armstrong and will not charge him over allegations the seven-time Tour de France winner used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)

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New York receiver Devin Thomas (15) had plenty of reason to celebrate after his two fumble recoveries - including this one in overtime - helped the Giants defeat the San Francisco 49ers. Thomas never found his niche in two-plus seasons with Washington. (Associated Press)

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Charles Kendrick Lee (right), charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, is joined by attorneys David Brener (left) and Wilbur Smith in a Miami courtroom Dec. 21, 2007. (The Associated Press)

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“We will never bow to political pressure,” Nancy Brinker, CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, said Thursday on its website. (Associated Press)

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Maryland coach Mark Turgeon's ejection Wednesday included his first technical fouls since Feb. 19 when he was at Texas A&M. He became the first Maryland coach ejected since Gary Williams was tossed at Duke on Jan. 29, 1998. (Associated Press)

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing titled "Fast & Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice." Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and committee chairman, is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama speaks at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Orlando Magic's Chris Duhon tries to get a shot off past Washington Wizards' John Wall during the first half Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)