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Bail for former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, who has been charged in a molestation case, was raised Wednesday to $23 million. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, who led the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for more than 15 years, is pictured in 2000. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr.)

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Mohammed Chowdhury is one of four British men who pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to involvement in an al-Qaeda-inspired plot to spread terror and cause economic damage by bombing the London Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/West Midlands Police)

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A 2012 Chrysler 200 convertible is on display in the showroom of Goss Dodge Chrysler in South Burlington, Vt., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

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Julian Assange (right), the 40-year-old founder of WikiLeaks, arrives at the Supreme Court in London on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, for a hearing in his extradition case. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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Lance Cpl. Jacob Jacoby enters the courtroom of the Legal Services Center at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Kent Nishimura)

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Former CIA officer John Kiriakou (right) and his attorneys Plato Cacheris (left) and John Hundley leave federal court in Alexandria on Monday. Mr. Kiriakou, who helped track down a top terrorism suspect, was charged with disclosing classified secrets about his teammates to the media. (Associated Press)

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Martha Mulligan of Washington, D.C. sings a song she wrote called "We Need a New New Deal" at the Freedom Plaza Occupy encampment on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, the day that Park Police said they would begin to enforce the no camping laws. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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"Moonshine" the dog sits with Loraine Joiner of Pascagoula, Miss., and another Occupy protester calling himself "Fang" as they lie down in the middle of Freedom Plaza on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, the day that Park Police said they would begin to enforce the no-camping laws. Joiner and Fang said that since they can't lie down inside their tents they will lie down in the plaza on the ground. As of 1:30 p.m. no police had shown up. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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James McPherson of Norfolk, Va., stands with his upside-down American flag at the Freedom Plaza Occupy encampment in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, the day that Park Police said they would begin to enforce the no camping laws. In anticipation, Occupiers have cleaned out their tents and removed any sleeping bags and pillows. As of 1:30 p.m. no police had shown up. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A notice from the Park Police indicating that Occupy protesters will not be allowed to sleep in their tents anymore is taped to a tent at the Freedom Plaza Occupy encampment on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, the day that Park Police said they would begin to enforce the no camping laws. In anticipation, Occupiers have cleaned out their tents and removed any sleeping bags and pillows. As of 1:30 p.m. no police had shown up. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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James McPherson of Norfolk, Va., holds an upside-down American flag on Jan. 30, 2012, at the Occupy D.C. encampment at Freedom Plaza in D.C. Park Police said they would begin to enforce the no-camping laws at noon that day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** An Afghan woman (center) peeks inside a hospital on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 26, 2011, while she and others wait for an employee to let them enter. (Associated Press)

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Officials work at the scene of a multivehicle wreck on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Matt Stamey)

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Vincent Van Gogh dolls with removable ears are for sale in the gift shop for the Van Gogh Close Up exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 in Philadelphia. The exhibit opens February 1st. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Darwin Roberts, right, talks to reporters as Kelly Kneifl, center, who had his home broken into by Barefoot Bandit Colton Harris-Moore, and FBI Agent Steven Dean, left, look on, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, following the federal sentencing hearing for Harris-Moore in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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** FILE ** This March 14, 2011, file photo released by the Connecticut Department of Correction shows Joshua Komisarjevsky, convicted Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, on several counts related to the beating of Dr. William Petit Jr., and killing his wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit and their two daughters in a July 2007 home invasion in Cheshire, Conn. (AP Photo/Connecticut Department of Correction, File)

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Attorney General Eric Holder announces the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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With a child on his hip and a rifle in his hand, a Syrian army defector celebrates with comrades after they joined the anti-regime forces in Homs province. The Syrian government crackdown has killed more than 5,400 people since March.