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Maryland forward Ashton Pankey has decided to leave the school for family reasons. (Associated Press)

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Michael Lee Beidler of Washington, D.C., makes phone calls outside of a row house in which three people were taken to the hospital, one in critical condition, for carbon monoxide poisoning at 1721 P St. N.W., Washington, D.C., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Inspectors found a furnace in the basement to be the source of the leak. Mr. Beidler, a friend of the owner, said the furnace had recently been worked on.(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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An inspector with Washington Gas finds a basement furnace to be the source of a carbon monoxide leak that sent three persons to the hospital, one in critical condition, for carbon monoxide poisoning at 1721 P St. N.W., Washington, D.C., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. A friend of the owner on the scene said that the furnace had recently been worked on. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Former Maryland head coach Gary Williams speaks during a ceremony to dedicate the court in his name before the game between Maryland and Duke in College Park, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Williams, who retired in May with more wins than anyone in the history of the program, led Maryland to two Final Fours and a national title in 2002. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Family members mourn the deaths of three men in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Three lawyers were gunned down and one was injured in an ambush by unidentified gunmen riding on a motorcycle, police said. The dead included a father, son and nephew. The motive is not yet known. (Associated Press)

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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts greets President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill, prior to the president's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Former CIA officer John Kiriakou (right) and his attorneys, Plato Cacheris (left) and John Hundley, leave federal court Monday in Alexandria. In the latest criminal case in the Obama administration's effort to punish leakers, Mr. Kiriakou was charged Monday with disclosing classified secrets about his teammates to the media. (Associated Press)

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Judge Baltazar Garzon (center), considered a hero by human rights groups, leaves the Supreme Court in Madrid Tuesday, when he went on trial for exceeding his authority by investigating Franco-era crimes after amnesty was declared. (Associated Press)

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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller speaks during the 13th Annual Democratic Legislative luncheon, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in Annapolis, Md. The Maryland General Assembly begins Wednesday,Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

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Grace Francese, 13, of Vienna, Va., holds a sign saying "Save the Baby Humans!" as she marches with the March for Life in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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"I believe they have a right to live!" shout a group of pro-life advocates, including Jeanine Ott, 17, left, of Long Beach, Miss., outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. The youths were among the thousands of people who took part in the March for Life, asking the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Thousands of pro-life advocates march up Constitution Avenue to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 during the March for Life. They want the court to overturn Roe v. Wade and make abortion illegal. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Former CIA officer John Kiriakou (left) and his attorney, John Hundley, leave federal court in Alexandria. In the latest criminal case in the Obama administration's effort to punish leakers, Mr. Kiriakou was charged Monday with disclosing classified information to the media. (Associated Press)

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Chobani produces 1.5 million cases of Greek yogurt a week at its plant in South Edmeston, N.Y. (Associated Press)

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This photo provided by the Colorado Springs Police Dept. shows Jose Garcia, 29, who was arrested in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, in connection with the kidnapping of a 9-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colo., on Jan. 19, 2012. The girl escaped the apparent kidnapper and called 911 herself from a convenience store in Colorado Springs on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Colorado Springs Police)

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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2005 file photo, Washington Redskins football player Sean Taylor is shown at training camp in Ashburn, Va. A judge in Miami has set an April 16 trial date for the alleged shooter in the 2007 killing of Taylor. Four men accused in the slaying will be tried separately. The judge said Friday that the first to stand trial will be 21-year-old Eric Rivera Jr. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

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This undated image obtained by the Associated Press shows the homepage of the website Megaupload.com, one of the world's largest file-sharing sites. Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down the site and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** California Supreme Court Justice Joyce Kennard gestures Jan. 10, 2012, during a hearing in San Francisco. Republicans urged the California Supreme Court to dump newly drawn state Senate districts planned for this year's election. Voters created the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw the new maps and take the highly politicized process away from the state Legislature. (Associated Press)

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A puppet reporter is shown Jan. 19, 2012, during taping at WOIO-TV in Cleveland. The station uses the puppets performing as witnesses, reporters and jurors to detail the corruption trial against former Cuyahoga county commissioner Jimmy Dimora, which began last week in federal court in Akron. (Associated Press)

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Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a GOP hopeful, speaks to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday. "I was the author of the only bill that actually repealed a federal entitlement - welfare reform." (Associated Press)