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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican presidential candidate, arrives to speak at a Lowcountry Sportsmen BBQ in Walterboro, S.C., on Thursday. He called welfare reform "the most successful entitlement reform in your lifetime." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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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 "I was the author of the only bill that actually repealed a federal entitlement - welfare reform," Mr. Santorum said earlier this month. (Associated Press)

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican presidential candidate, arrives to speak at a Lowcountry Sportsmen BBQ in Walterboro, S.C., on Thursday. He called welfare reform "the most successful entitlement reform in your lifetime." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2012, file photo, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson walks off the field after a game against the Baltimore Ravens in Cincinnati. Simpson was indicted on Thursday, Jan. 19 for marijuana trafficking, leaving him subject to a jail sentence and punishment from the NFL. He's scheduled for arraignment on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Tony Tribble, File)

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Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, and charged its founder and others with violating piracy laws. An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated content. (Associated Press)

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An undated image obtained by the Associated Press shows the home page of the website Megaupload.com, one of the world's largest file-sharing sites, which federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down. (AP Photo)

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**FILE** Actor Jude Law poses for photographers Dec. 8, 2011, at the European premiere of "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" at a central London cinema. (Associated Press)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin celebrates after scoring the third goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the second period on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Montreal. (AP Photo/Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)

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Ford Focus automobiles move on the assembly line at a Ford Motor Co. plant in Wayne, Mich., on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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A woman wears a jacket with the "99%" slogan painted on the back during an Occupy protest in Washington, D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Police in California have charged Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, with killing four homeless men. The district attorney says the suspect planned other killings. (Anaheim Police Department via Associated Press)

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**FILE** Ryan Brunn, 20, of Canton, Ga., in seen here Dec. 7, 2011, in a booking photo after his arrest for the murder in the beating death of a 7-year-old girl, who was abducted and killed at an apartment complex and her body left in a trash bin. (Associated Press/Courtesy of the Cherokee Sheriff’s Department)

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Yemeni protestors chant slogans Jan. 16, 2012, during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen. (Associated Press)

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A man is dragged away from the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States during an anti-death penalty protest, sponsored by the Abolition Action Committee, in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. There were 14 arrests. The protests are timed to mark the 35th anniversary of the execution of Gary Gilmore, who protesters said was the first person executed under the Supreme Court's upholding of the death penalty in 1976. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A color-coded chart at a detention center in Imperial Beach, Calif., details procedures for agents to follow in the U.S. Border Patrol's new Consequence Delivery System, part of the agency's strategy for dealing with migrants caught illegally crossing the border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis has been dishing out punishment throughout his 16-year career. (Associated Press)

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Protesters demand the prosecution of Yemeni President Ali Abdulla Saleh, who has been igniting unrest for a year. (Associated Press)

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Italian firefighters scuba divers approach the cruise ship Costa Concordia leaning on its side, the day after it ran aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. A helicopter on Sunday airlifted a third survivor from the capsized hulk of a luxury cruise ship 36 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast, as prosecutors confirmed they were investigating the captain for manslaughter charges and abandoning the ship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Emmanuel Dugger (right), joined by his father, Eugene, on Monday in front of their home in the 3000 block of Channing Street Northeast, talks about how his father helped him with an abandoned infant after the younger Mr. Dugger found the baby girl on his way home from the store. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Jesus Gerardo Noriega (front) poses Jan. 4, 2012, with his parents and brothers at the family home in Aurora, Colo. Jesus, 21, faced deportation last year after he was arrested for driving with no license plate light. Noriega's family brought him to the United States from Mexico when he was 9. (Associated Press)