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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 "I was the author of the only bill that actually repealed a federal entitlement - welfare reform."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)
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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)
