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"We've got to stop the culture of underage drinking," Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said Thursday after the sentencing of Kevin Coffay, 20, of Rockville, who pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of fleeing the scene of an accident. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Patrick Hoover (left) shakes hands with a Montgomery County sheriff's officer on his way out of Maryland Circuit Court in Rockville on Thursday after the sentencing hearing for the driver in a May 15 crash that killed Mr. Hoover's son John, 20, and two other young people. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted Thursday on corruption charges for allegedly seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this file photo from Dec. 5, 2011, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio discusses the latest in the document release on his office's handling of many sexual assault cases over the years in El Mirage, Ariz., during a news conference in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Police officers and emergency crew are seen Jan. 4, 2012, near 3268 Jackson Street in Ogden, Utah, where 6 police officers were shot, including those from the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force and the Ogden Police Department, while serving a warrant. The suspect was also shot. (Associated Press/Standard-Examiner)
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Job-seekers talk with a recruiter (center) at a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs in New York on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Exulam Holman, 32, was arrested Jan. 4, 2012, on a charge of aggravated domestic battery on Dec. 31, 2011, when he is accused of gouging his 62-year-old uncle's eyes out during a fight over a remote control. (Associated Press/Will County Sheriff's Office)
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OnScene.tv via ASSOCIATED PRESS Harry Burkhart, 24, is suspected of starting an arson spree two days after his mother's arrest in California on 19 fraud counts in Frankfurt, Germany, according to court documents. In a brief court appearance, Dorothee Burkhart expressed concern about the safety of her son, who is being held without bail.
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Miami-Dade Detective Douglas Bartelt and narcotics detector canine Franky give a demonstration in Miami. Franky's super-sensitive nose is at the heart of a question being put to the U.S. Supreme Court: Does a police K-9's sniff outside a house justify a search warrant or is it by itself an unconstitutional search? (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS The Rev. David Kennedy checks out items for sale at the Redneck Shop in Laurens, S.C., as proprietor John Howard looks on, in February 2008. A judge has ruled that Mr. Kennedy's New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of the building where the shop is located.
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Harry Burkhart, 24, is suspected of starting an arson spree two days after his mother's arrest in California on 19 fraud counts in Frankfurt, Germany, according to court documents. In a brief court appearance, Dorothee Burkhart expressed concern about the safety of her son, who is being held without bail. (OnScene.tv via Associated Press)
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These undated photos released by England's Crown Prosecution Service show Gary Dobson (left) and David Norris, who were found guilty Jan. 3, 2012, of murdering Stephen Lawrence in London in April 1993. (Associated Press/Crown Prosecution Service)
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This undated family photo shows teenager Stephen Lawrence, who was killed April 1993 in a racist attack by a gang of youths in London. Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty Jan. 3, 2012, of murdering Lawrence. (Associated Press)
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In this frame grab taken from surveillance video, a suspect throws a lit object at a home in the Queens borough of New York on Jan. 1, 2012. This attack and three others in the neighborhood, including one on a globally prominent Islamic cultural center, are being investigated as possibly linked bias crimes. (Associated Press/NYPD)
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New York Rangers coach John Tortorella, right, argues a penalty call as Ruslan Fedotenko, left, and Brad Richards look on late in the third period of the NHL Winter Classic game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Philadelphia. New York won 3-2. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
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Washington Wizards' JaVale McGee dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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A protester who calls himself "Harmony" helps Lexi Ricciardelli, of New Jersey, add a folding table that will serve as an entranceway to her tent. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Rona Amir Mohammad (left) was the first wife of Mohammad Shafia, who is on trial for her death and the deaths of his daughters Zainab, Sahar and Geeti. Canadian prosecutors allege the father instigated "honor killings" because the girls had strayed from traditional ways. His first wife was living with the family and drowned with the girls in a submerged car.
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Geeti Shafia, 13, was one of three sisters found dead in a submerged car last June. Witnesses said Geeti and her sisters were hounded and trailed by their brothers because their parents suspected they were dating boys.
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New York Rangers' Marc Staal (left) shoots on goalie Martin Biron during practice Jan. 1, 2012, the day before the Rangers play the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL's Winter Classic in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)
