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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson walks into the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md., on Dec. 6, 2011, for his sentencing after being found guilty for corruption in a pay-to-play scandal. Also pictured is his lawyer Billy Martin, left. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson walks out of the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt with his lawyer Jeff Harding, left, after being sentenced to seven years and three months after being found guilty for corruption in a pay-to-play scandal, Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson (third from right) walks into the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, for his sentencing after being found guilty of corruption in a pay-to-play scandal. Billy Martin, his lawyer, is at left. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 13, 2003, file photo, Illinois' first lady Patti Blagojevich, left, applauds with her father, Richard Mell, center, during inauguration day ceremonies for her husband, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, in Springfield, Ill. Blagojevich, convicted on 18 counts of corruption in June 2011, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, for the start of his sentencing hearing. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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Afghan police officers stand guard at the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Juan Corona, once the nation's worst known serial killer, was denied his seventh bid for parole four decades after the mutilated bodies of 25 men were found. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via Associated Press)

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An armored car with bullet-resistant windows is under assembly at a plant in Cagua, Venezuela. (Associated Press)

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Use an attack helicopter to stop the undead in the Dead Ops Arcade portion of the iPad game Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies.

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Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, leaves the High Court in London on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, after the court gave him permission to continue his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex-crimes allegations. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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An Occupy DC protestor who identified himself as Steve is arrested as he approaches a new structure the was erected in McPherson Square, in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 4, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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An Occupy DC protestor who identified himself as Steve is arrested as he approaches a new structure the was erected in McPherson Square, in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 4, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Maryland's Terrell Stoglin shoots the ball during first half against Notre Dame at the BB&T Classic in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. Maryland won 78-71, and Stoglin had 31 points. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

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Agents from the FBI and the IRS' Criminal Investigative Division serve a search warrant at the home D.C. Council member Harry Thomas, Jr., on Friday. The agents were at Mr. Thomas' home for more than nine hours and seized a red motorcycle and Chevrolet Tahoe, among other items. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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FBI and IRS Criminal Investigative Division agents serve a search warrant on the home of Washington D.C. City Council member Harry Thomas, Jr., on 17th Street NE in Washington, D.C., on Friday, December 2, 2011. (Pratik Shah./The Washington Times)

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Maryland's James Padgett's double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) helped the Terrapins defeat Notre Dame. (Associated Press)

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A Russian soldier casts his ballot as others stand in line at a polling station in Moscow on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr.)

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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2011 file photo, Penn St. assistant football coach Mike McQueary, left, talks with head coach Joe Paterno during an NCAA college football game against Iowa, in State College, Pa. Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, the school's senior vice president for business and finance, face arraignment Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, on charges they lied to a grand jury investigating former defense coordinator Jerry Sandusky and failed to properly report suspected child abuse, a case that has left fans reeling. In 2002, State Attorney General Linda Kelly said, a graduate assistant, identified by two people familiar with the investigation as McQueary, saw Sandusky sexually assault a naked boy, estimated to be about 10 years old, in a team locker room shower. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar, File)