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** FILE ** Former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky sits in a car as he leaves the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot in State College, Pa., on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Harrisburg Patriot-News, Andy Colwell, File)

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A Bangkok driver navigates his three-wheeled motorcycle taxi through floodwater that has stayed in Thailand more than a month. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (The Washington Times)

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This undated booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leo Earl Sharp, 87, who was arrested for cocaine possession near Chelsea, Ind., in Washtenaw County on Oct. 21, 2011. (Associated Press/U.S. Marshals Service)

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**FILE** Former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky sits in a car Nov. 5, 2011, as he leaves the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot in State College, Pa. (Associated Press/The Patriot-News)

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"Today's news that the Supreme Court will hear arguments, possibly as soon as March, is reassuring news that we will soon reach finality on this critically important issue," said Gov. Bob McDonnell, Virginia Republican. (Associated Press)

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Nathan Raab, left, and his father Steven Raab, talk about their recently discovered White House communications tapes involving Air Force One in flight from Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, during an interview at their office, in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

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An Occupy Wall Street protester is arrested during a march on Broadway, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, in New York, after police ordered demonstrators to leave their encampment in Zuccotti Park. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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An Occupy Wall Street protestor draws contact from a police officer near Zuccotti Park after being ordered to leave the longtime encampment in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, in New York, after police ordered demonstrators to leave their encampment in Zuccotti Park. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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**FILE** The Supreme Court is seen in Washington on May 3, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos attends a news conference at Judicial Police headquarters in Valencia, Venezuela, on Nov. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the first woman to serve as bishop of the Washington Episcopal Diocese, speaks with a member of the congregation following a service. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cedric Theodis Hobbs Jr., now 30, were recently indicted in Cumberland County, N.C., on charges of armed robbery, murder and conspiracy in the killing of a pawnshop clerk in November. (Police handout)

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Alexis Mattocks, now 21, a DYRS youth faces first-degree murder charges in North Carolina that could lead to the death penalty if she is convicted. (Police handout)

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**FILE** An employee works May 31, 2009, at the Tawke oil fields in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. (Associated Press)

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Maryland head coach Randy Edsall speaks with defensive back Eric Franklin after Maryland was penalized 15 yards for a late hit in the first half against Notre Dame in Landover, Md., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. Notre Dame won 45-21. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)