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Kweku Adoboli (second from left), was charged Friday with acts of fraud and false accounting dating back to 2008. (Associated Press)

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This undated handout photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Duane Buck. Defense attorneys are calling on Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt the execution of Buck who is scheduled to be put to death Thursday because jurors heard testimony during sentencing in his 1997 trial that blacks are more likely to pose future dangers to the public. (Associated Press)

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Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov was impressive in every facet of the rookie exhibition against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday afternoon. Coach Bruce Boudreau called him Washington's "most dominant defenseman." (Washington Capitals)

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Photographs by Alain Jaramillo for Case Design/Remodeling The exterior of retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Gary Gaal's plain 1970s Colonial-style home (below) was transformed recently by Case Design/Remodeling of Bethesda, which won the materials in a remodeling giveaway.

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Smoke rises from the Norwegian cruise ship MS Nordlys, shown docked in Alesund, Norway, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. A fire that broke out in the engine room killed two crew members, but all 207 passengers were taken to safety. (AP Photo/Scanpix)

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Annelie Ingvarsson (left) waits in line to talk to potential employers during a National Career Fairs job fair on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Passengers from a United Airlines flight wait on the tarmac at Washington Dulles International Airport after the flight to San Francisco was grounded Wednesday. The captain ordered the evacuation of Flight 586 after smoke appeared out of an engine. The 179 passengers, including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and six crew members got off safely. (Associated Press)

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Ontlametse Phalatse, a 12-year-old girl from Hebron, South Africa, has a rare condition called progeria, a genetic premature-aging disease. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Army Gen. Carter Ham, the head of the U.S. Africa Command, attends a conference on terrorism in the Sahara in Algiers, Algeria, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (AP Photo)

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Members of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) state their case in front of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Tuesday. They want an investigation of high Vatican officials for possible crimes against humanity involving the coverup of the "long-standing and pervasive system of sexual violence" despite promises to swiftly oust predators. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) administers the oath of office to David H. Petraeus during Mr. Petraeus' swearing-in ceremony as CIA director on Tuesday, Sept., 6, 2011, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Holding the Bible is Mr. Petraeus' wife, Holly Knowlton Petraeus. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A crowd gathers for a rally in support of a state constitutional amendment recognizing marriage between a man and a woman as the only domestic legal union on Halifax Mall behind the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday. (Associated Press)

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A pair of shoes and a mirror sit on the desk in an office cubicle at the administration building. Employees moved documents from the building for safekeeping. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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THE 'EXPERT': Former massage parlor owner Chuvit Kamolvisit, elected to parliament in July, is fighting the kind of crime he used to promote. He speculates that "100 percent" of Thailand's illegal casinos pay bribes to the police. (Associated Press)

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Tony West, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. (Associated Press)

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A mourner bows at the coffin of Swedish professional ice hockey player Stefan Liv in the Arena in Yaroslavl, Russia, northeast of Moscow, on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, during a funeral service for the victims of Wednesday's plane crash. The sign on the coffin reads "Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv." (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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In this March 15, 2011 photo, provided by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, a Taylor's checkerspot butterfly is seen in Oregon. A federal judge on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 approved a pair of sweeping settlements that require the government to consider endangered protections for more than 800 animal and plant species. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)