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Casey Anthony goes over paperwork during a break on the final day of arguments in her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., on Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)

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David Koubbi, a lawyer for French novelist Tristane Banon, addresses reporters at his office in Paris on Monday, July 4, 2011. Ms. Banon will file a criminal complaint Tuesday accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, Mr. Koubbi said. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

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Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic waves in the courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.'s International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague on Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/ Valerie Kuypers, Pool)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Casey Anthony cries Sunday while prosecutors present their closing arguments during her murder trial in Orlando, Fla. Miss Anthony has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. She could face a death sentence or life in prison if convicted of that charge.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said that the president should not expect a retirement letter from her before 2015. (Associated Press)

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Casey Anthony reacts as the prosecution presents its closing arguments in her murder trial in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, July 3, 2011. Ms. Anthony has plead not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted on that charge. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, former head of the IMF, leaves his house for the first time after the judge changed the terms of his house arrest, Friday, July 1, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp)

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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. speaks to reporters after outside New York Supreme Court, Friday, July 1, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss- Kahn leaves New York State Supreme court with his wife Anne Sinclair, Friday, July 1, 2011, in New York. A judge has agreed to free Strauss-Kahn without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him. The criminal case against him stands. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

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Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves the New York State Supreme Courthouse with his wife, Anne Sinclair, on Friday, July 1, 2011. (AP Photo)

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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves New York State Supreme court with his wife Anne Sinclair, Friday, July 1, 2011, in New York. A judge has agreed to free Strauss-Kahn without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him. The criminal case against him stands. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

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** FILE ** In this Monday, June 6, 2011, file photo, former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, appears at his arraignment on charges of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid, at State Supreme Court in New York. (AP Photo/Allan Tannenbaum, Pool, File)

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THE INDEPENDENT RECORD VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Authorities from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office and Helena Police Department raid a medical marijuana operation March 14 in Helena, Mont. Now a judge has blocked the state from banning commercial medical marijuana operations.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal authorities say the case against Lee B. Farkas is one of the largest prosecutions arising from the nation's financial crisis.

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Associated Press The top corner third-floor apartment (upper left) was where fugitive crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger and longtime companion Catherine Greig were living in Santa Monica, Calif., at the time of their arrest June 22.

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Joropo, a music style that defines Colombian ranchers, will be performed on the Mall at the Folklife Festival.

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Handmade Colombian crafts and instruments are displayed for sale at the "Colombia: The Nature of Culture" exhibit of the 45th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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A drummer with the Colombian dance and music troupe performs at the "Colombia: The Nature of Culture" exhibit on opening day of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Casey Anthony talks to an unidentified man during her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse Thursday, June 30, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony, 25, has plead not guilty in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted of that charge. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)

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U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein (center) is flanked by Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge, Jeannine A. Hammett (left) and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely (right) as he makes a statement to reporters to announce that Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, 59, wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiring to obstruct a federal corruption investigation, at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., Thursday, June 30, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)