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David Flory, a New Jersey physics professor, is accused of operating a prostitution website. (AP Photo/Albuquerque [N.M.] Police Department)
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**FILE** Eva Cardenas, a community organizer who works for Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, marches in front of the Federal Court with other protesters in Atlanta on June 20, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Wal-Mart employee Betty Dukes was involved in a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the retail giant that the Supreme Court on Monday ruled could not proceed. (Associated Press)
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Carol Rosenblatt (right), of the District, takes part in a rally at the Supreme Court on March 29 in support of plaintiffs in a case of female employees against Wal-Mart. The National Women's Law Center decried Monday's ruling, which held there were too many female plaintiffs in too many different jobs to justify a class-action lawsuit. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from March 29, 2011, Carol Rosenblatt (right), of Washington, and others take part in rally outside the Supreme Court in support of the plaintiffs in a case of women employees against Wal-Mart. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from March 17, 2011, Christine Kwapnoski is seen at her home in Bay Point, Calif. The Supreme Court has ruled against Kwapnoski and four other plaintiffs in a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of women who work there. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Natasha Alexenko, who was raped at gunpoint as a college student, was interviewed for the HBO documentary "Sex Crimes Unit."
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In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, members of the media and others examine the remains of a damaged residential building in Tripoli, Libya, on June 19, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Amanda Knox, second from left, walks past her lawyer Luciano Ghirga, as she arrives in court for the appeal trial in Perugia, Italy, Saturday, June 18, 2011. Knox was convicted of murdering her British roommate in Perugia, Meredith Kercher, and sentenced to 26 years in prison. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
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U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan, right, talks to reporters, Friday, June 17, 2011, in Seattle, as San Juan County prosecutor Randall Gaylord looks on at left, after Colton Harris-Moore, known as the "Barefoot Bandit," pleaded guilty to seven charges stemming from a multi-state crime spree that included the thefts of several airplanes and boats. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Law enforcement work near the Pentagon after a suspicious vehicle forced multiple road closures Friday, June 17, 2011 in Arlington, Va. One person was taken into custody early Friday morning in Arlington National Cemetery after it closed. "This is an unfolding situation," said U.S. Park Police. Police were investigating a suspicious package in the man's car parked in the bushes near the Pentagon's North Parking lot. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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** FILE ** Young people hold a banner that translates as "For equal rights without compromise" during an equality march in downtown Moscow on Sunday, May 22, 2011. The demonstrators protested against discrimination based on sex or gender orientation and called for equal rights for women and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Law enforcement work near the Pentagon after a suspicious vehicle forced multiple road closures Friday, June 17, 2011 in Arlington, Va. In a situation that is still unfolding, officials say one man is in custody after they found his car, parked in the bushes near the Pentagon. The car contained material that appears to be ammonium nitrate, spent 9 mm shells and written materials stating "al Qaeda Taliban rules." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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American Girl at Tyson's Corner Center in McLean, Va. on Thursday, June 16, 2011. The grand opening of American Girl is Saturday, June 18. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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"It is beyond dispute that children will often feel bound to submit to police questioning when an adult in the same circumstances would feel free to leave," said Justice Sonia Sotomayor in the case involving juvenile rights. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Anthony D. Weiner (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, heard testimony Wednesday from ATF agents about their frustrations with now-halted Fast and Furious operation.
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This undated photo released by the U.S. Marshals Service, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, shows former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., who pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and campaign law violations in early June. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)
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A local resident walks near a house (center) on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in early May. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "The high turnout for the referendums demonstrates that the desire of citizens to participate in the decisions about our future cannot be ignored," Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said. Final results showed overwhelming majorities of those casting ballots chose to throw out two laws to privatize the water supply, kill a law reviving nuclear energy and undo the so-called "legitimate impediment" law offering the Italian leader a partial legal shield in criminal prosecutions.
