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**FILE** A sign outside a clinic in Madhya Pradesh warns that revealing the sex of an unborn child is illegal. The law, passed in 1994, is an attempt to cut down on the incidence of sex-selective abortions. (Associated Press)

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One of two Americans arrested for wanting to carry out a terror plot in New York City on May 12, 2011 had expressed interest in bombing the Empire State Building. (Associated Press)

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The home at 3738 N. 3oth Place in Arlington's Bellevue Forest neighborhood is on the market for $949,000.

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Lawyer Ulrich Busch (foreground) greets his client John Demjanjuk, who was convicted in a Munich court of thousands of counts of acting as an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp and sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday, May 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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Nebraska Attorney General and Senate candidate Jon Bruning, a Republican, accepted the endorsement of the Tea Party Express on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Police arrest one of several women who defied French law by appearing with an Islamic face veil last month in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest. (Associated Press)

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Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire co-founder of Galleon Group, is surrounded by photographers Wednesday as he leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. The former Wall Street titan was convicted Wednesday of making a fortune by coaxing a crew of corporate tipsters to give him an illegal edge on blockbuster trades in technology and other stocks, in what prosecutors called the largest insider trading case ever involving hedge funds. (Associated Press)

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Wearing a medical boot from foot surgery, billionaire co-founder of Galleon Group Raj Rajaratnam (right) enters Manhattan federal court Wednesday with his attorney, John Dowd, in New York. Jury deliberations entered a third week Wednesday with Rajaratnam facing insider trading and conspiracy charges accused of gaining $63 million trading on illegal stock tips. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Arnold Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver celebrate his victory in the California gubernatorial recall election in Los Angeles on Oct. 7, 2003. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** Former Egyptian Tourism Minister Zuheir Garana (right) and steel tycoon and prominent ruling party leader Ahmed Ezz, wearing white prison uniforms, sit in a metal cage as they appear in criminal court in Cairo on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. The court has convicted Garana of corruption for allowing two businessmen to illegally acquire state land and has sentenced him to five years in prison. (AP Photo, File)

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Supporters of President Obama's health care policies — (from left) Ron Pollack, Larry Kim, Dell Erwin, Ray Scher and Kevin Wilson — hold a rally in front of federal court in Richmond on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing two cases challenging the federal health care reform act. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Notre Dame's Mike Brey was named Associated Press coach of the year this past season. He had been linked to the opening at Maryland.

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Syrian anti-government protesters shout slogans as they gather in the coastal town of Banias, Syria, on Friday, May 6, 2011, in this image taken by a citizen journalist with a cellphone camera and acquired by the AP. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is shown in a video released by the Department of Defense on Saturday, May 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Department of Defense)

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*** FILE ** In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Ogden, Utah, Debra Brown enters Judge Michael DiReda's courtroom in Ogden, Utah. A Utah judge ruled Monday, May 2, 2011, that Brown, who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering her employer 17 years ago, is innocent of the crime. (AP Photo/Al Hartmann, The Salt Lake Tribune, Pool, File)

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University of Maryland students Michael Rossbach, left, a junior, and Andrew Pajak, a sophomore, donned their Maryland shirts to attend a press conference Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., where Coach Gary Williams officially announced his retirement. "It's heartbreakin(...)

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Coach Gary Williams enters the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park on Friday, May 6, 2011 for a press conference to officially announce his retirement after a 33-year career, 22 of which have been at the University of Maryland. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Outgoing Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams speaks Friday during a news conference to formally announce his retirement as the head basketball coach at Maryland in College Park, Md. Williams coached college basketball for 33 years, the last 22 at his alma mater. (Associated Press)