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Authorities escort James Earl Ray to the Shelby County Jail in Memphis, Tenn., following his arrest two months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray was sentenced to prison in the civil rights leader's death and died in 1998. Then-County Sheriff Bill Morris had photos of Ray taken to document that he wasn't mistreated. (Associated Press/Shelby County Register's Office)
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** FILE ** A Customs and Border Protection agent patrols by car along the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz., in April 2010. (Associated Press)
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Prison wardens stand guard in Somaliland's new maximum security prison at Hargeisa that was refurbished with money provided by the United Nations. Officials hope the facility may be able to start taking Somali pirates convicted in other countries. The U.N. plans to build two more prisons in Somalia to hold an influx of convicted pirates. (Associated Press)
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Omar Abdullahi Abdi sits in a prison in the Somaliland port city of Berbera. He claims he is a fisherman but the Somaliland coast guard accuse him of being a pirate. "I'm innocent. We are all innocent," he said, referring to the others who were arrested. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court in Washington. Clemens says he's eager to defend himself in federal court this summer. The seven-time Cy Young winner says prosecutors have damaged the reputations of others as they've tried to prove that he lied to a congressional committee about alleged steroid use. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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FILE - This June 4, 2010, file photo shows Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly leaving the Harris County Criminal Court Building after a hearing related to his charge of possession of codeine, in Houston. Jolly is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning March 30, 2011 to hear the two counts of possession of a controlled substance. He has remained in the Harris County Jail since his arrest early Friday. (AP Photo/Bob Levey, File)
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New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul celebrates a win at the end of the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns Friday, March 25, 2011, in Phoenix. The Hornets defeated the Suns 106-100. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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RETAIL POLITICS: Eva Yung, of Alexandria, joins other protesters at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard arguments as to whether a group of female plaintiffs can bring a class-action discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (left) and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. stand together often when it comes to U.S. Supreme Court rulings. The appointees of President George W. Bush are both young and conservative. (Associated Press)
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Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced a full-scale law enforcement effort to deter illegal immigrants.
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A town house is for sale in Brooklyn, N.Y. Housing prices fell in 19 of 20 large cities and 0.22 percent overall in January, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday. Washington was the only city in which prices rose. Prices have fallen 3 percent in the past year. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2009 file photo, Boise State coach Chris Petersen, left, is greeted by Fiesta Bowl president John Junker, right, after Petersen disembarked off a charter flight at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. The Fiesta Bowl has fired its longtime CEO John Junker after a scathing internal report found "an apparent scheme" to reimburse employees for political contributions. (AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)
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Eric John King was convicted of fatally shooting two men at a Phoenix convenience store two days after Christmas in 1989. (Associated Press)
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People line up outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, to attend a hearing in a class-action suit by female employees of Wal-Mart. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he leaves the tribunal in Milan, Italy, Monday, March 28, 2011. Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance Monday at a court hearing in Milan for a tax fraud case that he dismissed as groundless and ridiculous. Berlusconi waved to a crowd of reporters and supporters from inside a black sedan as he entered the courthouse for the closed-door hearing. Prosecutors allege fraud in the sale of film rights by his Mediaset company. The Italian leader has a history of legal woes but has rarely showed up in court. He has always denied wrongdoing and denounced what he says are left-leaning magistrates intent on hurting him politically. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette listens to Assistant Attorney General Maria Lazar make her opening arguments at a hearing in front of Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi at the Dane County Courthouse in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael P. King, Pool)
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Police stand around a warning message painted on a banner left near the site where five dismembered bodies were found on the sidewalk next to a car in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Friday. Four of those killed were police officers who were abducted hours earlier. Acapulco is facing record levels of violence from warring drug cartels.
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Christine Kwapnoski of Bay Point, Calif., an assistant manager at Sam's Club in Concord, Calif., is one of the named plaintiffs in a class-action sex discrimination suit against Wal-Mart over pay and promotions. If the Supreme Court approves, it would be the largest class action in U.S. history, affecting some 1.5 million people. (AP Photo)
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ANDREW S. GERACI/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, shown in his workroom, recently completed his memoir, "Known and Unknown."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Christine Kwapnoski relaxes at home in Bay Point, Calif., earlier this month. Miss Kwapnoski, an assistant manager with Sam's Club in Concord, Calif., is one of the named plaintiffs in a class-action sex-discrimination suit against Wal-Mart over pay and promotions. If the court approves, it would be the largest class action in U.S. history. Arguments are set for Tuesday.
