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The lobby of the headquarters of pharmaceutical company Wyeth in Madison, N.J. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, that a federal law bars lawsuits against drug makers over serious side effects from childhood vaccines. The vaccine was made by Wyeth, now owned by Pfizer, Inc. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, file)
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A fire burns in a street in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours Tuesday Feb. 22, 2011, in this image taken from TV. The bodies of protesters shot to death by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were left on the streets of a restive district in the Libyan capital Tuesday, an opposition activist and a resident said, while the longtime leader defiantly went on state TV to show he was still in charge. (AP Photo/APTN)
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Anti-government protesters demonstrate in the street in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours Tuesday Feb. 22, 2011, in this image taken from TV. The bodies of protesters shot to death by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi were left on the streets of a restive district in the Libyan capital Tuesday, an opposition activist and a resident said, while the longtime leader defiantly went on state TV to show he was still in charge. (AP Photo/APTN)
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John Demjanjuk is brought into the courtroom in Munich on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, where he is standing trial on 28,060 counts of accessory to murder on allegations that he agreed to serve as a guard at the Nazis' Sobibor death camp. Mr. Demjanjuk said he will go on hunger strike if the state court does not pursue more evidence that he says could exonerate him of the charges. (AP Photo/Lukas Barth, Pool)
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A group of firefighters plays drums and bagpipes and march inside the Wisconsin state Capitol on Monday in Madison. Firefighters and police are largely exempted from Mr. Walker's measure. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Prices for gas are seen Wednesday posted in view of the city skyline in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)
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Lt. Col. Mutuare Daniel Kibibi exits a mobile military tribunal after being convicted of crimes against humanity in the town of Baraka, Congo, on Monday. (Associated Press)
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Erickner Auguesten, 36, who has lived illegally in the Dominican Republic since 1991, sits with his daughter in Jimani. The father of three said he was deported to Haiti, but returned to Jimani with the help of a border patrol agent friend. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Zahra Clare Baker, 10, of Hickory, N.C., receives a hearing aid during an event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C., in May 2010. Elisa Baker, Zahra's stepmother, was indicted on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, on a second-degree murder charge in the child's death. (AP Photo/Independent Tribune, James Nix, File)
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks during a media conference in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Mr. Saleh rejected demands that he step down and said the widespread demonstrations against his regime were unacceptable acts of provocation, though he renewed calls for talks with the protesters. After a week and a half of marches that have left nine dead, Mr. Saleh said that he had ordered the army to fire at demonstrators "only in case of self-defense." (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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An anti-government demonstrator holds a banner that reads in Arabic, "You killed innocent people in Saada, you killed the innocent people of the South, you killed the innocent people of the change, so leave," during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Mr. Saleh rejected demands that he step down and said Monday that the widespread demonstrations against his regime were unacceptable acts of provocation, though he renewed calls for talks with the protesters. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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** FILE ** A bailiff removes shackles from soldiers accused of crimes against humanity and rape before the start of a court session in Baraka, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. The commanding officer, Lt. Col. Kebibi Mutware (bottom right), was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday in the highest-profile sexual violence case ever tried in the nation, where thousands are raped each year. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
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Conservative media icon Andrew Breitbart. (Associated Press)
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In this taken Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 and made available Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, Karima El Mahrough nicknamed Ruby gestures in Milan, Italy. Karima El Mahrough, the Moroccan teenager at the center of a prostitution scandal that has sent Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi to trial, says she has done nothing wrong and that "all the gold in the world'' could not compensate her for the hurt she has suffered. In an e-mail exchange with The Associated Press on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, the woman nicknamed Ruby lamented that she has been "treated as a prostitute by all the Italian and foreign media.'' (AP Photo/Fabrice Thuile, Lapresse) ITALY OUT
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Protesters gather on State Street in Madison, Wis., after a rally outside the Wisconsin Capitol on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Steve Apps)
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In this Feb. 1, 2011 file photo, Washoe County District Court Judge Peter Breen testifies on the importance of mental health court during a budget subcommittee hearing at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)
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Kenneth Feinberg administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility addresses the audience at the Mississippi College Law Review Symposium in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. The symposium centered itself on the oil spill crisis and its legal effects. Feinberg was the keynote afternoon speaker. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2010 file photo, Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera smiles in Romulus, Mich. Cabrera was arrested Wednesday night, Feb. 16, 2011 on charges of drunk driving and two counts of resisting an officer without violence in St. Lucie County, Florida. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Denver Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony (15) shoots against the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)
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Auburn fans join together to pay respects to the historic Live Oak trees that have been poisoned on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
