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People surround the Imagine mosaic as a wreath is placed, in the Strawberry Fields section of New York's Central Park, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Claes Borgstrom, the lawyer for the two women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Sweden in August, talks to media at his office in Stockholm on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Mr. Borgstrom, whose office is under police protection, denied that the case had anything to do with WikiLeaks or the current U.S. interest in Mr. Assange. (AP Photo/Anders Wiklund)

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In this Dec. 1, 2010, file photo, Scott Kendall, an attorney for Lisa Murkowski's U.S. Senate campaign, speaks to Ketchikan Superior Court Judge William Carey via teleconference in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn, File)

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**FILE** In this photo taken Aug. 20, 2009, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. Diplomatic cables revealed by WikiLeaks show that the British government feared Libya would take harsh action against it if the Lockerbie bomber died in prison. (Associated Press)

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Assistant Attorney General Christine A. Varney says Bank of America's cooperation qualified it for a leniency program that requires restitution but no fines. (Associated Press)

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Pearl Harbor survivor John Hughes, with Lance Cpl. Zackary Morphew, attend a ceremony Tuesday remembering the 2,400 service members killed during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 13, 2010, during a Senate Impeachment Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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WikiLeaks founder Julian P. Assange (head turned) is driven into Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Tuesday after being arrested on a European Union warrant. He appeared for an extradition hearing in connection with sexual assault allegations in Sweden involving two women. He vowed to fight extradition and was ordered held. (Associated Press)

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Firefighters work the scene of a multi-alarm blaze in a row of strip clubs Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, in Baltimore. Smoke spread over much of downtown Monday afternoon in the 400 block of Baltimore Street, an adult entertainment district known as The Block. Two office buildings were evacuated. (AP Photo/Alex Dominguez)

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Stephen Reinhardt is one of three appeals court judges to hear arguments Monday in San Francisco about California's same-sex marriage ban. (Associated Press)

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. answers questions Monday during a news conference at the Justice Department about the sucesses of "Operation Broken Trust," a federal task force targeting investment fraud. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A Wal-Mart employee retrieves shopping carts at a store in Washington Township, N.J. (Associated Press)

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FILE- This Sept. 6, 2010 file photo shows former Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Mark Reynolds making a throw to first during a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, in Phoenix. Reynolds, and a player to be named later, was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for right-handed pitchers David Hernandez and Kam Mickolio. (AP Photo/Matt York,File)

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Plaintiffs Jeffrey Zarrillo, left, and Paul Katami are seen outside the courthouse before a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, in San Francisco. The federal appeals court in San Francisco began to hear arguments Monday about the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8. A trial court judge overturned the measure as a violation of gay Californians' civil rights in August. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Jeff Tabaco, left, gets a kiss from Thom Watson during a rally outside the courthouse before a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, in San Francisco. The federal appeals court in San Francisco began to hear arguments Monday about the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8. A trial court judge overturned the measure as a violation of gay Californians' civil rights in August. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Nils Nelson holds up a sign in favor of Proposition 8 outside of the courthouse before a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, in San Francisco. The federal appeals court in San Francisco began to hear arguments Monday about the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8. A trial court judge overturned the measure as a violation of gay Californians' civil rights in August. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Frank Capley-Alfano holds up a book with a photo of him and his husband Joseph outside the courthouse before a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, in San Francisco. The federal appeals court in San Francisco began to hear arguments Monday about the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8. A trial court judge overturned the measure as a violation of gay Californians' civil rights in August. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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In this Dec. 6, 2010 file photo, Billy Bradford, foreground, holds up a rainbow flag and an American flag in front of opponents of gay marriage across the street from the courthouse before a hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file) ** FILE **

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Air France lawyer Fernand Garnault delivers a statement to the media after the conclusion of the Air France Concorde crash court case in Pontoise, France, north of Paris, on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. The court found Continental Airlines and one of its mechanics guilty over the 2000 crash, which killed 113 people. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announcing the results of "Operation Broken Trust," a three-and-a-half-month operation targeting investment fraud, at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)