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The tree is lit on Pioneer Courthouse square Friday night, Nov. 26, 2010, to the music of Pink Martini in front of a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd singing holiday music in the square. A Somali-born teenager, Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, was arrested at 5:40 p.m. just after he dialed a cell phone that he thought would blow up a van laden with explosives but instead brought federal agents and Portland police swooping in to take him into custody, federal prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Torsten Kjellstrand -- The Oregonian)
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This image provided by KSWB-TV shows San Diego County Sheriff Bomb Squad officers at the site of a discovery of explosive material inside a home Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, in Escondido, Calif. The officers also seized evidence that suggested use for armed robberies. (AP Photo/courtesy of KSWB-TV)
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In this undated file photo released by Townsville Coroners Court on June 20, 2008, Gabe Watson, left, and his wife, Tina, pose on their engagement. Watson, convicted of manslaughter in his wife's honeymoon death, was deported Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010, from Australia to the United States, where he is likely to face murder charges for the 2003 drowning. (AP Photo/Townsville Coroners Court, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2010 file photo, actor Adrien Brody arrives at the 32nd Annual Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills, Calif. A federal judge in Los Angeles has blocked the makers of a thriller film starring Adrien Brody from using the Oscar-winning actor's likeness until he is fully paid for his role. U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer issued a ruling Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, blocking the makers of "Giallo" from continuing to distribute, market or sell the film in the United States. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)
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In this publicity image released by ABC, Capri Anderson, the woman who was found locked in a bathroom of actor Charlie Sheen's hotel room on Oct. 25, 2010 is shown with her attorney, Keith Davidson during an interview on "Good Morning America," on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, in New York. Anderson said she's suing the actor for battery and false imprisonment, and plans to file a criminal report with New York City police. (AP Photo/ABC, Heidi Gutman)
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Egyptian Abdel Kareem Nabil, known by his blogging name of Kareem Amer, during a presser following his release, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. A recently released Egyptian blogger who served the longest prison term in the Arab world for his writings says jail was a "cruel experience" but his views remain unchanged. Abdel Kareem Nabil, known by his blogging name Kareem Amer, was arrested in March 2006, was convicted of insulting Islam and the president and served four years in prison. He was released on Nov. 16. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2010 file photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison arrives at the Federal Building in Oakland, Calif., to testify in Oracle's trial against archrival SAP. A federal jury on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, ordered SAP AG to pay $1.3 billion to Oracle Corp., for stealing customer support documents and software in a scheme to siphon off customers. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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In this May 16, 2008 photo, the exterior of a passenger terminal building at Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster, England. A man who was convicted and fined for tweeting that he planned to blow up an airport will take his case to Britain's High Court in a test of the limits of free speech on the Internet, his lawyers said Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Attorneys for Paul Chambers said prominent human rights lawyer Ben Emmerson has been instructed to lead the legal challenge to Chambers' conviction. (AP Photo/Anna Gowthorpe, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
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This poster released by the FBI shows photos of individuals wanted by the FBI and shows Eastern European cybercriminals wanted on a variety of federal charges stemming from criminal activities, including money laundering, bank fraud, passport fraud and identity theft in New York. (Associated Press)
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A passenger goes through a full-body scanner at Logan International Airport in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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From left: In this courtroom sketch, suspected Somali pirates Mohammed Modin Hasan, Abdi Mohammed Gurewardher, Abdi Mohammed Umar, Gabul Abdullahi Ali and Abdi Wali Dire listen during jury selection on Nov. 10 at the federal courthouse in Norfolk, Va. The five men were convicted Wednesday of attacking a U.S. Navy ship off Africa's coast. (Associated Press)
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Sarah Palin greets fans and supporters as she signs her book "America by Heart," during a book signing event at a Barnes & Noble store on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)
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Protesters break down a construction barrier as thousands of students protest against tuition fees at Whitehall in London, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Student protesters target a police van during a demonstration against an increase in university tuition fees, in Westminster, central London, Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin/PA)
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Student protesters target a police van during a demonstration against an increase in university tuition fees, in Westminster, central London, Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin/PA)
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A woman and children stand next a car burned by alleged treffickers at Cavalcanti neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010. Rio's entire military police force was ordered into the streets after more gang burned cars. (AP Photo/ Silvia Izquierdo)
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People take refuge in a store during a police operation against organized crime in the Vila Cruzeiro slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Rio's entire military police force was ordered into the streets after more gang attacks ended with two motorists shot dead, cars burned and mass robberies on highways. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Relatives cry at Preah Kossamak Hospital, where the bodies of stampede victims are laid, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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A woman suffering cholera symptoms is carried to a local hospital in Limbe village near Cap Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Haiti will hold elections on Nov. 28 in the midst of a month-old cholera epidemic that has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. (AP photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Beth Twitty, mother of Natalee Holloway, speaks during the opening of the Natalee Holloway Resource Center (NHRC) at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)
