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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The court was hearing the free-speech dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and the Topeka, Kan., church. The case focuses on whether the church has the right to protest at funerals. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a request for an injunction in federal court in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday on behalf of Ariana Iacono, 14, who was suspended from high school over her nose piercing. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin announces a lawsuit Wednesday challenging EPA regulations.
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Bellevue, Wash., City Council member John Chelminiak and his wife, Lynn Semler, share a light moment Wednesday during an otherwise harrowing news conference about surviving a bear attack. (Associated Press)
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. (left), accompanied by U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez (right) of the District of Puerto Rico and FBI Executive Director Shawn Henry, answers questions during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Earlier in the day, FBI agents arrested scores of Puerto Rican police officers for allegedly aiding drug dealers. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Prominent Opposition figure Birtukan Mideksa, middle in green jacket, is being greeted by hundreds of her supporters shortly after her release in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Wednesday, Oct.6, 2010. (AP Photo/Samson Haileyesus)
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Margie Phelps, center, and Shirley Phelps-Roper, left, of the Westboro Baptist Church, of Tokepa Kan., speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Albert Snyder, of York, Pa., and the Westboro Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Margie Phelps, right, and Shirley Phelps-Roper, second from right, of the Westboro Baptist Church, of Tokepa Kan., speak to the press in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Albert Snyder, of York, Pa., and the Westboro Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church, of Tokepa Kan., lower right, celebrates as she walks down the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010,with Margie Phelps, left, the lawyer and church member who argued the case for the Westboro Baptist Church, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Albert Snyder, of York, Pa., and the Westboro Baptist Church. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Albert Snyder of York, Pa., left, steps aside after making a statement in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Snyder and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. At right is Kansas Attorney Gen. Stephen Six. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Albert Snyder of York, Pa., second from left, leaves theSupreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, with retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Larry Twitchell, left, after the court heard arguments in the dispute between Snyder and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Members of the Westboro Baptist Church picket in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday in the dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The case pits Snyder's right to grieve privately against the church members' right to say what they want, no matter how offensive. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A visitor to the Supreme Court wears a badge in honor of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010, in Washington. The court is hearing arguments Wednesday in the dispute between Albert Snyder of York, Pa., and members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan. The case pits Snyder's right to grieve privately against the church members' right to say what they want, no matter how offensive.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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In a March 19, 2006 file photo, Pastor Fred Phelps preaches at his Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. Albert Snyder of York, Pa., the father of a Marine killed in Iraq, is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a $5 million verdict against members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., led by the Rev. Fred Phelps, who picketed his son's funeral with signs like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "God Hates the USA." The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 in the dispute between Snyder and members of the Westboro Baptist Church. The case pits Snyder's right to grieve privately against the church members' right to say what they want, no matter how offensive. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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** FILE ** In a Sept. 22, 2010, file photo, Albert Snyder, 55, talks about his son, Matthew, a Marine who was killed in Iraq, and about the Supreme Court case that will focus on a lawsuit he filed against Rev. Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church for protesting his son's funeral, in York, Pa. (AP Photo/Ann Foster,File)
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In this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo, Margie Phelps, right, and her nephew, Gabriel Phelps-Roper, then 10, center, both from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., protest before the start of a memorial service for soldiers killed in combat from the Army's 101st Airborne Division in front of the main entrance to Fort Campbell, Ky. Phelps is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2010, to represent her church in a case that tests the scope of free speech protections under the Constitution's First Amendment. (AP Photo/Christopher Berkey, File)
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In this Oct. 31, 2007 file photo, Margie M. Phelps, left, stands with her husband Pastor Fred Phelps and her daughter Margie J. Phelps during a demonstration outside the federal courthouse in Baltimore. Margie J. Phelps is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2010, to represent her church in a case that tests the scope of free speech protections under the Constitution's First Amendment. (AP Photo/Baltimore Sun, Jed Kirschbaum)
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Audrey Low, 10, of Reston, Va., holds a sing as she watches from across the street as members of the Westboro Baptist Church dance on American Flags at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this picture taken on Sept. 27, 2010, a soldier of Pakistani paramilitary force arranges equipment stolen from NATO trucks to display for the media in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 file picture, President Barack Obama, right, salutes as a carry team walks with the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., who died in Afghanistan according to the Department of Defense, during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
