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Actor Randy Quaid speaks to the media at his lawyers office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Quaid and his were released from a Canadian detention facility nearly a week being after being arrested on outstanding U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

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The 'James Bond' 1964 Aston Martin DB5, is viewed by the media, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. The car which was the road car in the Bond movie 'Goldfinger and the effects car in ' Thunderball ' both staring Sean Connery is expected to sell for around $5.5 million (euro3.9 million), at auction in London, Thursday, Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 26, 2010, file photo, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin holds son Trig as she addresses a Tea Party Express rally at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix. The sign is a reference to the Boston Tea Party. (Associated Press)

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Iraqis in a Baghdad cafe watch the sentencing of Tariq Aziz. Saddam Hussein's right-hand man was convicted of "deliberate murder and crimes against humanity." (Associated Press)

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Seen here in April 2007, "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis uses papers to hide his face as he leaves the U.S. District Courthouse in Panama City, Fla. Francis is facing new legal jeopardy. (Associated Press)

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Jury selection for the trial of ex House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, seen here on Capitol Hill in April 2006, starts Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Miami Heat's LeBron James goes up for a shot during the third quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. Atlanta won 98-89. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Executive Director from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, Yury Fedotov speaks with actor and UNODC Goodwill Ambassador Nicolas Cage, from left, at the conference from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, on transnational organized crime at the UN headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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In this photo taken Sept. 29, 2010, a job seeker waits, with resumes in hand, to speak to recruiters while attending a Global Recruiting Solutions job fair in Livonia, Mich. Unemployment fell in 23 states and Washington, D.C., rose in 11 states and was unchanged in 16 during September, the Labor Department said Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke advised Congress earlier this year to avoid big spending cuts now and rein in spending on entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare over the next five to 10 years. (Associated Press)

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is waging a quiet war against al Qaeda in Yemen. (Associated Press)

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Yemeni policemen patrol the area near the courthouse during the trial session of Saleh al-Shawish in San'a, Yemen, on Monday. A court in Yemen has sentenced the al Qaeda militant to death after convicting him of involvement in terror attacks and manufacturing explosives. After hearing Monday's verdict, al-Shawish vowed that al Qaeda will exact revenge on Yemen's government. (Associated Press)

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Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is a defendant in an injunction request to stop enforcing expansion of a new obscenity law. (Associated Press)

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District Judge Virginia A. Phillips, here in 2002, is at the center of the debate on gays in the military with her ruling to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. (Associated Press)

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Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta said regarding the lawsuit against the former agent who wrote a revealing book: "CIA officers are duty-bound to observe the terms of their secrecy agreement with the agency. This lawsuit clearly reinforces that message." (Associated Press)

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Carlos Barrios, whose wife and mistress both went to the mine after the collapse, leaves the Copiapo hospital with an unidentified woman on Friday. (Associated Press)

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Former Attorney General John Ashcroft argues he should be shielded from lawsuits concerning his official duties. (Associated Press)

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James Cromitie, seen here in May 2009 in New York after being arrested in a plot to bomb synagogues and shoot down military aircraft, was among four defendants convicted Monday. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is pictured at the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas, in April 2010. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department)

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** FILE ** Kevin Ring testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in June 2005. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)