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Boston Police detectives search for evidence after a pre-dawn shooting Tuesday in which four people, including a toddler, were fatally shot and a fifth sustained life-threatening injuries. Boston has experienced a spike in violent crime this year. (Associated Press)

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A man comforts a grieving woman near the scene of a shooting in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Five people, including a toddler, were shot, according to police. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

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A pair of Boston police officers, walk towards the crime scene perimeter Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, following an early morning shooting in which five people including a toddler were shot in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

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Friends of shooting victims grieve in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, near the scene of an early morning shooting where five people, including a toddler, were shot in the Mattapan neighborhood. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

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A Hindu holyman walks past Indian securitymen standing guard in Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. The Indian Supreme Court rejected Tuesday a plea to delay judgment on whether Hindus or Muslims should control a disputed holy site, clearing the way for a verdict in the explosive case later this week. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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In this Thursday, May 21, 2009 file photo, Egyptian policemen guard Hisham Talaat Moustafa, an Egyptian real estate mogul and lawmaker, centre-left, as he leaves a court in Cairo, Egypt. In a case which has captivated the Arab public, an Egyptian court has handed billionaire tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa a lighter sentence of just 15 years after an earlier trial sentenced him to death for paying a retired Egyptian police officer to kill his popstar lover, Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim, it was reported on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Nasser Nouri, File)

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Hisham Talaat Moustafa, an Egyptian real estate mogul and lawmaker, looks on during his verdict Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 at a court in Cairo, Egypt. In a case which has captivated the Arab public, the court has handed billionaire tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa a lighter sentence of just 15 years after an earlier trial sentenced him to death for paying a retired Egyptian police officer to kill his pop star lover, Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim, it was reported on. (AP Photo)

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Egyptian policemen restore order, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 after the verdict on Hisham Talaat Moustafa, an Egyptian real estate mogul and lawmaker, at a court in Cairo, Egypt. In a case which has captivated the Arab public, the court has handed billionaire tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa a lighter sentence of just 15 years after an earlier trial sentenced him to death for paying a retired Egyptian police officer to kill his pop star lover, Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. (AP Photo/Maher Malak)

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In this March 2008 file photo, Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim poses during the filming of a video clip in Cairo, Egypt. In a case which has captivated the Arab public, an Egyptian court has handed billionaire tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa a lighter sentence of just 15 years after an earlier trial sentenced him to death for paying a retired Egyptian police officer to kill his popstar lover, Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim, t was reported on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo, File)

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In this Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008 file photo, prominent Egyptian real estate mogul and lawmaker Hisham Talaat Moustafa talks in Cairo. In a case which has captivated the Arab public, an Egyptian court has handed billionaire tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa a lighter sentence of just 15 years after an earlier trial sentenced him to death for paying a retired Egyptian police officer to kill his popstar lover, Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. (AP Photo, File)

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Two killer whales are seen from the air aboard the Zeppelin airship "Eureka," near San Juan Island, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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A killer whale is seen from the air aboard the Zeppelin airship "Eureka," near San Juan Island, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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In this still image taken from video, Brad Hanson, a NOAA wildlife biologist, views killer whales from the air aboard the Zeppelin airship "Eureka," near San Juan Island, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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A killer whale is seen from the air aboard the Zeppelin airship "Eureka," near San Juan Island, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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In this Thursday, May 21, 2009, file photo, Egyptian policemen guard Hisham Talaat Moustafa, an Egyptian real estate mogul and lawmaker, center-left, as he leaves a court in Cairo. In a case which has captivated the Arab public, an Egyptian court has handed the billionaire tycoon a lighter sentence of just 15 years after an earlier trial sentenced him to death for paying a retired Egyptian police officer to kill his popstar lover, Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim, it was reported on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Nasser Nouri, File)

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Tony Wilhite (left) and his wife, Betsy, stand with son Jon Wilhite, 24, at news conference after a jury convicted a drunken driver of murder in the deaths of a promising baseball rookie, Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, and two of his friends. Jon Wilhite was in the same car and was severely injured when the impact separated his spine from his skull. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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Nicholas Welch was arrested on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, in the weekend shooting at an off-campus house party that left a Seton Hall University student dead and four other people wounded. (AP Photo/East Orange, N.J., Police)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. District Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth last month temporarily halted federal funding for stem cell research on grounds that the Obama administration's rules likely violate the law.

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In this March 14, 2007, file photo, Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz gives closing arguments during a trial at the Calumet County Courthouse in Chilton, Wis. On Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, an attorney for Mr. Kratz said he will resign before proceedings to remove him for sending sexually charged text messages to a domestic abuse victim. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

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**FILE** A Palestinian man works at a construction site on Sept. 27 in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Yakir, south of the Palestinians town of Nablus. (Associated Press)