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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, Michael Jackson's physician, Conrad Murray arrives for his arraignment at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles. The first steps toward the long awaited trial of Michael Jackson's doctor on involuntary manslaughter charges are taking place as 320 prospective jurors converge on a Los Angeles courtroom for the first phase of the screening process. In-person questioning of jury prospects and opening statements won't happen until May but the judge agreed to start the process Thursday, March 24, 2011 with written questionnaires in order to meet the statutory requirement of giving Murray a speedy trial. Once the forms are distributed and filled out, the trial will be deemed to have begun. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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A Pakistani nurse treats a person injured by a bomb in Matni, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday. (Associated Press)
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In an image from video provided by the Humane Society of the United States, dogs bark at a bear during a bear-baying exercise in South Carolina, the only state where the practice is legal. (Associated Press)
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"Piranha 3D" has been called "a scathing indictment of America's increasingly blatant obsession with dirty sex." (Associated Press)
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Maj. Donald Lowe (right), chief deputy of the Louisa County Sheriff's Department, speaks during a news conference along with Sheriff Ashland Fortune (left) in Louisa, Va., on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. A gunman opened fire Sunday during a domestic dispute, killing two people and injuring four others before he was killed by police. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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An Afghan soldier stands guard over arrested Taliban suspects and confiscated arms and ammunition at a police compound in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)
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Viktor Bout, a suspected Russian arms dealer, arrives at court in Bangkok on Friday to hear an appeals court extradition decision requested by the U.S. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "We continue to see development ... in their ability to conduct operations," Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said of the Iraqi army.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg heads to the clubhouse through the dugout after leaving the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, in Philadelphia. Strasburg left with an apparent injury to his right wrist.
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** FILE ** The Riverdale Jewish Center in the New York borough of the Bronx is one of two synagogues that four Muslim men planned to blow up, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Ann-Margret won the Emmy for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for her appearance on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, next to his wife, Patti, talks to the media outside federal court on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich stands on the porch of his home on the north side of Chicago after being convicted on one of 24 counts in his federal corruption trial on Tuesday Aug. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Y. Exit)
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**FILE** In this photo from Feb. 13, 2008, former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (left) listens to the testimony of his former personal trainer Brian McNamee (right) on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)
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FILE- This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. A Stockholm prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for Assange on Friday Aug. 20, 2010, saying he was suspected of rape and molestation in two separate cases. But chief prosecutor Eva Finne withdrew the warrant within 24 hours. (AP Photo/SCANPIX, Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUT
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A Pakistani family stand on their farm compound surrounded by flood waters as seen from a Pakistan Navy helicopter during an emergency aid distribution, near Bachel in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Augu. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Viktor Bout, a suspected Russian arms dealer, listens to reporter's questions from inside a court cell at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. An appeals court ruled in favor of a U.S. request to extradite the elusive Russian businessman dubbed "The Merchant of Death." (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Viktor Bout, a suspected Russian arms dealer, is led to a court room at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. An appeals court backed a U.S. request to extradite the elusive Russian businessman dubbed "The Merchant of Death." (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Viktor Bout, a suspected Russian arms dealer, is escorted by prison officials as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. An appeals court granted a U.S. request to extradite the elusive Russian businessman dubbed "The Merchant of Death." (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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Viktor Bout, a suspected Russian arms dealer, left, walks past newsmen as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. An appeals court in Thailand ordered Mr. Bout's extradition to the United States. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
