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In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. On Thursday, Aug. 5, the Senate confirmed Kagan as the 112th justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer rig on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. A girl on one of the buses and the driver of the pickup were killed. (AP Photo/KTVI)

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** FILE ** Karen Cunagin Sypher arrives at the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, for the second day of her trial. Sypher was convicted Thursday of trying to extort money from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

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** FILE ** Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino arrives at the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday, July 29, 2010, to testify in the trial of Karen Cunagin Sypher. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

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Lawyers David Boies, left, and Theodore Olson, shake hands at a public rally on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in West Hollywood, Calif. Gay rights supporters turned out in droves to celebrate a federal judge's overturning of California's Proposition 8, a same-sex marriage ban, a landmark case which could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)

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David Herman, right, kisses Jeff Hannan while celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in San Francisco. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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**FILE** Connor Schmeding joins hundreds of same-sex marriage supporters celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Aug. 4, 2010, in San Francisco. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (Associated Press)

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Same-sex marriage supporters march through San Francisco celebrating a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Lauren von Koss, right, and girlfriend Kade Bailey celebrate in the Castro district of San Francisco following a federal judge's decision to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, center, speaks at a public rally on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in West Hollywood, Calif. Gay rights supporters turned out in droves to celebrate a federal judge's overturning of California's Proposition 8, a same-sex marriage ban, a landmark case which could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. (AP Photo/Adam Lau)

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This image made from video provided by KTVI shows responders at the scene of an accident involving two school buses, a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer rig on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on eastbound Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. A girl on one of the buses and the driver of the pickup were killed. (AP Photo/KTVI)

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Caroline Giuliani (center), 20, and her mother, Donna Hanover, leave the 19th Precinct police station in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. A law enforcement official said Miss Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani's daughter, was arrested after she was seen on video pocketing makeup at a cosmetic store. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Paul Katami (left) and Jeff Zarrillo appear at a news conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. Mr. Katami and Mr. Zarrillo were one of the two same-sex couples who were plaintiffs in a federal court case on California's same-sex marriage ban. (Associated Press)

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Molly McKay of Marriage Equality USA reacts while reading a copy of a federal judge's decision overturning California's same-sex marriage ban in San Francisco on Wednesday. Judge Walker made his ruling in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights. (Associated Press)

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Opponents of Proposition 8 cheer Wednesday after hearing the decision in the U.S. District Court proceedings challenging Proposition 8 outside of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco. A federal judge overturned California's same-sex marriage ban in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America. (Associated Press)

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Graphic shows a breakdown of what happened to the oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion according to the National Incident Command

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Family and friends of slain NBA basketball player Lorenzen Wright grieve at the casket of Wright during a memorial service at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Wright's body was found July 28 in woods outside Memphis after he had been missing for 10 days. He was shot to death in what police are calling a homicide. (AP Photo/Lance Murphey)

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Nadia Chayka and her fiance, Luke Otterstad, both proponents of Proposition 8, hold up a sign outside of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco on Wednesday. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8, by defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, violated the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Constitution. (Associated Press)

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This frame grab image made from video provided by KTVK-3TV shows a fire at the scene of a plane crash near Deer Valley Airport in north Phoenix. (AP Photo/KTVK-3TV)