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In this photo released by Aquario Municipal de Peruibe, a dead penguin sits on the sand at Peruibe beach in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, July 17, 2010. Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die.(AP Photo/Aquario Municipal de Peruibe)

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Mikhiela Sherrod, daugher-in-law of Shirley Sherrod, speaks during a rally in Albany, Ga., Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The White House did a sudden about-face Wednesday and begged for forgiveness from the black Agriculture Department employee whose ouster ignited an embarrassing political firestorm over race. She was offered a "unique opportunity" for a new job and said she was thinking it over. (AP Photo/The Albany Herald, Terry Lewis)

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** FILE ** In this May 21, 2008 file photo, a passenger pulls he carry-on suitcase through the American Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Carrying your bag onto the plane yourself means you'll skip more than just the airport's baggage claim these days. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Judge Hisashi Owada (center), president of the International Court of Justice, announces on Thursday in The Hague the court's opinion that Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence was not illegal. Judge Peter Tomka (left), vice president of the court, and Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh join Judge Owada in the Great Hall of Justice at the World Court. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels)

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This undated booking mug shot released by the Montgomery County Police Department, Montgomery County, Md., shows Raymond L. Williams. Williams, who is accused of killing Azin Naimi, a resident of Rockville, Md. The woman's body was found Monday afternoon in Washington, D.C. after a relative reported her missing. (AP Photo/Montgomery County Police Dept., HO)

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This undated photo taken from video and provided by KSAZ-TV FOX 10, shows U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on the bench in Phoenix, Ariz. Bolton, a former state court judge appointed to the federal bench in 2000 by President Bill Clinton, will decide whether to block Arizona's sweeping new immigration law, which requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration status if officers have a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally. (AP Photo/KSAZ-TV FOX 10)

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Associated Press ACT OF CONTRITION: Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod, fired Tuesday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack after a video appearing to show her making racist remarks went viral, got an apology Wednesday from Mr. Vilsack.

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This booking photo released on Thursday, March 17, 2011 by the El Segundo, Calif. Police Department shows actor Mel Gibson. Authorities said Gibson was booked and released on a misdemeanor battery charge as part of the criminal case involving his former girlfriend. Jail records show the actor-director turned himself in to the El Segundo Police Department Wednesday night, March 16, 2011, where he was fingerprinted and his mug shot was taken. (AP Photo/El Segundo Police Department)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Ilinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich acknowledges reporters and onlookers as he leaves the federal court building in Chicago after telling the judge in his corruption trial he will not testify.

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Associated Press Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio will continue his anti-illegal immigrant raids, regardless of the outcome of the battle over the state's new immigration law.

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A woman poses on the original Aston Martin DB5 car driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball as it displayed for the media in London, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The car is estimated to fetch in the region of $4.6 million when it is sold at auction in London on Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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Women look at the original Aston Martin DB5 car driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball as it displayed for the media in London, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The car is estimated to fetch in the region of $4.6 million when it is sold at auction in London on Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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Women look at the original Aston Martin DB5 car driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball as it displayed for the media in London, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The car is estimated to fetch in the region of $4.6 million when it is sold at auction in London on Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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A woman walks away after modeling beside the original Aston Martin DB5 car driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball as it displayed for the media in London, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. The car is estimated to fetch in the region of $4.6 million when it is sold at auction in London on Oct. 27. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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In this photo taken on Dec. 25, 1999, an elderly Romanian woman cries as she holds a picture of the late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu at the Ghencea Military Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania. Taking the country by surprise, forensic scientists on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, exhumed what are believed to be the bodies Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, at the request of their children. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday, July 21, 2010, that the Agriculture Department will reconsider its decision to oust a black Agriculture Department employee, Shirley Sherrod, on Tuesday July 20, over racially tinged remarks at an NAACP banquet in Georgia, following new evidence that her remarks were misconstrued. (AP Photo/Adam Rountree, File)

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This booking photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 shows Lindsay Lohan. The actress returned to jail in handcuffs on Friday after a judge refused to set bail and ordered her to remain in custody for failing a drug test until another hearing nearly a month away. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff)

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Lindsay Lohan arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, where a judge could decide whether an allegation that the actress stole a $2,500 necklace can be resolved without going to trial. The "Mean Girls" star has pleaded not guilty to a count of felony grand theft over the necklace, which was taken an upscale jewelry store in the beach side community of Venice. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Charles E. Grassley hears out fellow Republican Lindsey Graham on Tuesday before a Judiciary Committee vote on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

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Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell, left, leaves his arraignment on a drug charge with attorney Donald Briskman Tuesday, July 20, 2010, in downtown Mobile, Ala. Russell pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/Press-Register, Mike Kittrell)