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British Prime Minister David Cameron confers by phone with President Obama. Mr. Cameron announced on Wednesday that British Lt. Gen. Nick Parker would temporarily assume Gen. McChrystal's role as commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan. (Bloomberg)
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RETIRING: Gen. Stanley McChrystal arrives at the White House on Wednesday. Gen. McChrystal offered his resignation to President Obama after the general disparaged senior officials in interviews with Rolling Stone. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama speaks about the resignation of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, at the White House as Gen. David H. Petraeus listens. Mr. Obama said Gen. Petraeus, previously the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, will replace Gen. McChrystal. (Bloomberg)
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick listens to a judge sentence him in May for probation violations. Kilpatrick was indicted on federal fraud and tax charges Wednesday. He is accused of using his tax-exempt charity, the Kirkpatrick Civic Fund, as a slush fund for personal expenses. (Associated Press)
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U.S. District Judge Martin L. C. Feldman, who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry. (AP Photo/Office of U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman)
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** FILE ** In this June 15, 1999, photo, Martha Hart, widow of the professional wrestler Owen Hart, announces that her family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation in Kansas City, Mo., as a photo of the Harts and their two children sits in the foreground. (AP Photo/Cliff Schiappa, File)
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed civil fraud charges against an investment adviser and his firm in connection with complex securities tied to mortgages during the housing market bust. (AP Photo/File)
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An armored Maryland State Police vehicle passes by the second floor apartment in Libertytown, Md., on Thursday, June 17, 2010. Maryland State Police troopers responding to a domestic disturbance fired several shots at a woman who pointed a gun at them and later found her dead inside her home, a spokeswoman said Thursday. (AP Photo/The News-Post, Sam Yu)
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Barrier tape surrounds a Del Taco restaurant in which gunfire erupted on Saturday, June 19, 2010, in San Bernadino, Calif. A man carrying two guns walked into the fast-food restaurant and shot four people who were eating lunch together, killing two -- including a 6-year-old boy -- before turning the gun on himself, police said. (AP Photo/Press-Enterprise, William Wilson Lewis III)
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In this image from video and released by the Hialeah police, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, Gerardo Regalado is seen with a hand gun inside the Yoyito Restaurant late Sunday, in Hialeah, Fla. Regalado on a shooting rampage at the restaurant Sunday that killed four women, including his wife, before he killed himself. (AP Photo/Hialeah Police)
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People protest against Ronnie Lee Gardner's death penalty at the Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty rally at the Utah State Capital in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Matt Gillis)
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Ronnie Lee Gardner's daughter, Brandie Gardner, right, and Gardner's brother Randy Gardner, left, participate in a candlelight vigil as the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner takes place by firing squad Friday, June 18, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. Gardener was declared dead at 12:20 a.m. MDT June 18, 2010. ( AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)
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The execution chamber at the Utah State Prison after Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad Friday, June 18, 2010. Four bullet holes are visible in the wood panel behind the chair. Gardner was convicted of aggravated murder, a capital felony, in 1985. (AP Photo/Trent Nelson - Pool)
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In this April 1985 picture, Ronnie Lee Gardner is restrained on the lawn at the Metropolitan Hall of Justice in Salt Lake City after the courthouse shooting death of attorney Michael Burdell during Gardner's failed escape attempt. Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad at midnight on June 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Deseret News, O. Wallace Kasteler)
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This undated picture provided by the attorneys for Ronnie Lee Gardner shows Michael Burdell. Gardner was sentenced to death for killing attorney Michael Burdell in 1985, and was executed by firing squad on June 18, 2010. (AP Photo)
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People reflect on Ronnie Lee Gardner's death penalty by singing, prayers, and reading at St. Mark's Cathedral in Salt Lake City, Thursday, June 17, 2010, hours before Gardner was executed by firing squad. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Matt Gillis)
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Randy Gardner, brother of convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner, speaks to the media near the Utah State Prison before his brother's execution by firing squad June 17, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)
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Lynn Taylor, left, and his wife Donna, right, niece of Michael Burdell, who was shot and killed by Ronnie Lee Gardner, speak to the media near the Utah State Prison before the execution of Gardner by firing squad Thursday, June 17, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)
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The Utah State Prison at sundown before the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad Thursday, June 17, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. (AP Photo Steve C. Wilson)
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Immediate and extended family of Ronnie Lee Gardener outside the Utah State Prison before the execution of Gardner by firing squad Thursday, June 17, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)
