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Attorneys (from left) Theodore Olson and David Boies speak with plaintiffs Sandy Stier and Kris Perry on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, in San Francisco before Wednesday's closing arguments in the landmark federal trial over the constitutionality of California's gay-marriage ban, which is expected eventually to reach the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

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Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

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This photo provided by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Fla., shows Lee Bentley Farkas. A federal grand jury has indicted Farkas for allegedly engaging in a fraud scheme that misappropriated $1 billion from the government's Troubled Assets Relief Program and other targets. (AP Photo/Marion County Sheriff's Office)

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This photo provided by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Fla., shows Lee Bentley Farkas. A federal grand jury has indicted Farkas for allegedly engaging in a fraud scheme that misappropriated $1 billion from the government's Troubled Assets Relief Program and other targets. (AP Photo/Marion County Sheriff's Office)

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A "sold" sign is posted outside a new house under construction in Cincinnati on Wednesday, June 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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** FILE ** This photo provided by the Baltimore Police Department on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, shows Calvin Lockner. Lockner faces charges including armed carjacking and armed robbery in the beating of James Privott last August while the victim was fishing in a south Baltimore park. (AP Photo/Baltimore Police Department, File)

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Army Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central commander, is surrounded by staff after appearing to collapse on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, while testifing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Army Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central commander, rises out of his chair after appearing to collapse on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, while appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Army Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central Commander, is led away by staff after appearing to collapse on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Relatives of those shot dead on Bloody Sunday march in silence in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, ahead of the release of the long-awaited Saville Report. The British government is publishing the findings of the investigation into Bloody Sunday, the 1972 killing of 13 Catholic demonstrators by British troops. The investigation began in 1998 and became the most expensive in British legal history as it gathered evidence from 2,500 witnesses, including troops who opened fire that day. (AP Photo/Paul Faith/PA Wire)

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Lamar McKay, BP America chairman and president, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, before the House Energy and Environment subcommittee hearing on oil drilling. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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Commander of the U.S. Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus, is surrounded by staff after appearing to pass out on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2010, while testifing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gen. Petraeus, who was dehydrated, left the room but returned after 20 minutes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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An American armed with a pistol and a 40-inch sword was detained in northern Pakistan and told investigators he was on a solo mission to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a police officer said Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (AP Photo/File)

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Melissa Huckaby reads a statement at her sentencing in the San Joaquin County Courthouse in Stockton, Calif., on Monday, June 14, 2010. The Sunday school teacher who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering neighbor girl, Sandra Cantu, in Northern California made a tearful apology to the victim's family Monday as she was sentenced to prison for the rest of her life. (AP Photo/The Record, Michael McCollum)

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Melissa Huckaby reads a statement at her sentencing in the San Joaquin County Courthouse in Stockton, Calif., on Monday, June 14, 2010. The Sunday school teacher who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering neighbor girl, Sandra Cantu, in Northern California made a tearful apology to the victim's family Monday as she was sentenced to prison for the rest of her life. (AP Photo/The Record, Michael McCollum)

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** FILE ** Authorities examine a vehicle in New York's Times Square on May 2, 2010, after a bomb plot failed there. (AP Photo)

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**FILE** Judy Schulz (front) and her husband, Richard Schulz (left), both of Glendale, Ariz., joined hundreds on June 5, 2010, for a rally near the capitol in Phoenix supporting Arizona's new law on illegal immigration. (Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin)

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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army during the American Civil War, poses with his horse in this undated photo at an unknown location. (AP Photo)

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Job seekers wait on line at a New York job fair in 2010. Social engineering through employer mandates "increases the cost of labor and discourages hiring," writes Logan Delany, Jr. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)