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Washington County State's Attorney Scott Williams poses for a photograph as he sits in his office, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 in Barre, Vt. Williams, the prosecutor who disarmed a suspect in a fatal shooting of a social worker, says he is no longer carrying a gun to work after reports of concerns by some court workers. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is seen in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Garland has put on his judge’s robes again. Garland stopped hearing cases last March after he was nominated to fill the seat of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February. But after Republicans blocked Garland’s confirmation it was announced in mid-December that the chief judge of the D.C. Circuit would again begin hearing cases. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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FILE - In this July 25, 2016, file photo, a memorial including a photo of Philando Castile is attached to the gate to the governor's residence where protesters demonstrated in St. Paul, Minn., against the July 6, 2016 shooting death of Castile by St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minn. Prosecutors argue the case against Yanez, who is charged in Castile's death, should proceed, saying several facts must be resolved by a jury. It was in response to a defense request to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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FILE - This Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, file photo provided by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office shows Jeronimo Yanez. Prosecutors argue the case against Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile during a July traffic stop should proceed, saying several facts must be resolved by a jury. It was in response to a defense request to dismiss the case. Yanez is charged in Castile's death. (Ramsey County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
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In this Jan. 25, 2016, file photo, a passenger talks on the phone as American Airlines jets sit parked at their gates at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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This booking photo provided by the Chicago Police Department shows Larrinita Starks, who has been charged with child endangerment after her 5-year-old daughter accidentally shot and wounded herself in the abdomen with a handgun that she found in her Stark's purse Tuesday night, Jan. 17, 2017. (Chicago Police department via AP)
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One of two pit bulls that killed a child and injured another is cornered by police Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Police work the scene of a fatal dog attack as neighbor Angie Smith, center, explains what she saw to investigators, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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One of two pit bulls that killed a child and injured another is cornered by police Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Police work the scene of a fatal dog attack Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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A man who police say is the owner of two pit bulls that killed one child and injured another is taken into custody from a home in Atlanta, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. (John Spink /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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In this Sept. 1977 photo Alice Reiff and her brother Daniel was a spur-of-the moment capture in Lancaster County, Pa., that earned photographer LNP photographer Richard Hertzler professional honors. Until recently that little girl, now Alice Weaver, never knew that her image was seen by thousands and included in Hertzler's 2014 book, "My Lancaster County." (Richard Hertzler/LNP via AP)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Outside view of the Harry Winston jewelry store in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. A French official says a robber armed with a hand grenade and an automatic handgun has stolen diamond necklaces and other valuable jewelry for an estimated 15 million euros ($ 16 million) in the Harry Winston jewelry store in Cannes the French Riviera. (AP Photo)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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This undated booking photo provided by the State Attorney General shows, Seth Swanson, a former Michigan State Police trooper, who allegedly pocketed more than $170,000 in vehicle fees. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's office said Swanson pleaded guilty as charged Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, to one felony count of embezzlement by a public official and one felony count of uttering and publishing false Secretary of State documents. (Michigan Attorney General via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2015 file photo, Virginia Attorney Gen. Mark Herring announces that he will seek re-election to his current post in 2017, in Richmond, Va. The U.S. Department of Justice gave instructions on how to work around its own strict rules for spending money seized in investigations to Virginia's top prosecutor, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press, Wednesday, Jan 18, 2017. Law enforcement agencies participating in investigations with federal counterparts can share proceeds of seized assets under Equitable Sharing programs run by the Justice and Treasury departments. Both agencies have clear rules that generally prohibit the use of such money for salaries and pay raises.(Joe MahoneyThe Richmond Times-Dispatchbvia)
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FILE- In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo. North Carolina's Governor Roy Cooper holds a press conference in Raleigh, N.C. As North Carolina's political split widens, state business is increasingly being refereed with a judge's gavel. Drawn-out legal fights that seem to have become a routine part of lawmaking are expensive for the litigants and often leave public policy in a protracted state of limbo. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP, File)
