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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2015, file photo, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman speaks during a press conference at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn. Ten suspended University of Minnesota football players will not face criminal charges for their involvement in an alleged sexual assault that happened off-campus. Freeman announced the decision Friday afternoon, Dec. 30, 2016, in his second look at the September incident. Freeman previously declined to charge the players in November, citing a lack of evidence. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, July 15, 2016 file photo, former Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz, leaves a Tulsa County courtroom in Tulsa, Okla. Glanz who was friends with a reserve deputy who fatally shot an unarmed black man won't face new criminal charges after an investigation into misconduct allegations. Special prosecutor Rob Barris on Friday Dec. 30, 2016 declined to charge former Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz, who already has been sentenced to a suspended one-year jail term for misdemeanor charges brought by a grand jury.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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A fence encloses an estate in the village of Upper Brookville in the town of Oyster Bay, N.Y., on Long Island on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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The annual U.S. Congressional Art Competition chose to honor a painting by high-school senior David Pulphus. Cops are depicted as pigs in the racially charged piece. (Fox News screenshot)
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Sailors on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower wave flags representing different states as the carrier pulled into Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016 after a seven-month deployment to the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Family and friends wave to their sailors as the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower returned to Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, after a seven-month deployment to the Middle East and the Mediterranean Sea. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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On May 9, 2005, Zellweger married singer Kenny Chesney. However, four months later, the couple obtained an annulment. In the annulment papers, Zellweger cited "fraud" as the reason. Under media scrutiny, she explained that the word "fraud" was simply "legal language" and "not a reflection of Kenny's character"
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arkansas Pulaski County Sheriffs Office shows Joseph Boeckmann. Prosecutors have alleged Boeckmann, a Cross County District Judge abused his power by pursuing improper sexual relationships with defendants. According to the government, Boeckmann gave lighter sentences in exchange for nude photos or sexual acts. The case against Boeckmann was considered one of the top stories in Arkansas by The Associated Press journalists and members this year. (Pulaski County Sheriffs Office via AP, File)
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Butler head coach Chris Holtmann reacts from the sideline against the St. John's during an NCAA college basketball game in New York, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Steven Ryan/Newsday via AP)
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MOVE PHOTO SATURDAY DEC. 31, 2016 -FILE - In this July 19, 2016 file photo, Gov. Bruce Rauner signs House Bills 6083 and 4715, collectively known as "Molly's Law," as Rep. Terri Bryant looks on in Carbondale, Ill. The law that takes effect Jan. 1, 2017 extends the statute of limitations, from two years to five, on bringing wrongful death lawsuits and increase fines for public bodies that don't comply with court orders to release information. "Molly's Law," is named after Molly Young a Carbondale woman fatally shot in 2012 and found in her ex-boyfriend's apartment. (Byron Hetzler/The Southern, via AP)
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FILE - In this July 19, 2016 file photo, Gov. Bruce Rauner, left, speaks with Larry Young, center, father of Molly Young, after Rauner signed the two bills collectively known as "Molly's Law" in Carbondale, Ill. The law that takes effect Jan. 1, 2017 extends the statute of limitations, from two years to five, on bringing wrongful death lawsuits and increase fines for public bodies that don't comply with court orders to release information. "Molly's Law," is named after Molly Young, a Carbondale woman fatally shot in 2012 and found in her ex-boyfriend's apartment. (Byron Hetzler /The Southern Illinoisan via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, Anthony Sowell sits in a courtroom for rape and kidnapping charges in Cleveland. On Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, the Ohio Supreme Court it won’t reconsider the death penalty appeal of Sowell, who killed 11 women and hid the remains in and around his home. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
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This undated photo provided by the family to the Oregon State Police shows Trooper Nic Cederberg. A Christmas Day shooting left a woman dead, triggered a car chase and gunbattle in suburban Portland that critically wounded Cederberg and killed the slaying suspect, according to authorities and court records Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. Cederberg's brother wrote on an online fundraising page Dec. 29, 2016, that his brother has been transferred from the intensive care unit and into a normal patient room. (Cederberg Family/Courtesy of the Oregon State Police via AP)
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Police investigate a fatal shooting which took place in a parking lot near the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. University of Utah police say a man and woman have been fatally shot in a parking lot and authorities suspect it's a case of murder-suicide. The reports say the violence occurred outside of a laboratory at the University of Utah Research Park. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Police investigate a fatal shooting which took place next to this silver/blue sedan in a parking lot near the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. The black jacket hanging from the mirror may belong to either the victim or the shooter. University of Utah police say a man and woman have been fatally shot in a parking lot and authorities suspect it's a case of murder-suicide. Police spokesman Garth Smith says the woman was found dead at the scene and the man died later at the hospital. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Police Chief Dale Brophy speaks to the media regarding a fatal shooting near the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. University of Utah police say a man and woman have been fatally shot in a parking lot and authorities suspect it's a case of murder-suicide. The reports say the violence occurred outside of a laboratory at the University of Utah Research Park. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Police investigate a fatal shooting which took place next to this silver/blue sedan in a parking lot near the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. University of Utah police say a man and woman have been fatally shot in a parking lot and authorities suspect it's a case of murder-suicide. Police spokesman Garth Smith says the woman was found dead at the scene and the man died later at the hospital. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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FILE - In this July 8, 2016 file photo, five red roses on the bronze medallion with another bouquet of flowers and a note in support of the Dallas Police Department are seen at The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington. The number of police killed in the line of duty rose sharply in 2016, driven by shootings of police around the country, most notably ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, 135 officers lost their lives. Some died in traffic accidents, but nearly half were shot to death. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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FILE - In this July 25, 2016 file photo, the funeral procession for slain Baton Rouge police Corporal Montrell Jackson leaves the Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge, La. Jackson, slain by a gunman who authorities said targeted law enforcement. The number of police killed in the line of duty rose sharply in 2016, driven by shootings of police around the country, most notably ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, 135 officers lost their lives. Some died in traffic accidents, but nearly half were shot to death. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)