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CORRECTS TO CLARIFY THAT MATTESON WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRIME BUT DID NOT COMMIT IT ACCORDING TO THE POLICE - This Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, photo released by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office shows John Matteson. Police in a Southern California suburb are still seeking a man suspected of a hate crime for stabbing a worshipper near a mosque, authorities said. Matteson was involved in the crime, but he was not the one who wielded the knife and stabbed a worshipper from the Islamic Center of Simi Valley, police said Monday, Dec. 12. He was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats, violating civil rights and disturbing the peace by fighting, Ventura County jail records show. (Ventura County Sheriff's Office via AP )
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This frame grab taken from a Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 video provided by the Mexican Attorney General's Office, or PGR, shows one of two tunnels found in an area of warehouses in the border city of Tijuana that lead into California. Prosecutors said Monday that one of the tunnels led into San Diego, California, and the other was unfinished. The Attorney General’s Office said the tunnels were apparently used by the Sinaloa drug cartel to move drugs into the United States. (Mexico's Attorney General's Office via AP)
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A Springfield firefighter examines the scene of a fatal house fire where multiple children died on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, in Springfield, Tenn. (Mark Zalesky/The Tennessean via AP)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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This March 21, 2011, photo shows a sign for ConAgra Foods' world headquarters in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) **FILE**
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Green Party candidate Jill Stein holds a press conference at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after a hearing on the Green Party's request for a statewide recount, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) ** FILE **
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Jill Stein holds a press conference at the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after a hearing on the Green Party's request for a statewide recount, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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FILE- This Nov. 7, 2014, artist rendering shows, Irek Hamidullin, front center, his attorney Robert Wagner, front left, and interpreter Ihab Samra, front right, as Judge Henry Hudson, left, listens in Federal Court in Richmond, Va. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in the case of Hamidullin. Hamidullin was accused of leading insurgents in a 2009 attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He was sentenced last year to life in prison. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, DEC. 10-11- This image taken Jan. 24, 2016 on the south shore of Lake Tahoe near Regan Beach in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., by Dylan Silver is entitled "South Shore Winter." It's part of an ongoing series entitled ''Tahoe Clarity'' that Silver is producing to document efforts to restore the alpine lake's famous clarity. (Dylan Silver via AP)
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Gen. James N. Mattis, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary. (Associated Press photographs)
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A law enforcement officer speaks to a protester against the Dakota Access Pipeline through a wall of razor wire on the Backwater Bridge over Cantapeta Creek on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8, 2016. Protesters have been trespassing at the site and cutting wire in attempts to gain access to the pipeline work area in southern Morton County. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
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Maryland center Brionna Jones (42) shoots over St. Peter's forward Zoe Pero in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in College Park, Md. Jones scored a game-high 30 points in Maryland's 101-49 win. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**
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In this Dec. 7, 2016 photo, Sacramento Kings' DeMarcus Cousins (15) waits for an in bound during an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas. Cousins and teammate Matt Barnes are being sued after a Dec. 5, 2016 nightclub altercation in New York. The federal court lawsuit filed Wednesday, Dec 7, says a couple was attacked Monday at a nightclub in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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In this image made from a Nov. 1, 2016 dashcam video released Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, by Cedar Rapids Police Department, an unarmed black motorist struggles with an Iowa officer and a police dog before the driver is shot and paralyzed. The video shows that 37-year-old Jerime Mitchell rushes back to his pickup truck and Cedar Rapids officer Lucas Jones shoots him as the vehicle rolls away. (Cedar Rapids Police Department via AP)
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Keith Cornett is escorted into Minnehaha County Court Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Sheriff's officials say Cornett, the stepfather of an 18-month-old boy, has been arrested and charged in the child's death in southeastern South Dakota. (Joe Ahlquist /The Argus Leader via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2016, file photo, Cleveland Browns quarterback Cody Kessler (6) is sacked by Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (93) during overtime at an NFL football game,in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Arizona Cardinals take on the Miami Dolphins on Sunday in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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Dalia Dippolito sits at the defense table on the second day of testimony in her murder-for-hire retrial Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post via AP, Pool)
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CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO JODY FROM JODI - In this undated photo released by the Americus Police Department, Americus Police Officer Nicholas Smarr poses for a photo, in Americus, Ga. Police Chief Mark Scott said officer Smarr died and Georgia Southwestern State University Officer Jody Smith was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition after the officers were shot while responding to a report of a domestic dispute at an apartment complex near the campus Wednesday morning, Dec. 7, 2016. (Americus Police Department via AP)
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Dalia Dippolito talks with her attorney Brian Claypool on the first day of her murder-for-hire retrial Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post via AP, Pool)