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Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is seen with his wife, Yuan Weijing, and son, Chen Kerui, in an undated photo in China. His escape from house arrest into the reported protection of U.S. diplomats in Beijing poses a delicate U.S.-China issue. (China Aid Association via Associated Press)

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Ruth Wilson says Jamaican gags scammed almost all of her 88-year-old father's savings. "It's been heartbreaking," she said of her father, who did not want to be named lest he be targeted again. A Jamaica-U.S. task force launched three years ago to stop a network of aggressive gangs who use fake lottery scams has failed to stop the con artists, who are now stealing an estimated $1 billion a year, largely from elderly Americans. (Associated Press)

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Gov. Martin O'Malley, left, and Maryland Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley discuss light rail projects while riding a MARC train in August 2009 (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

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Marian Thompson (left) follows her attorney, Bob McClelland, into a hearing at the Ohio Department of Agriculture in Reynoldburg, Ohio, on Monday, April 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Crook, Times Recorder)

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**FILE** Abu Qatada is driven away April 17, 2012, after being refused bail at a hearing at London's Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which handles deportation and security cases, in London. Al Qaeda's North African affiliate offered to free a British hostage if London allowed radical cleric Qatada to leave Britain for another country. (Associated Press)

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Police examine the destroyed van that plunged over the Bronx River Parkway on Sunday in New York. Authorities say the out-of-control van plunged off a roadway near the Bronx Zoo, killing seven people, including three children. (Associated Press)

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"Everything's been all right so far, but going forward, I'm afraid. Sometimes criminal guys hop on the train, and they'll rob you or kill you. ... Yeah, I'm scared." -Victor Caseres, 26, who had traveled 750 miles by hopping freight trains to arrive at the shelter (Keith Dannemiller/Special to The Washington Times)

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A man and a woman on a date in the village of Serzhen-Yurt in Chechnya sit on opposite ends of a bench. Couples on dates must meet in public and sit a distance from each other. All physical contact is forbidden before marriage. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov supports honor killings for women with "loose morals." (Diana Markosian/Special to The Washington Times)

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Police investigate the destroyed van that plunged over the Bronx River Parkway on Sunday in New York. Authorities say the out-of-control van plunged off a roadway near the Bronx Zoo, killing seven people, including three children. (Associated Press)

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Betty Harryman (right) shows daughter Linda Harryman the safe room she installed in the garage of her new home following last year's tornado in Joplin, Mo. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Betty Harryman)