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An unidentified person stands at the entrance to the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The Mexican national was executed Wednesday night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the punishment. Tamayo, 46, received a lethal injection for the January 1994 fatal shooting of Officer Guy Gaddis, 24. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)
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People pray at the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The Mexican national was executed Wednesday night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the punishment. Tamayo, 46, received a lethal injection for the January 1994 fatal shooting of Officer Guy Gaddis, 24. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)
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America Tamayo Sotelo is surrounded by media as she speaks on the phone to relatives in Texas, at the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals Wednesday night for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo, clearing the way for the Texas death row inmate to be executed for the slaying of a Houston police officer 20 years ago. Secretary of State John Kerry previously asked Texas to delay Tamayo's punishment, saying it "could impact the way American citizens are treated in other countries." The State Department repeated that stance Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)
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Edelmira Arias is comforted while weeping at the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo, her cousin, in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals Wednesday night for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo, clearing the way for the Texas death row inmate to be executed for the slaying of a Houston police officer 20 years ago. Secretary of State John Kerry previously asked Texas to delay Tamayo's punishment, saying it "could impact the way American citizens are treated in other countries." The State Department repeated that stance Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)
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National Edition News cover for January 23, 2014 - Dueling party chairs signal fight on women, abortion: Anti-abortion demonstrators rally at the annual March for Life on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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National Edition Opinion cover for January 23, 2014 - Why this radical appointment matters (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 26 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 31, 2013 photo, Alonna Dukeman looks at a crocheted rug at her rural Clinton, Ill., home, she made after suffering a stroke in May 2012. Dukeman said the rug wasn't perfect, but it represented a major step in her recovery. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, David Proeber)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 26 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 31, 2013 photo, Alonna Dukeman uses a miniature cupcake tin to aid her in making candy for the holidays at her home in rural Clinton, Ill. Dukeman is recovering from a stroke she suffered in 2012. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, David Proeber)
