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New Orleans Saints acting head coach Joe Vitt runs practice at their training facility in Metairie, La., on Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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The Rev. Fred Luter smiles at the warm welcome from the Southern Baptist Convention in his hometown of New Orleans after his election Tuesday as its first black president. With him is on stage is outgoing President Bryant Wright. (Associated Press)

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The Rev. Fred Luter Jr., pastor of the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, greets the congregation during services on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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A Hutterite family is gathered in front of a house in Lewistown, Mont. "Meet the Hutterites" is a National Geographic documentary series about the small religious colony in rural Montana. Three Hutterite bishops have complained the series presents a "distorted" image of the sect. (National Geographic via Associated Press)

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Kedys' funeral was attended by thousands of Lithuanians who had come to regard him as a martyr and who still visit his grave. (Associated Press)

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Nigerians gather outside a church following a blast in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Bombings at three churches rocked the country's north, officials said, prompting protests in an area that has been strained by religious tensions. (AP Photo/Olu Ajayi)

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**FILE** Students Maria Sofia (left) and Malendez Campos protest May 17, 2012, at a "Right to Dream" rally in Los Angeles. The demonstrators were protesting the deportation of illegal immigrants by the Obama Administration. (Associated Press)

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An 1830 first-edition Book of Mormon and a selection of framed individual pages owned by retired bookstore owner Helen Spencer Schlie are displayed in her Arizona home in this 2005 photo. (Associated Press)

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Protesters carry a message reading "Russia Go Forward Without Putin" as thousands of people rally in Moscow on Tuesday, the Russia Day holiday marking the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. (Associated Press)