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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Churchgoers sing during a service at Barataria Baptist Church in Lafitte, La. Pastor Eddie Painter in the fishing village told his congregation recently that a silver lining in the otherwise disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill might be renewed government commitment to restoring the region's battered coastal marshlands.

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A statue of Saint Fermin, center, is carried during a procession on the saint's day in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 7, 2009. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attract tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. (AP Photo/Ivan Aguinaga)

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Rudi Odeh-Ramadan, of New York, speaks in support of a group planning a proposed mosque near ground zero in New York. Three separate plans to build Muslim worship centers in the city have raised issues from some community members. (Associated Press)

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An instructor teaches Detroit Public Schools parents skills to help their children in school. (Associated Press)

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A military honor guard escorts the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, talks with Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., during a funeral service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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From second from left, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, Sharon Rockefeller, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and others, attend a funeral service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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From right to left, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., his wife Sharon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and others, attend a funeral service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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A funeral service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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Marjorie Ellen Moore speaks at a funeral service of her father Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. Byrd will be buried in Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington next to his wife Erma. Byrd died last week, he was 92. ( AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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Military recessional after the funeral service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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A joint-services military honor guard carries the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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A joint-services military honor guard carries the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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A military honor guard escorts the casket of Sen. Robert Byrd, Tuesday, July 6, 2010, after a funeral service at the Memorial Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Linda Davidson, Pool)

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** FILE ** This is a July 2, 2004 file photo of the Very Rev. Jeffrey John at St. Albans Abbey in St. Albans, England. The Church of England may be on the verge of promoting a gay priest to bishop, a step that would widen the split over sexuality in the global Anglican Communion. (AP Photo/Michael Stephens/PA File)

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Sri Lankan protesters shout slogans as they clash with police outside the UN office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Police have broken up a blockade of the U.N. office in Sri Lanka's capital and are escorting employees out hours after they were trapped. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Sri Lankan protesters clash with police out side the UN office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Police have broken up a blockade of the U.N. office in Sri Lanka's capital and are escorting employees out hours after they were trapped. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)