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In this Sept. 29, 2014 photo, Marcelo Crivella, bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, who was running for governor of Rio de Janeiro state, campaigns at Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While campaigning last year to be Rio de Janeiro's mayor, Crivella, a Pentecostal pastor from one of Brazil's most powerful evangelical churches, repeatedly argued that his faith would not get in the way of governing the nation's most famous city. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Manchester United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan, center back to camera, celebrates scoring the opening goal with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, facing camera, and Paul Pogba, right, during a Europa League round of 32 second leg soccer match between Saint Etienne and Manchester United at Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint Etienne, France, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Protesters hold signs outside of House Speaker Paul Ryan's office on Main Street in downtown Janesville, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)
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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy bunts during a spring training baseball practice, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Sevilla's Pablo Sarabia, left, Vies for the ball with Leicester's Christian Fuchs during the Champions League round of 16 soccer match between Sevilla and Leicester City at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium in Seville, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)
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Manchester United's Paul Pogba, right, controls the ball while Saint Etienne's Jordan Veretout looks on during a Europa League round of 32 second leg soccer match between Saint Etienne and Manchester United at Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint Etienne, France, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Manchester United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan celebrates after scoring the opening goal during a Europa League round of 32 second leg soccer match between Saint Etienne and Manchester United at Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint Etienne, France, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Manchester United's manager Jose Mourinho is seated on the bench prior to a Europa League round of 32 second leg soccer match between Saint Etienne and Manchester United at Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint Etienne, France, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Manchester United's Paul Pogba, right, challenges for the ball with Saint Etienne's Jordan Veretout during a Europa League round of 32 second leg soccer match between Saint Etienne and Manchester United at Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint Etienne, France, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Manchester United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan, center back to camera, celebrates scoring the opening goal with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 2nd right, and other teammates during a Europa League round of 32 second leg soccer match between Saint Etienne and Manchester United at Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint Etienne, France, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Relatives and friends of Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted of plotting terror attacks in New York City in the decade before 9/11, carry his coffin after funeral prayers at the Grand Mosque, in the Nile Delta town of Gamalia, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Abdel-Rahman, the so-called Blind Sheikh, was arrested in 1993 and convicted in 1995 along with nine followers of a conspiracy to blow up the United Nations and several New York landmarks. A symbol for radical Islamists, he had been serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison when he died on Saturday. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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In this Jan. 13, 2017 photo, men stand in line to enter a temple in Lalish, the holiest site of the Yazidi religion, located in the Shekhan district of Nineveh province, Iraq. A new psychological trauma institute is being established at the university of Dohuk in Iraq, the first in the entire region. The program will train local mental health professionals to treat Islamic State victims, including thousands of Yazidi women and children. It will open at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)
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In this Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Sebastian Wolf, left, and German trauma specialist Jan Kizilhan, centre, sit with Baba Sheikh in Lalish, the holiest site of the Yazidi religion, located in the Shekhan district of Nineveh province, Iraq. Kizilhan is spearheading a new psychological trauma institute at the university of Dohuk in Iraq, the first in the entire region. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)
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Sally Amon and her son Max Amon of Olivette, Mo., react as they saw toppled gravestone of her grandmother Anna Ida Hutkin at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, a suburb of St. Louis on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Vandals have damaged or tipped over as many as 200 headstones at the Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis, leaving the region's Jewish community shaken and anxious. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Rabbi Hershey Novack of the Chabad center walks through Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, where almost 200 gravestones were vandalized over the weekend. "People who are Jewish are shocked and angry," Novack said. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Rabbi Hershey Novack of the Chabad center walks through Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, where almost 200 gravestones were vandalized over the weekend. "People who are Jewish are shocked and angry," Novack said. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Attack on the Earth by the Evil Empire Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Baylor guard Jake Lindsey, right, collides with Oklahoma's Christian James, left, chasing down a loose ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Chloe LaCasse, right, listens during a public hearing on a bill that would bar discrimination based on gender identity, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Concord, N.H. Morris, a stay-at-home father, came out as transgender four years ago. LaCasse, 45, came out as a transgender woman last summer. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
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Hundreds of people, many of them protesters, packed the Maquoketa City Hall Council Chambers Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, for what was supposed to be a Veterans Roundtable Discussion with Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, in Maquoketa, Iowa. Most of the protesters centered around the Republican-led effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Many of the veterans in attendance were annoyed with the protests. Republicans from Congress have encountered hostile crowds during public events across the country since efforts started to repeal the ACA. (Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad City Times via AP)
