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Hawaii state Rep. Karl Rhoads listens during a House floor session at the Capitol in Honolulu on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. As Hawaii lawmakers considered a measure that would crack down on prostitution, the Honolulu Police Department requested a change that has shocked human trafficking experts and victims rights advocates: Police wanted it to remain legal for undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia)
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A pedestrian walks in front of a Honolulu Police Department station in Honolulu's tourist area of Waikiki on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. As Hawaii lawmakers considered a measure that would crack down on prostitution, the Honolulu Police Department requested a change that has shocked human trafficking experts and victims rights advocates: Police wanted it to remain legal for undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia)
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The Codmother on U Street celebrates the death of Fred Phelps, the preacher notorious for picketing the funerals of soldiers and for anti-gay preaching.
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Fred Phelps founded the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka in 1955, and it is known for denouncing homosexuality and protesting at soldiers' funerals. (Associated Press)
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A Chinese relative, in a T-shirt, of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, looks down as he sits outside a cafe at a resort in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Flight 370 disappeared March 8 on a night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysian authorities have not ruled out any possible explanation, but have said the evidence so far suggests the flight was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca, with its communications systems disabled. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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Chinese relatives of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, walk back to their rooms at a resort in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Flight 370 disappeared March 8 on a night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysian authorities have not ruled out any possible explanation, but have said the evidence so far suggests the flight was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca, with its communications systems disabled. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
