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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, walks in Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/Steve Barker)
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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, walks in Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/Steve Barker)
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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this handout photo provided by Young Guards of United Russia party press service shows a group of demonstrators holding a banner with a photo of American Ice Hockey referee Brad Meier and message reading " Turn the referee into soap,” which is indeed a Russian expression, as awful as it seems, as they protest against a controversial disallowed goal Meier, who overturned Russia’s third goal during the match between U.S. and Russia teams on Saturday near the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. The demonstration was organized by the Young Guard, the youth wing of the Kremlin political party United Russia. (AP Photo/Voroshirin Dmitriy, Young Guards)
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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, wears a rainbow scarf while sitting for an interview, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, wears a pro-transgender t-shirt as she sits for an interview, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, sits for an interview, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, sits for an interview, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2008 file photo, Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, mimics a hanging outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in Rome during a candlelight demonstration for gay rights. Luxuria said on her website and Twitter feed that she was detained by Russian police late Sunday night, Feb. 16, 2014, when she held up a gay rights banner near the Winter Olympic park in the Russian city of Sochi. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
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Baylor coach Kim Mulkey celebrates as her team scores against Texas during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Baylor won 72-56. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Baylor's Odyssey Sims (0) celebrates a score against Texas during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Baylor won 72-56 and Sims scored 34 points. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Baylor's Odyssey Sims (0) blocks out Texas' Nneka Enemkpali who tries to shoot during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas' Nekia Jones (21) shoots over Baylor's Niya Johnson (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Some of the more than 200 demonstrators fill the rotunda of the Idaho Capitol on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in another bid to convince Republican lawmakers to schedule a hearing on a bill to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the Idaho Human Rights Act in Boise, Idaho. GOP leaders have said there will be no hearing on the bill. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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Some of the more than 200 demonstrators fill the rotunda of the Idaho Capitol on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in another bid to convince Republican lawmakers to schedule a hearing on a bill to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the Idaho Human Rights Act in Boise, Idaho. GOP leaders have said there will be no hearing on the bill. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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FILE - In this 1998 file photo provided by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, inmate Herman Bell is shown. Convicted of killing a New York City police officer in 1971, Bell is scheduled to go before the Parole Board for a sixth time during the week of Feb. 17, 2014. The powerful Policeman’s Benevolent Association believes Bell belongs in prison but his supporters say that he has been a model inmate and is rehabilitated. (AP Photo/New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, File)
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FILE This Feb. 17, 2009 file photo shows President Barack Obama picking up the first pen to sign the economic stimulus bill during a ceremony in the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. The White House says a costly spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law five years ago Monday was good for the economy and helped the U.S. avoid another Great Depression. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
