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** FILE ** In this Dec. 13, 2011, file photo released by the Missouri Department of Corrections is death-row inmate Herbert Smulls who is scheduled to die by injection one minute after midnight Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, for killing St. Louis County jeweler Stephen Honickman in 1991. Attorneys for Smulls are pressing on with concerns about Missouri's execution drug, even as the state prepares for its third execution since November. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections)
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Billy Joel performs the first show of his Madison Square Garden residency, on Monday, January 27, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)
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National Edition News cover for January 28, 2014 - Obama’s state of the world: Freedom lost: A girl poses with a sticker bearing the words "Freedom of speech" during a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. Putin arrived in Sofia on an official visit to Bulgaria Thursday with multibillion-dollar energy projects that have drawn criticism from local politicians and NGOs who fear it will foster dependence on Russia. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
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Four Senate Democrats, including Virginia's Tim Kaine (right) and Mark Warner (left), have asked the Biden administration's Education Department to investigate the handling of sexual-abuse complaints at Lynchburg's Liberty University. (Associated Press)
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Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay grimaces as he walks on the court during a timeout in the closing moments of the Kings 125-117 loss to the Denver Nuggets in a NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Gay and Kings center DeMarcus Cousins did not suit up for the game due to injuries.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)