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Faye Bennett, left, embraces her daughter Ashlee Dobson, 29, during a news conference, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, in New York. Police arrested a caregiver in the death of Dobson's 4-year-old son, Myls Dobson. Authorities say the boy had been staying with the caregiver after his mother lost custody and his father was jailed. The medical examiner's office will determine a cause of death. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Ashlee Dobson, center, weeps during a news conference, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, in New York, as her mother, Faye Bennett, right, and family friend Virgil Richardson, left, hold onto her. Police arrested a caregiver in the death of Dobson's 4-year-old son, Myls Dobson. Authorities say the boy had been staying with the caregiver after his mother lost custody and his father was jailed. The medical examiner's office will determine a cause of death. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry holds a copy of the 387 page report of the Advisory Committe to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service on the relationship of smoking to health Jan. 11, 1964. He spoke at a Washington news conference at which the study was released. It termed smoking a health hazard calling for corrective action. (AP Photo/hwg)
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In this Sept. 3, 2013, photo, a handicapped parking tag hangs from the rearview mirror of a car parked at a metered parking spot in Portland, Ore. As the number of vehicles displaying a disabled placard has soared with an aging population and loosened eligibility standards, cities are seeing the impact in more congested downtowns and the loss of millions of dollars in revenue. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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In this Sept. 3, 2013, photo, a handicapped parking tag hangs from the rearview mirror of a car parked at a metered parking spot in Portland, Ore. As the number of vehicles displaying a disabled placard has soared with an aging population and loosened eligibility standards, cities are seeing the impact in more congested downtowns and the loss of millions of dollars in revenue. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. The top Democrat in the Republican-controlled House focused on the Affordable Care Act and the fight to pass immigration reform. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)