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Memphis Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay shoots over the defense of Washington Wizards guard Jordan Crawford in the second half on Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Memphis, Tenn. Gay led the scoring with 27 points for the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies defeated the Wizards 97-92. (AP Photo/Nikki Boertman)
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Syrian refugees speak with a Turkish soldier as people fleeing violence in Syria continue to cross the border near Reyhanli, Turkey, on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Dharun Ravi (center) is hugged by his father, Ravi Pazhani, on March 16, 2012, as they leave court in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life, was convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy. (Associated Press)
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Dharun Ravi enters the courtroom March 15, 2012, during jury deliberations at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime. His freshman-year roommate, Tyler Clementi, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010, just days after Clementi's intimate encounter with another man. (Associated Press)
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams reads the Book of Common Prayer in the grounds of Lambeth Palace, in London on March 16, 2012. Williams says he is stepping down at the end of the year, closing a tumultuous decade as leader of a global Anglican communion sharply divided on issues of sexuality and gender. (Associated Press/PA Wire)
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Jim McGrath, chairman of the Tenants Advocacy Coalition, expresses his support yesterday for the nomination of Betty Noel to the D.C. Public Service Commission, outside of the John A. Wilson Building. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Protesters in February 2011 gather around then-state Sen. Russell Pearce, author of Arizona's tough immigration law, at a Phoenix courthouse. The Republican was ousted from office in a November recall election. But he is considering another legislative race. An email message to Pearce supporters said he will announce his plans Monday. (Associated Press)
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Thousands of Egyptian activists and soccer fans on Thursday participate in a march from the headquarters of the al-Ahly club toward the Egyptian general prosecutor's office in downtown Cairo to protest against what they say is the slow pace of procedures taken by the government to find and hold accountable those responsible for soccer violence in Port Said that claimed scores of victims. Arabic on the banner reads, "The glory for martyrs." (Associated Press)
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Ice Cube (left) is the surly commander of the Jump Street police division, which sends Jonah Hill (center) and Channing Tatum undercover in high school to find youth crime. (Columbia Pictures-Sony via Associated Press)
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Jason Segel plays the title character in "Jeff, Who Lives at Home," about an unemployed slacker who lives in his mother's basement. (Paramount Vantage)
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Anna Gristina, who has been charged with promoting prostitution, appears in court in New York on Monday, March 12, 2012, with Peter Gleason, one of her lawyers, who has offered to put up his own apartment as bail for her. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
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George Clooney answers questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on horrors he saw while visiting Sudan. With him are human rights activist John Prendergast (center) and Jonathan Temin of the United States Institute of Peace. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gives a thumbs up during his election night party, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Lafayette, La. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Katy Butler, 17, a high school student, from Ann Arbor, Mich., poses by the petitions she delivered to the Motion Picture Association of America, Wednesday March 7, 2012, in Los Angeles. Butler is urging the MPAA to change the "R" rating to a "PG" for the "Bully" film. With her petition, Butler said that she was speaking out for all students who suffer every day from bullying. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A young woman carries a water canister to make bricks for her new house in a camp for internally displaced people in North Darfur, Sudan. Severely injured and disfigured 10 years ago by the long-running violence in the region of the African nation, she is trying to rebuild her life with her sister in the refugee camp.
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In this Monday, March 12, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum campaign in Montgomery, Ala. Santorum won the Republican presidential primary Tuesday, March 13, in Alabama (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 and released by the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Kaltoum Yakoub Issa, 19, carries a water jerry can to make bricks for her new house in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in North Darfur, Sudan. (AP Photo/UNAMID, Albert Gonzalez Farran)
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Dharun Ravi listens to testimony March 12, 2012, during his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, 20, is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man. His roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide in September 2010, just days after the alleged spying. (Associated Press/The Star-Ledger)
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"Hispanics disproportionately lack either a driver's license or a personal identification card issued by [the state's Department of Public Safety]," Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez said in a letter. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was one of the dignitaries on hand as President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010. The Supreme Court will start hearing arguments on the law's insurance mandate on March 26. (Associated Press)
