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Dharun Ravi turns to look behind him Feb. 28, 2012, during his trial in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, during an intimate encounter with another man. Days later Clementi committed suicide. (Associated Press/The Courier-News)
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Students and parents pray for victims of a school shooting on the square in Chardon, Ohio, on Tuesday. A gunman opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria at the start of the school day on Monday. The community offered grief counseling to students, staff and others at area schools. (Associated Press)
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Actress Halle Berry became the first black woman to win a best actress Oscar, for the film "Monster's Ball," on March 24, 2002. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies Feb. 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill on the State Department's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies Feb. 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate on the State Department's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks Feb. 28, 2012, at the United Auto Workers conference in Washington. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (right), accompanied by Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 28, 2012, before the Senate Budget Committee on the Pentagon's fiscal 2013 budget. (Associated Press)
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Molly Wei testifies Feb. 27, 2012, during the trial of Dharun Ravi in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his college roommate Tyler Clementi's intimate encounter with another man. The roommate committed suicide days later. (Associated Press/The Star-Ledger)
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Flags fly at half-staff in front of the town hall in Chardon, Ohio, for the victims of an early-morning school shooting on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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Flags fly at half-staff in front of the town hall in Chardon, Ohio, on Monday for the victims of a school shooting. At the school, teachers locked down their classrooms as they had been trained to do, and students took cover as they waited for the all-clear.
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Del. Kathy J. Byron, Campbell Republican, sits in the House of Delegates at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. The Senate delayed a vote on Byron's bill that would require women seeking abortions to have ultrasound exams. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown)
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Flags fly at half-staff in front of the town hall in Chardon, Ohio, on Monday for the victims of a school shooting. At the school, teachers locked down their classrooms as they had been trained to do, and students took cover as they waited for the all-clear.
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People camp in protest next to ruins on the outskirts of Amecameca, Mexico. The protesters have filed complaints with state and federal officials to demand that a highway under construction be rerouted after pre-Hispanic ruins were detected. (Associated Press)
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a GOP presidential campaign rally on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Traverse City, Mich. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Students leave with their parents from Maple Elementary School after a shooting at Chardon High School on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Chardon, Ohio. A suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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Afghan soldiers secure the scene of a suicide attack at the gate of an airport in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Nigerian-born Charles Wiwa, 44, shown in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, fled Nigeria in 1996 following a crackdown on protests against Shell’s oil operations in the Niger Delta. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the San Marino Club during a GOP presidential campaign stop on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in Troy, Mich. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks during a campaign stop at the Knights of Columbus in Lincoln Park, Mich., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi arrives Feb. 24, 2012, for the opening arguments at his trial in New Brunswick, N.J. He is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man. The roommate later committed suicide. (Associated Press)
