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FILE - This undated photo provided by the Sidney, Mont., Police Dept. shows missing Sidney High School math teacher Sherry Arnold. A judge, in a ruling Friday May 16, 2014, says a mentally disabled Colorado man, Michael Keith Spell, is fit to stand trial in the killing of a Montana teacher, Arnold, who disappeared after she went jogging in the Bakken oil patch. (AP Photo/Sidney Montana Police Dept., File)
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In this May 15, 2014, photo, Veterans Affairs Undersecretary Robert Petzel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 15, 2014, before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing to examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says May 16 he has accepted the resignation of Petzel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Sue and James Barclay are among a handful of protesters of a gay marriage celebration at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, May 16, 2014. Idaho's gay marriage ban was overturned Tuesday when U.S. District Judge Candy Dale said the law unconstitutionally denied gay and lesbian residents their fundamental right to marry. On May 15, 2014, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay while it considers whether a longer stay is needed. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)
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Gay marriage supporters hold up signs and rainbow flags for passing traffic at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, May 16, 2014. Idaho's gay marriage ban was overturned Tuesday when U.S. District Judge Candy Dale said the law unconstitutionally denied gay and lesbian residents their fundamental right to marry. On May 15, 2014, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay while it considers whether a longer stay is needed. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2014 file photo, actor-director Mel Gibson poses at the Mending Kids "Rock N' Roll All Star Event" in West Hollywood, Calif. Court records show that a Los Angeles court vacated Gibson's 2011 misdemeanor domestic violence battery conviction on Monday, May 12, 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
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Horses race down a sloppy track during the second race before the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 16, 2014, in Baltimore. The 139th Preakness horse race takes place Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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A horse racing fan, wearing a colorful hat, walks by the concourse before the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 16, 2014, in Baltimore. The 139th Preakness horse race takes place Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)