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Iraqis gather to inspect a wreck of a motorcycle destroyed in a road side bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 19, 2010. The bomb attack went off Friday morning near a market in Baghdad's teeming Shiite district of Sadr City. The explosion killed three people and wounded seven.
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Iraqis gather at the scene of a road side bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 19, 2010. The bomb attack went off Friday morning near a market in Baghdad's teeming Shiite district of Sadr City. The explosion killed three people and wounded seven.
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Iraqis gather to inspect a wreck of a motorcycle destroyed in a road side bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 19, 2010. The bomb attack went off Friday morning near a market in Baghdad's teeming Shiite district of Sadr City. The explosion killed three people and wounded seven.
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In this photo provided by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office via the Reno Gazette Journal, Justin Massler, 27, is shown in a booking mug. Massler, of Reno, was arrested Tuesday March 16, 2010, on a New York warrant alleging he used the Internet to stalk Ivanka Trump, the daughter of Donald and Ivana Trump.
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ShoWest 2010 Final Night Talent Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2009 file photo, producer Jerry Bruckheimer arrives for the UK Premiere of the film Confessions Of A Shopaholic at a cinema in Leicester Square, central London.
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, poses for photographers backstage at the ShoWest Final Night Talent Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ShoWest 2010 Final Night Talent Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2009, file photo, Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews (52) pressures Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) during the first half of an NFL football game in Detroit. Stafford's biggest contribution might have come at the very beginning of the free-agent period last week. As soon as the market officially opened, Stafford was on the phone with Seattle wide receiver Nate Burleson, who had played for Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan in Minnesota.
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St. Louis Blues' Paul Kariya after scoring a goal against New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist, right, of Sweden, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, March 18, 2010 in New York. The goal was Kariya's 400th NHL goal and helped the Blues to a 4-3 win.
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Los Angeles Lakers' Pau Gasol, of Spain, shoots over Golden State Warriors' Chris Hunter during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 15, 2010, in Oakland, Calif.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives a speech during a lecture on "Asia's Future" at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, March 19, 2010.
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A protester, who opposes the U.S. policy in Iraq, shouts slogan after former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave a speech at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, March 19, 2010.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives a speech during a lecture on "Asia's Future" at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Friday, March 19, 2010.
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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2009, file photo, Australian John Fahey, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, speaks during a WADA Media Symposium at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. WADA president John Fahey has called on Major League Baseball and its players' association to start testing for human growth hormone. Fahey said Thursday, March 18, 2010, that if they were serious about getting rid of cheats, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association should immediately start out-of-competition testing and the collection of blood samples.
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Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer and producer is seen during an interview with Associated Press in London, Friday, March 19, 2010. Miyamoto, the creator of such classic games as "Mario" and the man behind Nintendo's popular Wii console, was in Britain to receive a fellowship at the GAME British Academy Video Games Award. Miyamoto says he's devoting most of his energy to turning Nintendo Co.'s DS handheld consoles into tour guides and educational aids.
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Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer and producer is seen during an interview with Associated Press in London, Friday, March 19, 2010. Miyamoto, the creator of such classic games as "Mario" and the man behind Nintendo's popular Wii console, was in Britain to receive a fellowship at the GAME British Academy Video Games Award. Miyamoto says he's devoting most of his energy to turning Nintendo Co.'s DS handheld consoles into tour guides and educational aids.
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European Commissioner for the Internal Market Michel Barnier speaks during a meeting on 'Building a Crisis Framework for the Internal Market' at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday March 19, 2010. In a Friday speech, European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet said the credit default swaps market needs to be more transparent to regulators and investors. EU regulators have threatened to ban the use of the naked credit default swaps on government debt to prevent investors buying swaps and they blame swaps traders for unfairly increasing pressure on Greek borrowing costs.
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Ohio's DeVaughn Washington, rear, celebrates his dunk in over Georgetown's Greg Monroe (10) during the first half of an NCAA first-round college basketball game in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, gestures during a health care overhaul news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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From left, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton enter a hall for talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the quartet of Middle East peace mediators - the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations.
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Palestinian boys stand next to a smuggling tunnel damaged in an Israeli air strike early Friday, at the border between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, March 19, 2010. The Israeli air force responded to a rocket fired by Gaza militants at Israel that killed a Thai worker, by striking six targets in southern Gaza early Friday. The military identified the targets as three weapons-smuggling tunnels; two other tunnels militants were digging to infiltrate into Israel; and a weapons workshop. No injuries were reported.
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Managing Director of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn pauses before speaking during a meeting on 'Building a Crisis Framework for the Internal Market' at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday March 19, 2010. In a Friday speech, European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet said the credit default swaps market needs to be more transparent to regulators and investors. EU regulators have threatened to ban the use of the naked credit default swaps on government debt to prevent investors buying swaps and they blame swaps traders for unfairly increasing pressure on Greek borrowing costs.
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President of the European Central Bank Jean Claude Trichet pauses before speaking during a meeting on 'Building a Crisis Framework for the Internal Market' at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday March 19, 2010. In a Friday speech, European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet said the credit default swaps market needs to be more transparent to regulators and investors. EU regulators have threatened to ban the use of the naked credit default swaps on government debt to prevent investors buying swaps and they blame swaps traders for unfairly increasing pressure on Greek borrowing costs.
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President of the European Central Bank Jean Claude Trichet, left, speaks with Managing Director of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn during a meeting on 'Building a Crisis Framework for the Internal Market' at EU headquarters in Brussels, Friday March 19, 2010. In a Friday speech, European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet said the credit default swaps market needs to be more transparent to regulators and investors. EU regulators have threatened to ban the use of the naked credit default swaps on government debt to prevent investors buying swaps and they blame swaps traders for unfairly increasing pressure on Greek borrowing costs.
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FILE - A mechanic adjusts the gas pedal of Toyota's RAV4 sport-utility vehicle at a Toyota dealer in this March 1, 2010 file photo taken in Shanghai, China. A reader-submitted question about "where recalled vehicles get fixed"? is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called "Ask AP."
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Visitor's looks at "Bathers by a River" at the preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matiss on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago.
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Ann Billingsley of Chicago, looks at "Portrait of Sarah" at the preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matisse on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago.
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A visitor looks at "Bathers with a Turtle" at the preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matisse on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching
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A visitor looks at "Portrait of Sarah" at the preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matisse on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching
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Art lovers flocked to the preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matisse on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago.
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Shiela Swann looks at "Goldfish and Palette" at the preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matisse on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching
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Michael Koc of Chicago, looks at "The Blue Window" at the preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matisse on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago.
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Art lovers gaze at artwork by Nenri Matisse, at the Art Institute of Chicago preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matisse on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago.
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Shiela Swann and Noel Fouks of Chicago look at "Bathers by a River" at the preview of ``Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917'' an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated with New York's Museum of Modern Art that explores the most enigmatic phase in the long career of French artist Henri Matisse on Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching
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Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., left, shakes hands with Rep. Wally Herger, R-Calif., right, as Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Ky., center, and Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr., R-LA., far left, look on following their joint news conference on healthcare on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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FILE - In this March 5, 2010 file photo, a tractor truck transports one of shipping containers at Yangshan deep-water port in Shanghai, China. China stepped up resistance Friday, March 19, 2010 to U.S. pressure over currency, calling on Washington to cool its "politicization and emotionalization" of the issue and warning a further rise in its yuan could drive exporters out of business.
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Saint Mary's Mickey McConnell (32) shoots against Richmond's Francis-Cedric Martel (15) during the first half of an NCAA first-round college basketball tournament game in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Georgetown head coach John Thompson III gestures to his team during the first half of an NCAA first-round college basketball game against Ohio in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Georgetown's Greg Monroe (10) and Ohio's D.J. Cooper (5) walk up court during the second half of an NCAA first-round college basketball game in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 18, 2010. Ohio won 97-83.
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Ohio's Reggie Keely, right, shoots over Georgetown's Greg Monroe, left, during the first half of an NCAA first-round college basketball game in Providence, R.I., Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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In this Feb. 9, 2010 photo, Marc Horner, fleet manager for Jeffco Public Schools, walks next near school busses with advertisements on their sides at the school's bus maintenance facility in Lakewood, Colo. About half a dozen states already allow bus advertising _ including Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas.
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In this Feb. 9, 2010 photo, Marc Horner, fleet manager for Jeffco Public Schools, stands next to a school bus with a bank advertisement on its side at the school's bus maintenance facility in Lakewood, Colo. About half a dozen states already allow bus advertising _ including Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas.
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From left, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton enter a hall for talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the quartet of Middle East peace mediators - the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations.
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Fish dealers load tuna into a truck at Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. Fish dealers there handle a variety of fish including Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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Japanese commuters pass by a popular tuna restaurant outside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. Fish dealers there handle a variety of fish including Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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A fish dealer uses a saw to cut frozen tuna at his stall inside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. Fish dealers there handle a variety of fish including Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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Chunks of tuna for sale sit on a table at Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. Fish dealers there handle a variety of fish including Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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Padraig Harrington, of Ireland, hits his tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Transitions golf tournament Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor, Fla.
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John Daly tees off on the 11th hole during the first round of the Transitions golf tournament Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor, Fla.
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John Daly blasts from a sand trap on the 17th hole during the first round of the Transitions golf tournament Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor, Fla.
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Garrett Willis chips to the 18th green during the first round of the Transitions golf tournament on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor, Fla. Willis shot a 6-under-par 65.
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This undated image made available by the State of Oregon on March 18, 2010 shows Timur Dykes. Relying on about 1,000 confidential Boy Scouts of America files, the lawyer for a man sexually abused in the 1980s by Dykes, a Scout leader who later admitted to being a serial molester, claims the organization has covered up abuse for decades.
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An anti-government demonstrator takes a rest on a street in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday March 19, 2010. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday the government was ready to hold talks with protesters, who want him to call new elections, but only if they stop throwing blood, blocking government offices and remain peaceful.
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A supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks past soldiers on guard in Bangkok, Friday March 19. 2010. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday the government was ready to hold talks with protesters, who want him to call new elections, but only if they stop throwing blood, blocking government offices and remain peaceful.
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Anti-government demonstrator takes a rest in front of Thai soldier on guard in front of Government house in Bangkok on Friday March 19. 2010. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday the government was ready to hold talks with protesters, who want him to call new elections, but only if they stop throwing blood, blocking government offices and remain peaceful.
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An anti-government demonstrator walks in front of riot policemen's shields and protections in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, March 19, 2010. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday the government was ready to hold talks with protesters, who want him to call new elections, but only if they stop throwing blood, blocking government offices and remain peaceful.
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A supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra sleeps on a street in Bangkok, Friday March 19. 2010. Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday the government was ready to hold talks with protesters, who want him to call new elections, but only if they stop throwing blood, blocking government offices and remain peaceful.
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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Mathew Gorzkiewicz, of North Liberty, Indiana, with the First Battalion, Sixth Marine Regiment, Alpha company, takes part in a patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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U.S. Marines, Lance Cpl. Claton Blunt, right, of Fort Worth, Texas, and Lance Cpl. Mathew Gorzkiewicz, of North Liberty, Indiana, with the First Battalion, Sixth Marine Regiment, Alpha company, rest during a patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Saul Linares rests after arriving at a church in Baltimore, Thursday, March 18, 2010, after walking the past six days from Hempstead, N.Y. Linares, a factory work, will join other immigrants, most of them undocumented Hispanics, in Washington, D.C., for a Sunday march to dramatize their pleas for immigration reform.
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This Thursday, March 18, 2010 courtroom sketch shows David Coleman Headley, right, facing U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber in Chicago. Headley admitted Thursday that he scouted out Mumbai for a 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead and plotted an attack on a Danish newspaper over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Under a deal with prosecutors, Headley will not face execution if he continues to cooperate with their terrorism investigation.
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This Thursday, March 18, 2010 courtroom sketch shows David Coleman Headley, center foreground, facing U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, left, in Chicago. Headley admitted Thursday that he scouted out Mumbai for a 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead and plotted an attack on a Danish newspaper over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Under a deal with prosecutors, Headley will not face execution if he continues to cooperate with their terrorism investigation.
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Protesters display placards and a poster of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest outside the Myanmar Embassy at Manila's financial district of Makati city Friday March. 19, 2010 in Manila, Philippines, to denounce the new election laws issued by its military junta. The protester urged the ASEAN members, including the United Nations, not to recognize the election laws of Myanmar which allegedly "effectively excludes democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and cripples all political opposition parties."
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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 17, 2010, the grounds of the Maryland State House are shown in Annapolis, Md. Even though the state of Maryland is just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, it will head in May to the Council of State Governments' spring conference in New York as part of the Eastern Region, after successfully pushing to move out of the organization's Southern Region.
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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 17, 2010, the Maryland State House is shown in Annapolis, Md. Even though the state of Maryland is just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, it will head in May to the Council of State Governments' spring conference in New York as part of the Eastern Region, after successfully pushing to move out of the organization's Southern Region.
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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 17, 2010, the Dome of the Maryland State House is shown as Diane Schwallenberg, left, and Terri McNicholas, right, talk after having lunch in Annapolis, Md. In the background is the Maryland State House. Even though the state of Maryland is just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, it will head in May to the Council of State Governments' spring conference in New York as part of the Eastern Region, after successfully pushing to move out of the organization's Southern Region.
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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 17, 2010, the dome of the Maryland State House is shown as a boat leaves the City Dock in Annapolis, Md. Even though the state of Maryland is just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, it will head in May to the Council of State Governments' spring conference in New York as part of the Eastern Region, after successfully pushing to move out of the organization's Southern Region.
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Judges sample an aged gouda from Amsterdam at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Madison, Wis.
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FILE- In this file photo taken Jan. 20, 2010, Gov. Mark Sanford delivers his last State of the State address to the joint legislative session at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve dozens of charges that he violated state ethics laws with his campaign spending and travel, including a taxpayer-funded rendezvous with his Argentine mistress, the State Ethics Commission said Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Judges at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest sample cheeses Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Madison, Wis.
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Rafael Nadal of Spain, serves to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Indian Wells, Calif.
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A fish dealer pushes a cart of sliced tuna at Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. Dealers at the market handle tuna and other fish from across the world including Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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A fish dealer cuts tuna at his stall inside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. Dealers at the market handle tuna and other fish from across the world including Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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This image shows a Yelp web site on a computer screen in Los Angeles Thursday March 18, 2010. Yelp, one of the most popular, fast-growing online review sites, has been hit by several lawsuits from small businesses claiming they've been pressured to advertise so that Yelp will squash negative reviews users have posted about them. Yelp denies the claims, but exactly what happened may never be known.
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Rafael Nadal of Spain, serves to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Indian Wells, Calif.
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Rafael Nadal of Spain, reacts to winning the second to the last point against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, during their match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Indian Wells, Calif.
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A fish dealer pushes a cart of sliced tuna at Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
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A fish dealer sharpens his knife next to a case full of tuna at his stall inside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
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A fish dealer pulls a cart of tuna at Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
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A fish dealer cuts tuna at his stall inside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
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A fish dealer walks past a tuna at his stall inside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
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A fish dealer walks among tuna at his stall inside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
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The head of a tuna sits on a cutting table at a stall inside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
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Kansas forward Marcus Morris (22) dunks during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Lehigh, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Oklahoma City. Morris had 26 points to lead Kansas to a 90-74 win over Lehigh.
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Texas guard Jordan Hamilton (23) leaves the court after losing to Wake Forest 81-80 in an NCAA college basketball game in New Orleans, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Wake Forest defeated Texas 81-80 in overtime.
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Lehigh starters hug their replacements during the closing minute of an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Oklahoma City. Kansas defeated Lehight 90-74.
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Lehigh head basketball coach Brett Reed hugs guard C.J. McCollum (3) in the closing seconds of an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Oklahoma City. Kansas defeated Lehigh 90-74.
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Montana forward Derek Selvig, right, shoots over New Mexico forward Will Brown during the first half of their NCAA first-round college basketball game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Wake Forest guard Ishmael Smith (10) shoots the game winning shot over Texas guard Avery Bradley (0) during an NCAA college basketball game in New Orleans, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Wake Forest defeated Texas 81-10.
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Texas guard Varez Ward (50) lies on the court after losing to Wake Forest 81-80 in an NCAA college basketball game in New Orleans, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Wake Forest guard Ishmael Smith (10) is hugged by Wake Forest guard L.D. Williams (42) after hitting the game winning shot to defeat Texas 81-80 in an NCAA college basketball game in New Orleans, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith (2) and Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar (11), of Slovakia, fight for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews, center, shoots on Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick (32) and defenseman Matt Greene (2) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar (11), of Slovakia, fights to maintain control of the puck as Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews (19) closes in during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 18, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Shareholders of Samsung Electronics participate at the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 19, 2010.
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