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    Denver Broncos football player Perrish Cox, right, and his attorney Harvey Steinberg arrive at the Douglas County Justice Center in Castle Rock, Colo., on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, as he arrives for a hearing in connection with the sexual assault charges that are pending against him.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)


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    FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2006 file photo, a sign on the Bridge Street Bridge shows where Antonio Varacalli drowned in 1917 after saving the life of a woman trying to commit suicide in the waters of the Seneca-Cayuga Canal in Seneca Falls, N.Y. For years, civic boosters have pointed out intriguing parallels that suggest Seneca Falls was the inspiration for Bedford Falls, the make-believe mill town in "It's a Wonderful Life." (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)


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    Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Muslim Advocates annual dinner on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, in Millbrae, Calif. Holder used the speech before the Muslim advocacy group near San Francisco to reiterate his resolve to prosecute hate crimes. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)


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    In this undated photo provided by the University of Connecticut on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, UConn offensive lineman Greg McKee is shown in a portrait in Storrs, Conn. McKee turned himself in to Connecticut state police on Wednesday morning, on child pornography charges. He is being held on $75,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned late in the day in Superior Court on charges of obscenity, importing child pornography and promoting a minor in an obscene performance. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut)


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    Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, signs the new retirement law in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. The law lowers the country's retirement age to 58 and also nationalizes the pension system and extends coverage to the 60 percent of Bolivians who work in the informal economy. At right is Pedro Montes, leader of Bolivia's Workers Central Union. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)


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    A Santa Claus joins shoppers looking at a holiday window display in Juneau, Alaska, on Dec. 3, 2010. The display, at the REACH building, which provides services to assist individuals and families experiencing developmental delays or disabilities, is created each season by REACH facilities director Dan Elstad. (AP Photo/Juneau Empire, Klas Stolpe)


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    A cyclist rushes out of the way of hundreds of protesters marching through the city center to protest against the detention of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, in Brisbane, Australia, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)


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    Outside a Beirut church, foreign domestic workers from Ethiopia say they work hard so they can send money to their families at home. They don't want to talk about abuses. (Heather Murdock/Special to The Washington Times)


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    Mounted police officers clash with protesters as thousands of students demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London in a protest against increase in tuition fees Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)


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