Raffaele Lombardo, the governor of Sicily, speaks to reporters after his meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in Rome last week. Lombardo has been accused of having ties to the Mafia in Sicily.
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A construction worker carries lumber while working on new homes in San Mateo, Calif., in March. Homebuilding is at its highest level in nearly four years.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars after his speech at the VFW National Convention in Reno, Nev., on July 24.
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This photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Hampshire shows David Kwiatkowski, a former lab technician at an Exeter, N.H., hospital.
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The NuSTAR telescope, seen in this artist's illustration, will soon be sending back data that researchers will use to study black holes.
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The Gilliam Cemetery, near Sebastopol, Calif., received its first grave in 1852. Many of its older headstones have disappeared over the years.
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