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Friday

A law enforcement official stands by as Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, left, arrives at the Tom Green County Courthouse on Thursday in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs' much-anticipated Texas trial began on Thursday, with prosecutors claiming he sexually assaulted girls he manipulated into "spiritual marriage," and defense attorneys countering that their client's religious freedoms were trampled. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption

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President Bush's Chief of Staff Andy Card tells the president of the plane crashes into the World Trade Center, during a visit to the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla., on Sept. 11, 2001. Doug Mills/AP hide caption

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Thursday

Designer Wins Right To Sell 'Star Wars' Stormtrooper Outfits In The U.K.

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 18. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Monday

Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, right, celebrates the victory of the "yes" camp with yes movement chairman Deborah Schembri in the non-binding referendum to legalise divorce in Malta at a polling station in Valetta in May. Ben Borg Cardona/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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