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  • ** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, file photo, Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack the previous day that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri)

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  • Robin Williams (left) and Sarah Michelle Gellar appear in a scene from the pilot episode of "The Crazy Ones," a CBS comedy premiering in the fall. (AP Photo/CBS, Richard Cartwright)

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    Violence spurs D.C.'s Fur club to ban go-go act

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  • ** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. (Associated Press)

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  • ** FILE ** Radical Islamist terrorists stand guard during a hostage handover in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali, April 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

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  • Neighbor Charles Ramsey speaks to the media on Monday, May 6, 2013, near the home on the 2200 block of Seymour Avenue in Cleveland where three missing women were rescued. (AP Photo/The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Scott Shaw)

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  • **FILE** Married musicians Beyonce (left) and Jay-Z tour Old Havana on April 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

    Beyonce: Backlash from Cuba trip 'quite shocking'

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