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FILE - This Sept. 27, 2012 file photo shows Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. speaking in Sayreville, N.J. Federal immigration agents were prepared to arrest an illegal immigrant and registered sex offender days before the November elections but were ordered by Washington to hold off after officials warned of "significant interest" from Congress and news organizations because the suspect was a volunteer intern for Menendez, according to internal agency documents provided to Congress. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

AP Exclusive: US ordered delay in intern’s arrest

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

Police investigate the playground in Upper Darby, Pa., where a 5-year-old girl wearing only a T-shirt was found hiding under a piece of playground equipment early Tuesday morning, Jan. 15, 2013. The girl had been abducted Monday morning from the William C. Bryant School, in west Philadelphia, by a woman claiming to be her mother. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Alejandro A. Alvarez) THE EVENING BULLETIN OUT, TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Philly girl taken from school found outside city

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2012 file photo, Lindsay Lohan attends the Mr. Pink Ginseng launch party at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lohan's misdemeanor case is due to be called for arraignment in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 15, 2012. The actress is charged with lying to police, reckless driving and obstructing a police officer from performing his duties. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Not guilty plea entered for Lindsay Lohan on misdemeanors

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama pauses before answering a question from members of the media during a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

SPIN METER: Obama and his Social Security warning

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

Repeal of Virginia renewable energy incentives proposed

Repeal of Virginia renewable energy incentives proposed

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, right, speaks at a rally in support of repealing Maryland's death penalty in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who said he will be making repeal a priority, argued at the rally that the death penalty is a waste of resources that could be better used to fight crime in more productive ways. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

NAACP, O’Malley, call for death penalty repeal

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia authorities charge W.Va. suspect in 1980 murder

Virginia authorities charge W.Va. suspect in 1980 murder

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during the last news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama weighing executive action on guns

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke rises after an airstrike hit Daraa, Syria, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syrian activists say 52 killed in Aleppo blasts

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This Feb. 1, 2012 file photo shows then-Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaking in Las Vegas. Ron Paul is exiting the political stage but his legions of rabble-rousing followers insist they are only getting started. Libertarian-leaning loyalists of the two-time Republican presidential candidate have quietly taken over key-state GOP organizations, ensuring future fights with the GOP's establishment and laying the groundwork for a future presidential candidate. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Ron Paul’s GOP legacy growing in states like Iowa

Associated Press · January 15, 2013 5:00 am

Ex-attorneys appeal to block Virginia execution

Ex-attorneys appeal to block Virginia execution

Associated Press · January 14, 2013 5:00 am

Faquier County authorities expect arrest in 1980 murder

Faquier County authorities expect arrest in 1980 murder

Associated Press · January 14, 2013 5:00 am