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Kate, Duchess of Cambridge greets children and parents outside the Northside Center after her visit, in New York, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Kate and Prince William are on a three-day visit to the U.S., their first official visit since a 2011 trip to California. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Prince William, Kate visit Sept. 11 Memorial

By Jennifer Peltz and Colleen Long - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2014, file photo, Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper (9) catches a 50-yard pass against Mississippi State defensive back Kendrick Market (26) in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, Alabama receiver Cooper and record-breaking Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy announced Monday, Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

Marcus Mariota, Amari Cooper and Melvin Gordon named Heisman finalists

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Eric Garner's widow, Esaw, said Sunday that she believes her husband was "murdered unjustly" by New York police, but she doesn't think race was a contributing factor in his death. (NBC News)

Eric Garner’s widow says husband targeted for illegally selling cigarettes, not race

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sergeant James Crowley meet in the Rose Garden of the White House, July 30, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Obama: Racism ‘deeply rooted’ in U.S.

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Jamie Foxx: Tough dialogue needed on killings by police

By Lauri Neff - Associated Press

Kate, left, Duchess of Cambridge and Britain's Prince William arrive at The Carlyle hotel, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, in New York. They have a full schedule of events in New York, including a visit to the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum and an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers. (AP Photo/New York Post, Chad Rachman, Pool)

Prince William, Princess Kate begin 3-day visit in U.S.

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Hundreds of people march in the streets of Newark, N.J. to protest police brutality and the previous day's decision to not indict the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County - Northjersey.com, Kevin R. Wexler)

Ferguson, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice police cases collide, forcing debate on tactics

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Protesters march through the streets in response to the grand jury's decision in the Eric Garner case in Times Square in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. The grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of Garner, an unarmed black man, who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, a lawyer for the victim's family said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Police cases converge to stir national debate

By Tom Hays and Colleen Long - Associated Press

Benjamin Carr, relative of Eric Garner, leaves the district attorney's office after a grand jury's decision not to indict a New York police officer involved in the death of Garner, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. A video shot by an onlooker and widely viewed on the Internet showed the 43-year-old Garner telling a group of police officers to leave him alone as they tried to arrest him. The city medical examiner ruled Garner's death a homicide and found that a chokehold contributed to it. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Eric Garner chokehold death: N.Y. officer won’t face charges

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in the defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse during a court hearing on charges of inciting the murder of his opponents, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's state news agency said prosecutors have asked for the death sentence for Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders on trial on espionage charges. (AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law, File) **FILE**

CHARLES ORTEL: Obama administration standing may be sullied in a Cairo trial

By Charles Ortel

A group of protesters with signs, rear, rally against the decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner as they mix with spectators near Rockefeller Center during a ceremony to light the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Eric Garner: Justice Department to investigate death

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

AT&T President and CEO Randall Stephenson and other corporate chiefs on Wednesday at the Business Roundtable in Washington will press President Obama and congressional leaders to approve a package of corporate tax breaks. (Associated Press)

Businesses to press Obama on tax-extender

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this released by banksy.co.uk on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, shows a mural by graffiti artist Bansky in Clacton-on-Sea England taken earlier this week. (AP Photo/banksy.co.uk)

Graffiti artist Banksy’s work part of Art Basel

By Kelli Kennedy - Associated Press

This May 28, 2012, file photo shows a newspaper with a photograph of Etan Patz that is part of a makeshift memorial in the SoHo neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Etan Patz case: Pedro Hernandez, murder suspect, asked: Did I do it?

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, second from left, from Russia, celebrates his goal with center Nicklas Backstrom, left, from Sweden, and right wing Tom Wilson, with New York Islanders goalie Chad Johnson (30) nearby in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Capitals bounce back to beat Islanders in return meeting

By Harvey Valentine - Associated Press

Shoppers line up outside a Best Buy in Dartmouth, Mass., early Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, on a rainy day while waiting for the store to open at 1 a.m. (AP Photo/The Standard-Times, Peter Pereira)

Black Friday gets a little less frenzied

By Anne D'Innocenzio and Mae Anderson - Associated Press

Shoppers search for Black Friday deals during Macy's Lenox store opening at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 in Atlanta. (John Amis/AP Images for Macy's)

Black Friday: Best Buy website down temporarily as shoppers look for holiday bargains

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File - A large group yells out at a rally to protest the death of Eric Garner, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Amid the fallout from a grand jury's decision in the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Missouri, a panel in New York City is quietly nearing its own conclusion about another combustible case involving the death of an unarmed man at the hands of police. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

NYC panel nears decision on police chokehold death

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

A over-turned automobile on Interstate 84 snarls traffic, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 in Vernon, Conn. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning, calling for snow during the day on Wednesday, changing to rain and snow in the evening with rain and snow showers possible on Thanksgiving day. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jared Ramsdell) MANDATORY CREDIT

Thanksgiving winter storm leaves 400,000 without power on the East Coast

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times