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Viktor Bout, center, is led by armed Thai police commandoes as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. The Russian arms dealer who once inspired a Hollywood movie is back in the headlines with speculation around a return to Moscow in a prisoner exchange for U.S. WBNA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)

Reviled and revered Russian arms dealer is back in spotlight

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** FILE ** New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, accompanied by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, addresses a news conference in the Blue Room of New York's City Hall, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NYC Mayor Bloomberg staunchly defends stop-and-frisk program

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** FILE ** U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin is interviewed in her chambers in New York on Friday, May 17, 2013. Judge Scheindlin is presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

N.Y. ‘frisk’ judge calls criticism ‘below the belt’

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