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**FILE PHOTO** Andrew Cuomo, the New York attorney general, speaks in Albany on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Facing growing political pressure, Cuomo announced on Thursday, March 11, 2010, that he will appoint an independent counsel to take over his office's investigation into the Paterson administration's response to a domestic violence case. (Nathaniel Brooks/The New York Times)