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Button admitted killing Lincoln by manslaughter, but wept in the dock as jurors found her guilty of murder on Thursday.

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Some wept as a plan many years in the making came to fruition.

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Families wept and waved flags, though Israeli officials cautioned that the deal remains precarious.

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In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.

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"The day that Charlie died, angels wept, but those tears have been turned into fire in our hearts," said Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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