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the week in pictures: Marijuana plantations, a J-Lo divorce, and Potter-mania

(Getty/Uriel Sinai) Mexican soldiers discovered the biggest marijuana plantation in the country in Baja California. The three-hundred acre farm would have yielded 120 tons worth $160 million.
(Getty/Frazer Harrison) Power couple J-Lo and Marc Anthony call it quits.
(Getty/Justin Sullivan) California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law making the state the first in the country to require that school history textbooks include the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans.
Christian Lopez, the 23-year-old Yankees fan who caught Derek Jeeter's 3000th home run and returned the ball in good spirit had his good luck turn sour when the IRS decided to tax the donations he received.
(Getty/David Livingston) The last of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" opened at midnight Thursday to throngs Potter-mania fans.
(Getty/Mario Tama) Rupert Murdoch's empire, News Corp. is investigated for allegedly hacking the telephones of 9-11 victims.
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