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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/42/fWUB3.St.138.jpg|416In this Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, Artist Whitney Houston performs onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/42/RGtob.St.138.jpg|444People in a street seen from a hole in wall caused by a rocket propelled grenade in Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Clashes between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Saturday left two people dead and 12 wounded in the latest skirmish between Lebanese factions over the crisis in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/41/11daSq.St.138.jpg|421Two teenagers run across a street during clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Clashes between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Saturday left two people dead and 12 wounded in the latest skirmish between Lebanese factions over the crisis in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/41/rzM5R.St.138.jpg|433A bullet hole in a window in Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Clashes between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Saturday left two people dead and 12 wounded in the latest skirmish between Lebanese factions over the crisis in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/41/TwBgR.St.138.jpg|435In this Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012 photo, anti-Syrian regime protesters carry the body of a man, who witnesses say was killed by Syrian government forces shelling, during a funeral procession in the Rastan neighborhood of Homs province, central Syria. (AP Photo)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/41/1qvkuc.St.138.jpg|430People run away after a rocket propelled grenade exploded in a street in Tripoli, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Clashes between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Saturday left at least two people dead and 12 wounded in the latest skirmish between Lebanese factions over the crisis in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/40/HXfT5.St.138.jpg|439In this picture taken on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, anti-Syrian regime protesters burn a Russian flag and a portrait of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Khaldiyeh neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. The Arabic placard in the left reads: "Russia is a partner in shedding the blood of Syria." (AP Photo)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/40/AC61K.St.138.jpg|429In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 photo, Syrian mourners carry the coffin, center, of a man who witnesses say was killed by Syrian government forces shelling, during a funeral procession in the Rastan neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. The Arabic placards held by the mourners from right to left read: "our martyrs are a lighthouse on the road to freedom," " our people in Baba Amr, be patient God is with us," "the hero martyr Hmaza Zakariya Bakour," " be patient people of Homs God is with us," and "to every living conscience in the world, rescue Homs." (AP Photo)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/40/1egdMg.St.138.jpg|525In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, file photo, a poster with the photo of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen on the front of a car as pro-Syrian regime protesters chant slogans during a demonstration, where anti-Syrian regime protesters and supporters of the Islamic group Jamaa Islamiya were also protesting, in front the Russian embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon. Syria's 11-month-old crisis, pitting strongman Bashar Assad's regime against protesters and now armed rebels, enflames emotions and strains the already deep divisions in neighboring Lebanon. There is a constant concern that the conflict next door will eventually play out here. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/40/mJ6Jc.St.138.jpg|438In this Sunday Feb. 5, 2012, file photo, pro-Syrian regime protesters wave a large Russian flag during a demonstration where anti-Syrian regime protesters and supporters of the Islamic group Jamaa Islamiya were also protesting, in front the Russian embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon. Syria's 11-month-old crisis, pitting strongman Bashar Assad's regime against protesters and now armed rebels, enflames emotions and strains the already deep divisions in neighboring Lebanon. There is a constant concern that the conflict next door will eventually play out here. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/39/YvzSl.St.138.jpg|443In this Sunday Feb. 5, 2012, file photo, Lebanese anti-Syrian regime protesters and supporters of the Islamic Group Jamaa Islamiya, who are opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad, burn Russian and Chinese flags during a demonstration where a number of Assad supporters were also protesting, in front the Russian embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon. Syria's 11-month-old crisis, pitting strongman Bashar Assad's regime against protesters and now armed rebels, enflames emotions and strains the already deep divisions in neighboring Lebanon. There is a constant concern that the conflict next door will eventually play out here. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/39/LWdnA.St.138.jpg|525Holding "No Nukes" signs, people march demanding Japan abandon atomic power in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Thousands joined the march against nuclear power as worries grow about the restarting of reactors idled after the March 11 2011 disaster in northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/39/11dm3z.St.138.jpg|391A protester carries a sign reading "No nuclear power stations" during a march, demanding Japan abandon atomic power in Tokyo Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Thousands joined the march against nuclear power as worries grow about the restarting of reactors idled after the March 11, 2011 disaster in northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/39/1khEe6.St.138.jpg|373A protester wearing a Greek flag sits in front of riot police during a rally outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The leaders of the two parties backing Greece's coalition government called on their deputies Saturday to back legislation that calls for harsh new austerity measures - essential if Greece is to get a new bailout deal worth euro 130 billion ($171.6 billion) and stave off bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/38/1dQ8cT.St.138.jpg|365Indian policemen patrol a closed market area during a strike to mark the death anniversary of separatist leader Maqbool Bhat in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Shops and businesses closed and traffic was sparse across the Indian portion of Kashmir as the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and other groups called a general strike demanding that Bhat's remains, interred in New Delhi's high security Tihar Jail, be returned for a proper burial. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/38/Wfmpd.St.138.jpg|401A Palestinian uses a slingshot to throw a stone towards Israeli troops, not pictured, during a protest in support of Khader Adnan, 33, a senior member of Islamic Jihad jailed in Israel who has been on a hunger strike for over eight weeks, outside the Ofer military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/38/1azaUU.St.138.jpg|525In this photo released by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro smiles during a meeting with intellectuals and writers at the International Book Fair in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 10 2012. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Roberto Chile)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/38/1oA13I.St.138.jpg|405Supporters reach to help Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed, center, as he returns home in a street parade after a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, unseen, in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The top U.S. government official met Saturday with leaders in the Maldives to assess the political situation in the Indian Ocean nation after the former president said he was ousted in a coup. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/37/5dBXF.St.138.jpg|416Indian villagers head towards a polling station passing through agricultural fields to cast their votes, as paramilitary soldiers stand guard in Azamgarh district, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Residents in India's largest state were voting Saturday for the second phase of the seven-phased monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/37/15iv78.St.138.jpg|385A polling official marks the index finger of a woman voter with indelible ink before she casts her vote inside a polling booth at Azamgarh district, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Residents in India's largest state were voting Saturday for the second phase of the seven-phased monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/37/BAgPk.St.138.jpg|392An Indian Muslim woman casts her vote as others look on inside a polling station at Chakasikthi village in Azamgarh district, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Residents in India's largest state were voting Saturday for the second phase of the seven-phased monthlong local election with repercussions for the whole nation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/36/7CXck.St.138.jpg|416In this Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 photo, former sugar cane cutters Juan Cruz, 50, right, and his brother Hilario Perez Cruz, 30, pose for a portrait in their home in Trohilo, Leon, Nicaragua. Both Juan and Hilario suffer chronic kidney disease and can no longer get hired by the sugar mill due to their illness. A mysterious epidemic is devastating the Pacific coast of Central America, killing more than 24,000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua since 2000 and striking thousands of others with chronic kidney disease at rates unseen virtually anywhere else. Many of the victims were manual laborers or worked in the sugarcane fields that cover much of the coastal lowlands. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) PART OF A 34-PICTURE SERIES BY ESTEBAN FELIX
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/36/18zeJO.St.138.jpg|416In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 photo, relatives mourn for Segundo Zapata Palacios inside his home in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. Zapata, who worked as a sugar cane cutter for 20 years at the San Antonio sugar plantation, died of chronic kidney disease on Jan. 26 at the age of 49. A mysterious epidemic is devastating the Pacific coast of Central America, killing more than 24,000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua since 2000 and striking thousands of others with chronic kidney disease at rates unseen virtually anywhere else. Many of the victims were manual laborers or worked in the sugarcane fields that cover much of the coastal lowlands. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) PART OF A 34-PICTURE SERIES BY ESTEBAN FELIX
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/35/nMPmW.St.138.jpg|410Malaysian Chinese devotees shake a deity statue while leaving the Johor Bahru Old Chinese Temple during an annual Chingay parade in Johor Bahru, southern Malaysia, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Many festival goers turn out in the city to watch the religious procession which goes on for five days. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/35/op0W6.St.138.jpg|494Chuck and Judy Cox, the grandparents of Charlie and Braden Powell, attend a funeral service for the boys, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. The boys died Feb. 5, 2012, when their father, Josh Powell, set fire to the home he was living in while they visited. Powell had been a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife Susan, who is the daughter of Chuck and Judy. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/35/PGHl9.St.138.jpg|402Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, kicks balloons from the stage after speaking to supporters following his loss in the Maine caucus to Mitt Romney, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/34/1FXss.St.138.jpg|425Ken Kroesser of Washington, Maine, shows his support for Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, during a caucus night party, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/34/dCuX0.St.138.jpg|434Mike Donahue plant signs in frozen ground in support of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul outside a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/34/Sr5ay.St.138.jpg|445Zoo Cain, right, listens to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/34/y3ZwF.St.138.jpg|525Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks at a caucus held in a school gymnasium, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in New Gloucester, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/33/13faNL.St.138.jpg|427Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul speaks with a supporter at a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in New Gloucester, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/33/p8tTj.St.138.jpg|455Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters at a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/33/1anxQu.St.138.jpg|459Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waves to supporters at a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/33/1nJM9q.St.138.jpg|418Zoo Cain, foreground, attends a crowded caucus in Portland, Maine, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/32/wWVTv.St.138.jpg|405Chris Burton holds a sign in support of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul outside a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/32/107ER2.St.138.jpg|388Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney chats with a supporter at a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/32/U5U42.St.138.jpg|525Volunteers promote the Republican presidential hopefuls as America's political right gathers for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/32/bhVpi.St.138.jpg|467Sarah Palin, the GOP candidate for vice-president in 2008, and former Alaska governor, delivers the keynote address to activists from America's political right at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/31/Q0ZRZ.St.138.jpg|427Sarah Palin, the GOP candidate for vice-president in 2008, and former Alaska governor, delivers the keynote address to activists from America's political right at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/31/jeOEx.St.138.jpg|435First lady Michelle Obama dances the platypus dance with Perry the Platypus of the Phineas and Ferb show, left, and choreographer Rosero McCoy, right, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Orlando, Fla., during her three day national tour celebrating the second anniversary of Let's Move. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/31/Q2uYE.St.138.jpg|416A Pakistani laborer works at a small foundry in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Foundry workers usually earn around 500 Pakistan rupees ($5.5) per day. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/30/FqL2a.St.138.jpg|416A man walks down a path in a snow covered park in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Serbia is struggling to maintain its power system amid record low temperatures in the Balkan country and much of Europe. (AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/30/FEfPH.St.138.jpg|397A woman looks out to St. Peter's square covered with snow, at the Vatican, early Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. After no big snowfall for 26 years, Rome was hit by its second snowstorm in a week. Snow blanketed Rome's suburbs Friday morning, and by evening, it started sticking in the capital's center. Within two hours, at least 5 cm (2 inches) had accumulated. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/30/pRO7T.St.138.jpg|525Khushi, a white tigress, plays with her newborn cub at the state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Khush gave birth to three cubs on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/30/UC5v1.St.138.jpg|448Panda Er Shun eats bamboo at the Panda House at the Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Two giant pandas including Er Shun will call Canada home for the next 10 years. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/30/pM46y.St.138.jpg|398The Jason Wu Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/29/1gvQ6J.St.138.jpg|415A model waits backstage at the Christian Siriano Fall 2012 show during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/29/1f4KQB.St.138.jpg|425The Jason Wu Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/29/SNo7G.St.138.jpg|415The Nicole Miller Fall 2012 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/29/F3suO.St.138.jpg|415A model fixes her make-up backstage before the Christian Siriano Fall 2012 show during Fashion Week in New York, Saturday Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/28/qdcq3.St.138.jpg|415Fall 2012 fashion from Yigal Azrouel is modeled during Fashion Week on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/28/7NSGF.St.138.jpg|525U.S. director Angelina Jolie poses during the photo call of the film In the Land of Blood and Honey at the 62 edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/28/AbZcz.St.138.jpg|297U.S. director Angelina Jolie poses during the photo call of the film In the Land of Blood and Honey at the 62 edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/27/YwAWK.St.138.jpg|390A child plays with soap bubbles in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 . (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/27/10LmqS.St.138.jpg|525The nearly full moon sets behind an Orthodox church in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/27/1aPT4V.St.138.jpg|372Finland's Tanja Poutiainen skis off the course during the second run of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Soldeu-Grandvalira, Andorra, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/27/VkZxc.St.138.jpg|525China's Yue Zhang is spun by Lei Wang while competing in the pairs short program during the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/27/ehbTV.St.138.jpg|471New York Islanders' Frans Nielsen (51), of Denmark, is knocked to the ice by Los Angeles Kings' Anze Kopitar (11) during the first period of an NHL hockey game at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/27/nPqVb.St.138.jpg|525New York Islanders' Matt Martin (17) checks Los Angeles Kings' Trevor Lewis (22) into the boards during the third period of an NHL hockey game at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. The Islanders won 2-1 in overtime. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/26/2A7Pr.St.138.jpg|525Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin (71) keeps his eye on the puck during a face-off against the Winnipeg Jets in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/26/SSXG1.St.138.jpg|411Chuck Cox reaches out to touch the casket bearing his grandsons, Charlie and Braden, as he walks with his wife Judy during a funeral service for the two boys, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. The boys died Feb. 5, 2012, when their father, Josh Powell, set fire to the home he was living in while they visited. Powell had been a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife Susan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/26/cZanH.St.138.jpg|398Maldivian children play with soap bubbles in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/26/Alec.St.138.jpg|420Switzerland's Beat Feuz competes on his way to win an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill on the course for the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Emerging Swiss standout Beat Feuz celebrated his 25th birthday by winning the inaugural World Cup downhill Saturday on the course for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/26/6b8IM.St.138.jpg|525United States' Alex Morgan (13) and Abby Wombach (20) celebrate Morgan's game-winning goal against New Zealand's Rebecca Smith (6) during the second half of an international friendly soccer match in Frisco, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Morgan contributed two goals as the United States won 2-1. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/25/BEHch.St.138.jpg|410Manchester United's Michael Carrick, centre, jumps for the ball against Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, left, and Jordan Henderson during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/25/1rKO8T.St.138.jpg|437Everton's Steven Pienaar, left, celebrates after scoring a goal against Chelsea during their English Premier League soccer match at Goodison Park, Liverpool, England, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/23/tKB76.St.138.jpg|411Manchester United's Patrice Evra, right, celebrates alongside Liverpool's Luis Suarez after Manchester United's 2-1 win over their Merseyside rivals following their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/23/xWeOU.St.138.jpg|351Italy's Sergio Parisse, bottom, tries to catch the ball during a Six Nations rugby union international match against England in Rome's Olympic stadium, Saturday, Feb.11, 2012. England won 19-15. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/23/kyjBu.St.138.jpg|453Maria Kirilenko of Russia returns a shot against Sorana Cirstea of Romania during their semifinal tennis match at the Pattaya Open in Pattaya, Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/23/14F7sI.St.138.jpg|525Maria Kirilenko of Russia reacts after winning the point during the semifinals match against Sorana Cirstea of Romania at the Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Pattaya, Thailand Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Kirilenko won 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. (AP Phoyo/Sakchai Lalit)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/22/6Fyrn.St.138.jpg|525Argentinian doubles David Nalbandian, left, and Eduardo Schwank embrace after beating the German doubles Philipp Petzschner and Tommy Haas 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in a tennis Davis Cup first round match between Germany and Argentina in Bamberg, Germany, Saturday, Feb.11, 2012. Argentina has now a 3-0 lead and goes to the next round. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/22/1cQ9mY.St.138.jpg|525Mike Bryan, right, and Mardy Fish celebrate after winning the double match against Swiss Davis Cup tennis players Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka during the Davis Cup World Group first round doubles tennis match between Switzerland and the US in the Forum Arena in Fribourg, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/22/1cCMig.St.138.jpg|525Actor George Lopez celebrates after making a putt on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/22/WDdAx.St.138.jpg|525Actor Bill Murray looks toward fans after making a putt on the third hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/22/1r6h1g.St.138.jpg|462Bo Kyeong Jeong of South Korea, in white, fights with Birgit Ente of the Netherlands during the women's under 48kg category final match at the World Cup Judo tournament in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Jeong won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/22/zERm6.St.138.jpg|525Connecticut's Bria Hartley, bottom is fouled by Georgetown's Adria Crawford, top during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Connecticut won 80-38. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/21/jSnDD.St.138.jpg|525New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin (17) drives past Los Angeles Lakers' Matt Barnes (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/21/YUAio.St.138.jpg|525Louisville's Peyton Siva, left, and West Virginia's Darryl Bryant fight for a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, W.Va., on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Louisville won 77-74. (AP Photo/David Smith)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/21/SQy0q.St.138.jpg|525UNLV's Mike Moser dunks over San Diego State's Garrett Green during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Las Vegas. UNLV won 65-63. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/21/1rV4TH.St.138.jpg|463South Carolina's Anthony Gill, right, tries to regain possession as Arkansas' Julysses Nobles, left, reaches for the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Arkansas defeated South Carolina 76-65. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/21/1jvNZt.St.138.jpg|519North Carolina's John Henson (31) and Virginia's Darion Atkins (32) reach for the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/20/1a5zps.St.138.jpg|433Rhode Island's Anthony Malhoit (44) is fouled by Charlotte 49ers E. Victor Nickerson (5) in the first half at UNC Charlotte Saturday, February, 11, 2012. Todd Sumlin - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/20/17hz6K.St.138.jpg|519North Carolina's John Henson (31) and Virginia's Darion Atkins (32) reach for the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/20/qioHe.St.138.jpg|463South Carolina's Anthony Gill, right, tries to regain possession as Arkansas' Julysses Nobles, left, reaches for the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Arkansas defeated South Carolina 76-65. (AP Photo/April L. Brown)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/02/11/21/19/1bjmO5.St.138.jpg|379France's Julien Benneteau celebrates a point while teamed with Michael Llodra against Canada's Daniel Nestor and Milos Raonic during the third set of a Davis Cup tennis doubles match in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
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