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    BUNGENDORE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: A ACT Rural Fire Service member watches water-bombing operations take place on a fire at Sandhills on January 9, 2013 in Bungendore, Australia. Temperatures cooled overnight offering relief to fire fighters following yesterday's heat wave recording temperatures of over 40-plus degrees across the state. Crews continue to fight blazes today, taking advantage of the improved conditions ahead fire danger conditions predicted later in the week. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    Catholic devotees jostle to get closer to the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The annual procession by hundreds of thousands of devotees is now becoming to be a tourist attraction. More than a hundred devotees were treated for minor injuries. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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    A Catholic devotee is carried to an ambulance after fainting during the raucous procession of the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in celebration of its feast day Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The annual procession is now becoming to be a tourist attraction. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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    Catholic devotees jostle to get closer to the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The annual procession by hundreds of thousands of devotees is now becoming to be a tourist attraction. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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    Hockey pucks are stacked on the boards as Vancouver Canucks players skate past during an informal NHL hockey practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. NHL owners have ratified the tentative labor deal. All that now remains is player approval to finally start the hockey season. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
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    Vancouver Canucks goalie Cory Schneider touches his tongue to his nose during an informal hockey practice at the University of British Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
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    A Syrian refugee stands on top of a water tank at Zaatari refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The unusual weather was a particularly harsh blow for the vulnerable Syrian refugees, especially about 50,000 sheltering in the Zaatari tent camp in Jordan's northern desert. Torrential rains over the past four days have flooded 200 tents and forced women and infants to evacuate in temperatures below freezing at night, whipping wind and lashing rain. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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    Ariel Schalit - AP
    A doll covered with mud lies on the floor after a flood hit the village of Bat Hefer, central Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. About 200 homes were flooded and tens of cars were damaged by the flood. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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    An Ultra orthodox Jewish man looks at a rainbow over the Mediterranean sea in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The rainbow follows one of the region's fiercest rainstorms in decades. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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    Dario Lopez-Mills - AP
    A puppy that was caught near the site of four fatal maulings sits inside a cage at a city dog pound in Mexico City,Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Authorities have captured dozens of dogs near the scene of the attacks in the capital's poor Iztapalapa district, but rather than calm residents, photos of the forlorn dogs brought a wave of sympathy for the animals, doubts about their involvement in the killings and debate about government handling of the stray dog problem. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
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    Charles Krupa - AP
    Four-year-old Gabriella Diaz sits as registered nurse Charlene Luxcin, right, administers a flu shot at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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    Dieu Nalio Chery - AP
    A supporter of Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide chants anti-government slogans in front of a police officer during a demonstration outside a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Around two thousand Aristide supporters rallied outside the court on behalf of the two-time president who faces accusations that street children were mistreated at an orphanage he created. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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    Brenda Bahn-Moore, of Bentonville, Ark., shoots a photo of Elvis Presley's 78th birthday cake during festivities at Graceland, in Memphis, Tenn. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. More than 200 faithful fans sang Happy Birthday to the King of Rock & Roll before the annual cutting of the cake. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Brown)
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    A horse grazes in a pasture in early morning fog caused by frost-producing overnight temperatures in Chia, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. In Colombia's highlands, crops are prone to freeze damage in the first few months of the year when temperatures are high during the day but drop below zero at night. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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    Marina Lacasse - AP
    In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013 photo provided by Marina Lacasse, a killer whale surfaces through a small hole in the ice near Inukjuak, in Northern Quebec. Mayor Peter Inukpuk urged the Canadian government Wednesday to send an icebreaker as soon as possible to crack open the ice and help the pod of about a dozen trapped orcas find open water. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said it is sending officials to assess the situation. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Marina Lacasse) MANDATORY CREDIT
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    Injured passengers of the Seastreak Wall Street ferry are aided, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., banged into the mooring as it arrived at South Street in lower Manhattan during morning rush hour, injuring as many as 50 people, at least one critically, officials said.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    An injured passenger of the Seastreak Wall Street ferry is aided by New York City firefighters, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., banged into the mooring as it arrived at South Street in lower Manhattan during morning rush hour, injuring as many as 50 people, at least one critically, officials said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Richard Drew - AP
    An injured passenger from the Seastreak Wall Street ferry is taken to an ambulance, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., banged into the mooring as it arrived at South Street in lower Manhattan during morning rush hour, injuring as many as 50 people, at least one critically, officials said.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Mark Lennihan - AP
    New York City firefighters walk the deck of the Seastreak Wall Street ferry in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., banged into the mooring as it arrived at South Street in lower Manhattan during morning rush hour, injuring as many as 50 people, at least one critically, officials said.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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    Bebeto Matthews - AP
    Mayor Michael Bloomberg surveys the damage to a passenger ferry after it crashed on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 in New York. At least 57 people were injured, two critically, when a commuter ferry struck a dock in New York City's financial district, ripping open a right-side front corner. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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    Tim Holmes - AP
    In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo provided by the Holmes family, Tammy Holmes, second from left, and her grandchildren, two-year-old Charlotte Walker, left, four-year-old Esther Walker, third from left, nine-year-old Liam Walker, eleven-year-old Matilda, second from right, and six-year-old Caleb Walker, right, take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages near-by in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, east of the state capital of Hobart, Australia. The family credits God with their survival from the fire that destroyed around 90 homes in Dunalley. Record temperatures across southern Australia cooled Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, reducing the danger from scores of raging wildfires but likely bringing only a brief reprieve from the summer’s extreme heat and fire risk. (AP Photo/Holmes Family, Tim Holmes) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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    Natacha Pisarenko - AP
    Argentina's naval training tall ship ARA Libertad arrives to port as planes fly overhead during a ceremony in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The Argentine naval ship detained for more than two months in Ghana because of a financial dispute returned home to a triumphant welcome. Ghana courts ordered the ship held in October on a claim by Cayman Islands-based hedge fund NML Capital Ltd. But the U.N.'s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered the ship's release last month after Argentina argued that warships are immune from seizure. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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    Mark Lennihan - AP
    Maurice Greenberg, former CEO of AIG, arrives for a meeting of the insurance company's board of directors, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 in New York. AIG is considering Wednesday whether the company should join a lawsuit against the government that spent $182 billion to save it from collapse. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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    TOPSHOTS Tourists enjoy the view from the Auerberg mountain near Bernbeuren, southern Germany, as sun sets behind an Alps panorama on January 8, 2013. AFP PHOTO / KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND GERMANY OUTKARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND/AFP/Getty Images
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    COATBRIDGE, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 09: A police officer stands on duty at Monkland Cemetery as forensic officers continue to exame a burial plot on January 9, 2013 in Coatbridge, Scotland. Forensic specialists are exhuming remains at a gravesite in search of 11 year old school girl Moira Anderson, who went missing in 1957. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 09: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) makes brief remarks to the press at the beginning of a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (3rd L) and gun violence survivors and victims and gun safety advocacy groups in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building January 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama appointed Biden to oversee a task force on gun violence. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: Passengers make their way in and out of Baker Street Underground Station on January 9, 2013 in London, England. The London Underground commonly called the Tube, is the oldest of its kind in the world, and marks it's 150th anniversary on January 10, 2013. The network carries approximately a quarter of a million people around its network of 249 miles of track every day. The Baker Street station has more platforms than any other on the network with 10, and is one of the oldest of the 270 stations on the entire network. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 09: An injured person is carried to a waiting ambulance following an early morning ferry accident during rush hour in Lower Manhattan on January 9, 2013 in New York City. About 50 people were injured in the accident, which left a large gash on the front side of the Seastreak ferry at Pier 11. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: Samantha Kidd , the estranged wife of former stuntman Eddie Kidd, is shielded from view by friends as she leaves Brighton Magistrates Court charged with assaulting Mr Kidd on January 9, 2013 in Brighton, England. Mrs Kidd is accused of assaulting Mr Kidd, who is paralysed and brain-damaged after a stunt went wrong in August 1996, six times over a period of four months from July to October 2012. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is celebrating her 31st Birthday, January 09, 2013, reportedly at her home in north Wales where her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, works as an RAF helicopter pilot. CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 28: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge waves to the crowds as she arrives at Cambridge Guildhall as she pays an official visit to Cambridge with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on November 28, 2012 in Cambridge, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
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    LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 09: Journalist Greg Sandoval (L) and actor/director Danny DeVito appear on stage at the Panasonic booth during the 2013 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 9, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 11 and is expected to feature 3,100 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***
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    COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO - JANUARY 09: Virginie Faivre of Switzerland competes during qualification for the ladies Ski Halfpipe FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup at the US Grand Prix on January 9, 2013 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***
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    COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO - JANUARY 09: Rosalind Groenewoud of Canada goes airborn during qualification for the ladies Ski Halfpipe FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup at the US Grand Prix on January 9, 2013 in Copper Mountain, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***
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    Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul looks on as fans hold up pictures of him during the first half of their NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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    Mark J. Terrill - AP
    Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) blocks the shot of Dallas Mavericks forward Elton Brand during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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    BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 9: Paul Pierce #34 of the Boston Celtics tips in a shot in front of Marcin Gortat #4 of the Phoenix Suns during the game on January 9, 2013 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***
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    Oklahoma State's Phil Forte (10) and TCU's Kyan Anderson (5) collide while going after the ball during their NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, in Stillwater, Okla. Oklahoma State won 63-45. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger) LOCAL TV OUT (KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, KOKH, KAUT OUT); LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LOCAL PRINT OUT (EDMOND SUN OUT, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE OUT) TABLOIDS OUT
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    Charlotte Bobcats' Hakim Warrick (21) loses the ball as Utah Jazz's Derrick Favors (15) defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The Jazz won 112-102. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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    Houston Rockets small forward Chandler Parsons, left, New Orleans Hornets center Robin Lopez, second from left, Rockets center Omer Asik, second from right, and Hornets power forward Anthony Davis, right, compete for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)
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    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 09: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Gael Monfils of France plays a backhand in his second round match against Greg Jones of Australia during day three of the Heineken Open at ASB Tennis Centre on January 9, 2013 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Sandra Mu/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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    MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 10: Ivan Dodig of Croatia plays a volley during his match against Milos Raonic of Canada during day two of the AAMI Classic at Kooyong on January 10, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Lucas Dawson/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***
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