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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/46/b1L53.St.138.jpeg|416A beagle puppy named Shiloh rests during a news conference at the American Kennel Club in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The club announced their list of the most popular dog breeds in 2012 where the beagle remains one of the top five most popular dogs. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/46/Tk60U.St.138.jpeg|416A bulldog puppy named Dominique is held during a news conference at the American Kennel Club in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The club announced their list of the most popular dog breeds in 2012 where bulldog takes the 5th spot from the Yorkshire terrier. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/46/pTXvZ.St.138.jpeg|416A German Shepard named Commander attends a news conference at the American Kennel Club in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The club announced their list of the most popular dog breeds in 2012 and the German Shepard is in the top 5. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/46/nmZxi.St.138.jpeg|416A bulldog named Munch, left, and a puppy named Dominique attend a news conference at the American Kennel Club in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The club announced their list of the most popular dog breeds in 2012 where the bulldog takes the fifth place spot from the Yorkshire terrier. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/46/4SXtK.St.138.jpeg|494ADVANCE FOR MONDAY FEB. 4 AND THEREAFTER - In a Sept. 19, 2012 photo provided by Bonnie Plants, Katelyn Cross, a Barbour County student, shows off the head of cabbage she grew in the Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program, in Belington, W.Va. Katelyn a fourth-grader has $1,000 toward her college education thanks to her efforts over the summer to tend a cabbage plant. (AP Photo/Bonnie Plants)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/46/L9GpF.St.138.jpeg|415WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Senate Judiciary Committee members (L-R) U.S. Sen. John Jeff Sessions (R-AL), U.S. Sen. John Orrin Hatch (R-UT), ranking member U.S. Sen. John Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), U.S. Sen. John Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), U.S. Sen. John Charles Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Sen. John Richard Durbin (D-IL) listen to testimony during a hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill January 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. Giffords delivered an opening statment to the committee, which met for the first time since the mass shooting at a Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/46/1a4CwB.St.138.jpeg|445Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in the mass shooting that killed six people in Tucson, Ariz. two years ago, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, for a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. She is escorted by her husband, Mark Kelly, right, a retired astronaut, Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., second from left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/46/qENLr.St.138.jpeg|525Police SWAT teams and hostage negotiators are gathered at standoff and hostage scene in Dale County near Midland City, Ala. on Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Authorities were locked in a standoff Wednesday with a gunman authorities say on Tuesday intercepted a school bus, killed the driver, snatched a 6-year-old boy and retreated into a bunker at his home in Alabama. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) (AP Photo/The Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/cgC4N.St.138.jpeg|422A woman is taken to a paramedic truck from an office building where a shooter opened fire in north central Phoenix on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Schennum)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/EP9ST.St.138.jpeg|416People attend the funeral of Gustavo Goncalves, the most recent victim of the Kiss nightclub fatal fire raising the death toll to 235, in Santa Maria, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A fast-moving fire roared through the crowded, windowless nightclub in this southern Brazilian city early Sunday. The first funeral services were held Monday for the victims. Most of the dead were college students 18 to 21 years old. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/yVPAJ.St.138.jpeg|410LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND - JANUARY 30: People walk next to the River Foyle on the Protestant side of the city on January 30, 2013 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. A year of events have started as Derry celebrates being the UK City of Culture for 2013. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1dVLB8.St.138.jpeg|414ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 30: A man shows off his pet birds as new Syrian refugees arrive at the International Organization for Migration at the Zaâatari refugee camp on January 30, 2013 in Mafrq, Jordan. Record numbers of refugees are fleeing the violence and bombings in Syria to cross the borders to safety in northern Jordan and overwhelming the Za'atari camp. The Jordanian government are appealing for help with the influx of refugees as they struggle to cope with the sheer numbers arriving in the country. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/kzZG3.St.138.jpeg|438Young giraffe "Jengo" stands in its enclosure in the zoo Frankfurt in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany, on January 30, 2013. The newborn that was born on January 12, 2013 is the seventh child of the 17 year old giraffe "Chira". AFP PHOTO / Nicolas Armer GERMANY OUTNicolas Armer/AFP/Getty Images
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/x4eCr.St.138.jpeg|525Crocuses blossom the Botanic Garden in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on January 30, 2013. After days of a cold spell, temperatures rise again up to 14 degrees in southern parts of the country. AFP PHOTO / ULI DECK GERMANY OUTULI DECK/AFP/Getty Images
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1q3Pxv.St.138.jpeg|416German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center left, welcomes Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center right, for talks at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/Bqott.St.138.jpeg|451Riot police use shields to move away supporters of detained protesters from outside the Labor Ministry in Athens, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Protesters from a Communist-backed labor union forced their way into a government building and clashed with police who used tear gas to expel them. Members of the union are protesting planned reforms to the country's pension and income contribution system part of ongoing austerity cuts demanded by Greece's euro partners and the International Monetary Fund who are keeping the country afloat with emergency loans. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/pB5wh.St.138.jpeg|401Flowers decorate the footprints that mark the last steps of Mahatma Gandhi, on his death anniversary in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Gandhi, known as the father of the nation, was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist on Jan. 30, 1948. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1cWE6s.St.138.jpeg|415Maya Angelou reads her poem "The Health-Food Diner" after telling the story about how she was inspired to write the piece in Randolph College's Smith Hall Theatre in Lynchburg, Va., on Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/The News & Advance, Sam O'Keefe)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/hXtxF.St.138.jpeg|447A Capitol police honor guard stand watch over the casket containing the body of former Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice, Harry Carrico which lies in state in the rotunda of the State Capitok Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 in Richmond, Va. A funeral for Carrico who died on Sunday is planned for Thursday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/fUHIS.St.138.jpeg|525An Ivory Coast supporter strikes a pose on the stands ahead of their African Cup of Nations group D match with Algeria Wednesday, Jan. 30 2013, at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. The two other teams in group D are Tunisia and Togo. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/doROG.St.138.jpeg|445Joshua Maxeimer, 12, left, tries to recover from a sudden gust of wind Wednesday morning Jan. 30, 2013, as he walks to Alton, Ill., Middle School along Washington Avenue with friend Demetreus Massey, 11, who was hiding his hands inside his coat sleeves from the cold rain. From a high near 70 degrees on Tuesday, temperatures dropped all morning Wednesday into the 30's and the rain turned into snow flurries. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, John Badman) THE NEWS-DEMOCRAT AND THE POST-DISPATCH OUT
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/11QA88.St.138.jpeg|396Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek, of Italy, skate during the gala exhibition for the ISU European figure skating championships, in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1qSMX5.St.138.jpeg|385Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev, of Russia, skate during the gala exhibition for the ISU European figure skating championships, in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1nipGV.St.138.jpeg|525Elizaveta Tukhtamysheva, of Russia, skates during the gala exhibition for the ISU European figure skating championships, in Zagreb, Croatia, on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1noSsH.St.138.jpeg|402In this Jan. 22, 2013 photo, a plane approaches the Mariscal Sucre airport for landing over a fire spitting street performer in Quito, Ecuador. There are a lot more people living near the airport than when it opened in 1960. Just about 350,000 lived in Quito then. The population has grown to about 2.2 million now. Quito is moving its airport to an agricultural setting 12 miles (20 kilometers) northeast of the city, joining other cities that have moved, or tried to move, planes further from people. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/8GaZd.St.138.jpeg|414In this Jan. 15, 2013 photo, the windows of a building reflect the image of a plane approaching the Mariscal Sucre airport for landing in Quito, Ecuador. Mariscal Sucre airport sat amid cornfields when it was christened in 1960, and on Feb. 19, the airport will close and a new airport will be built. The runway will become a grassy esplanade, and a flurry of construction is anticipated nearby. The newly revised code will allow for buildings as high as 40 stories, up from the current four. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1j6czt.St.138.jpeg|451In this Jan. 8, 2013 photo, a plane approaches the Mariscal Sucre airport for landing, seen through a glass wall inside the Eloy Alfaro school in Quito, Ecuador. Landing at Ecuadors capital can be a white-knuckle affair. High altitude, a cramped runway and towering, active volcanos nearby make it one of Latin Americas most challenging aiports for pilots. And the constant roar of the planes has tormented those on the ground as well. Mariscal Sucre airport sat amid cornfields when it was christened in 1960, and on Feb. 19, the airport will close and a new airport will be built in an agricultural setting 12 miles (20 kilometers) northeast of the capital. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1ePcJI.St.138.jpeg|396In this Jan. 19, 2013 photo, a plane approaches the Mariscal Sucre airport for landing over the soccer stadium, Liga deportiva Ruminahui, in Quito, Ecuador. Mariscal Sucre airport sat amid cornfields when it was christened in 1960. On Feb. 19, the last flight departs and the airport will close. Its replacement, in an agricultural setting 12 miles (20 kilometers) northeast of the capital, will provide pilots with considerably more margin for error. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1odZNc.St.138.jpeg|379In this Jan. 8 2013 photo, a plane approaches the runway at the Mariscal Sucre airport in Quito, Ecuador. Mariscal Sucre airport sat amid cornfields when it was christened in 1960. Over the years, Quito grew dense around it, turning the airfield into a notoriously nerve-wracking neighbor, with planes booming in and out from 5:45 a.m. until 2 a.m. without rest. That will change on Feb. 19 as Quito moves its airport to an agricultural setting 12 miles (20 kilometers) northeast of the city, joining other cities that have moved, or tried to move, planes further from people. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1sRjSR.St.138.jpeg|382A sadhu, or Hindu holy man, takes photographs of others from the Juna Akhara sect performing rituals that are believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as a 'Naga' or naked holy men, at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The significance of nakedness is that they will not have any worldly ties to material belongings, even something as simple as clothes. This ritual that transforms selected holy men to Naga can only be done at the Kumbh festival. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1nVOBL.St.138.jpeg|416Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara sect participate in rituals that is believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as 'Naga' or naked holy men, at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The significance of nakedness is that they will not have any worldly ties to material belongings, even something as simple as clothes. This ritual that transforms selected holy men to Naga can only be done at the Kumbh festival. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/RLTIm.St.138.jpeg|413Hindu holy men of the Juna Akhara sect participate in rituals that are believed to rid them of all ties in this life and dedicate themselves to serving God as a 'Naga' or naked holy men, at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The significance of nakedness is that they will not have any worldly ties to material belongings, even something as simple as clothes. This ritual that transforms selected holy men to Naga can only be done at the Kumbh festival. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/1dd02L.St.138.jpeg|416A Malian soldier passes as Malian women flock the central market in Gao, northern Mali, Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Freed from Islamic rule over the week-end, women started coming out wearing bright colors, makeup and jewels, after 10 month of black veils and sharia laws. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/TJiVe.St.138.jpeg|431A riot policeman gestures to journalists while pursuing protesters during clashes in Manama, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Clashes erupted when hundreds of participants in a mourning procession headed toward the nearby site of the Spring 2011 pro-democracy uprising, a blockaded and heavily guarded area. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/45/8YcaM.St.138.jpeg|302Egyptian riot police march during clashes with protesters, not seen, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Egypt's liberal opposition leader called for a broad national dialogue with the Islamist government, all political factions and the powerful military on Wednesday, aimed at stopping the country's eruption of political violence that has left scores dead in the past week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/HyoS5.St.138.jpeg|403An Egyptian protester throws stones at riot police, not seen, during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Egypt's liberal opposition leader called for a broad national dialogue with the Islamist government, all political factions and the powerful military on Wednesday, aimed at stopping the country's eruption of political violence that has left scores dead in the past week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/13VICo.St.138.jpeg|408Bahraini women chant anti-government slogans during a mourning procession for Qassim Habib, 8, in Manama, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Clashes erupted after the procession for the boy, who opposition groups say died from respiratory problems triggered by heavy tear gas. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/1jgFCf.St.138.jpeg|525Bahraini mourners chant anti-government slogans during a mourning procession for Qassim Habib, 8, in Manama, Bahrain, on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Clashes erupted after the procession for the boy, who opposition groups say died from respiratory problems triggered by heavy tear gas. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/ao9m8.St.138.jpeg|394Egyptian riot police arrest a man during clashes with protesters near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Egypt's liberal opposition leader called for a broad national dialogue with the Islamist government, all political factions and the powerful military on Wednesday, aimed at stopping the country's eruption of political violence that has left scores dead in the past week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/CvO3L.St.138.jpeg|403Egyptian riot police take positions during clashes with anti-government protesters, not seen, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Egypt's liberal opposition leader called for a broad national dialogue with the Islamist government, all political factions and the powerful military on Wednesday, aimed at stopping the country's eruption of political violence that has left scores dead in the past week. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/2oxTG.St.138.jpeg|430Syrian citizens search for their relatives amongst dead bodies who were found Tuesday next to a river, at the neighborhood of Bustan al-Qasr in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. The bodies of dozens of men, many of them with their hands bound behind their back, were found on the muddy banks of a small river Tuesday in the northern city of Aleppo, activists said. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/jILv0.St.138.jpeg|416A cemetery worker builds a grave for a Kachin Independence Army corporal who was killed by Myanmar government troops in a combat on Jan. 18 in the town of Laiza, in Northern Myanmar's Kachin-controlled region, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A key outpost protecting the headquarters of ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar has fallen to government troops, a spokesman for the guerrilla group said Sunday. The Kachin Independence Army spokesman said the hillside outpost at Hka Ya Bhum, near the guerrilla group's headquarters in the town of Laiza, was overrun Saturday afternoon. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/12hYXz.St.138.jpeg|416FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2013 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a post-sentence motion in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky lost a bid for a new trial Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 when Judge John Cleland rejected his argument that his lawyers were not given enough time to prepare for the three-week proceeding that ended with a 45-count guilty verdict. Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence after being convicted in June of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/kil7C.St.138.jpeg|525Actress Lindsay Lohan appears in Los Angeles court for a pretrial hearing, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in a case filed over the actress' June car crash. Lohan faces three misdemeanor charges and a return to jail if convicted in the case or if a judge finds she violated her probation. (AP Photo/David McNew, Pool)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/dI9ZQ.St.138.jpeg|525South Korean elementary schoolchildren celebrate as they watch TV news reporting the country's first rocket launch, at National Science Museum in Gwacheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. South Korea says it has successfully launched a satellite into orbit from its own soil for the first time. Wednesday's high-stakes launch comes just weeks after archrival North Korea successfully launched its own satellite to the surprise of the world. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Shin Young-gun) KOREA OUT
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/5YIt.St.138.jpeg|416People listen to a speech during a gathering to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombing of a Barcelona square by Italian planes supporting late Spanish dictator Gen. Franco during the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A Barcelona court last week announced it was opening an investigation into the attack on the capital of Catalonia in March 1938, which killed 42 civilians, including 22 children. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/s2ohz.St.138.jpeg|394Protests hold signs outside the hotel where Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivered a speech Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Dallas. In a speech to business leaders, Gov. Perry outlined how he would continue pressing for spending some of the state's reserves on water and transportation projects. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/1qmWwQ.St.138.jpeg|412Charles Winternheimer, 82, and his dog, Dudley, appraise the damage from several tall trees that fell on his house early Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013, during a winter wind and rain storm. Winternheimer lives in the Royal Pine area where many trees where downed during the storm. (Frank Espich/The Star) (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Frank Espich) NO SALES
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/JssiB.St.138.jpeg|442A vehicle lies on a road after a tornado moved through Adairsville, Ga. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A fierce storm system that roared across northwest Georgia has left at least one person dead and a trail of damage that included demolished buildings in downtown Adairsville and vehicles overturned on Interstate 75 northwest of Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/nwEz1.St.138.jpeg|449Justin Chandler searches through debris of his brother-n-law's shop after a storm ripped through Coble, Tenn. early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/12De7R.St.138.jpeg|412Charles Winternheimer, 82, and his dog, Dudley, appraise the damage from several tall trees that fell on his house early Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013, during a winter wind and rain storm. Winternheimer lives in the Royal Pine area where many trees where downed during the storm. (Frank Espich/The Star) (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Frank Espich) NO SALES
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/fuxyr.St.138.jpeg|436Ronnie Shanes searches through debris of his brother's home after a storm ripped through Coble, Tenn. early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/1gB12t.St.138.jpeg|431Lanna Ewell tries her best to stay dry and warm as she and others work to clean up one of her relatives homes that had three walls and the roof torn off on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Galatia, Ill. A severe storm ripped through a small part of the Saline County town late Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/1slgBB.St.138.jpeg|415Darrell Lockridge consoles his wife Samantha in Bordeaux section of Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Her uncle, Vernon Hartsell was killed when a large tree fell on the shed where he was taking shelter. (AP Photo/The Tennessean, John Partipilo) NO SALES
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/9IgnD.St.138.jpeg|432Michael Wiley blows cigarette smoke during a break from work as morning fog begins to clear, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Newark, N.J. A heavy fog settled across the region in the morning with temperatures expected to soar to the mid-60s by the afternoon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/wJSf2.St.138.jpeg|431Light from the sun tries to peek through a thick blanket of fog covering the Passaic River near downtown Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. A heavy fog settled across the region in the morning with temperatures expected to soar to the mid-60s by the afternoon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/44/1ANgr.St.138.jpeg|374Dave Anderson runs in the fog early Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, near New Hope, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/43/tUxBt.St.138.jpeg|363Omaha Police officers Neal Bonacci and Eric Kerwin, right, help push a car up a hill in Omaha Neb., Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. A winter storm packing snow and wind swept through Iowa and Nebraska, slowing morning commutes, closing schools and leaving portions of major highways shut down. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald/Brynn Anderson) MAGS OUT TV OUT
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/43/1aY58R.St.138.jpeg|365A pedestrian crosses Broadway Street in Winona, Minn., on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, as heavy snow falls in the morning. (AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Andrew Link)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/43/18AKFz.St.138.jpeg|409US surfer Garrett McNanamara rides a wave during a surf session at Praia do Norte beach in Nazare, Portugal, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. McNamara is said to have broken his own world record for the largest wave surfed when he caught a wave reported to be around 100ft, off the coast of Nazare on Monday. If the claims are verified, it will mean that McNamara, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA, but whose family moved to Hawaii's North Shore when he was aged 11, has beaten his previous record, which was also set at Nazare, of 23.77 meters (78 feet) in November 2011. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/01/30/17/43/1tiLl0.St.138.jpeg|409US surfer Garrett McNanamara makes a take off on a wave during a surf session at Praia do Norte beach in Nazare, Portugal, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. McNamara is said to have broken his own world record for the largest wave surfed when he caught a wave reported to be around 100ft, off the coast of Nazare on Monday. If the claims are verified, it will mean that McNamara, who was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA, but whose family moved to Hawaii's North Shore when he was aged 11, has beaten his previous record, which was also set at Nazare, of 23.77 meters (78 feet) in November 2011. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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