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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: A Syrian boy collects water in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    UNSPECIFIED, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: A Syrian man carries a newly born child in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: Syrian refugee children play in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: Syrian boys make gestures in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: A Syrian girl washes dishes in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: Syrian children make gestures in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: Syrian children make a fire in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: A Syrian boy waits to use the wash room in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: Syrian refugee children play in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: A Syrian carries a gas fire in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: A young Syrian girl looks out from a tent in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: Syrian boys stop to be photographed in the Za'atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - JANUARY 31: A Syrian boy poses for a picture in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 31, 2013 in Za'atari, 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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    HAIFA, ISRAEL - JANUARY 31: (ISRAEL OUT) An Israeli woman walks with her child after collectiong gas mask kits from a distribution station in a mall January 31, 2013, in Pisgat Ze'ev, East Jerusalem, Israel. Israel remains on high alert after the Israeli air force reportedly launched an airstrike January 30, on a convoy that Israeli officials said was carrying weapons from Syria to Lebanon on the Syria-Lebanon border. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Getty Images)
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    HAIFA, ISRAEL - JANUARY 31: (ISRAEL OUT) A post office worker shows to an Israeli child how to wear a gas mask at a gas mask kit distribution station in a mall January 31, 2013, in Pisgat Ze'ev, East Jerusalem, Israel. Israel remains on high alert after the Israeli air force reportedly launched an airstrike January 30, on a convoy that Israeli officials said was carrying weapons from Syria to Lebanon on the Syria-Lebanon border. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Getty Images)
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    Children look out from a school bus as they are transported to their parents after a shooting at an Price Middle school in Atlanta Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. A 14-year-old boy was wounded outside the school Thursday afternoon and a fellow student was in custody as a suspect, authorities said. No other students were hurt. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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    A woman comforts a child after after a shooting at an Price Middle school in Atlanta Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. A 14-year-old boy was wounded outside the school Thursday afternoon and a fellow student was in custody as a suspect, authorities said. No other students were hurt. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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    A man and a woman are reunited with a child a child after after a shooting at an Price Middle school in Atlanta Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. A 14-year-old boy was wounded outside the school Thursday afternoon and a fellow student was in custody as a suspect, authorities said. No other students were hurt. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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    Solomon Dean, 7, of Austell, looks back at his mother, Edith Dean, as he waits during a speaker's presentation during the fourth annual Georgia School Choice Celebration and Rally at the west entrance to the Capitol Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in Atlanta. More than 2,000 public, private, and home school students met outside the Georgia State Capitol Thursday to call for the expansion of educational opportunities for kids. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
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    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: Members of Neturei Karta International Yoel Loeb (2nd L) and Yeshaye Huchoser (L) attend the confirmation hearing of former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to become the next secretary of defense before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill January 31, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama nominated Hagel, a controversial choice as Hagel opposed former President George W. Bush and his own party on the Iraq War and upset liberals with his criticism of a gay ambassador, for which he later apologized. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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    A woman sits prayerfully while her head is shaved to mourn the late Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk ahead of his funeral, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The body of Sihanouk who died on Oct. 15, 2012 at age 89, is scheduled to be cremated on Feb. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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    In this Jan. 25, 2013 photo, snake handler Saintilus Resilus holds a snake in front of his lips as he trains the snake to recognize his smell as he prepares for his street performances during the pre-Lenten Carnival season, at his home in Petionville, Haiti. Resilus sees himself as something of a performance artist, showing off with snakes and other animals that Haitians don't see every day, earning tips from impromptu audiences. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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    In this Jan. 27, 2013 photo, snake handler Saintilus Resilus looks in the mirror as he paints his face red before performing with snakes for money during the pre-Lenten Carnival season at his home in Petionville, Haiti. It's the serpents that help him eat and pay rent, in addition to his work for a neighborhood herbologist. And it's the snakes for which he's most famous. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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    In this Jan. 27, 2013 photo, snake handler Saintilus Resilus performs with a snake wrapped around his face as he and his assistants walk in the streets during pre-Lenten Carnival celebrations in Petionville, Haiti. Haiti's snakes aren't venomous, but they have poisoned some relationships. Resilus' wife left him in 1991. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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    Hindu 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 a 'Naga' or naked holy men, after taking dips at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, early Thursday, Jan. 31, 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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    Exiled Tibetans shout slogans as they take part in a rally during the Tibetan People's Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The four-day campaign that began Wednesday is being held to express solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet and to raise awareness and seek international support for Tibet. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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    Homeless Indian men and laborers stand in the fog as they wait by the side of the road in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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    A Pakistani schoolgirl, who was displaced with her family from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, receives a polio vaccine from a health worker, while other children wait their turn, at their school in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani polio workers on their way to vaccinate children in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, an official said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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    Workmen guide the Bicentennial Bell before lifts it to a shipping container, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, in Philadelphia. The bell made in the same British foundry as its twin of the iconic Liberty Bell was a 1976 Bicentennial gift from from England and was presented by Queen Elizabeth II to the city. The bell tower and its accompanying building, constructed for the 1976 Bicentennial, are being demolished to make way for a Revolutionary War museum. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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    Ed Stouffer, of Superior, Wis., throws a rare yellow flag during ice racing on Allouez Bay in Superior, Min. on Jan. 26, 2013. Stouffer says that they try to keep it green unless a car stalls on the track. (AP Photo/Duluth News Tribune, Clint Austin)
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    John Engelbrecht, of Superior, Wis., disappears in a cloud of snow when his car spins out during a heat race at the Superior Ice Racing Association races on Allouez Bay on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. The Superior Ice Racing Association, which has held races each Saturday the past two winters on makeshift tracks on the ice on Allouez Bay, provides stock car racers with the big-time thrill of racing at a relatively low cost. It has helped fill a winter void for the summer dirt-track racing crowd. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin)
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    Darin Meierotto, of Superior, Wis., holds off Shawn McFadden Jr. for the lead during the feature race at the Superior Ice Racing Association races on Allouez Bay on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Meierotto won the feature. The Superior Ice Racing Association, which has held races each Saturday the past two winters on makeshift tracks on the ice on Allouez Bay, provides stock car racers with the big-time thrill of racing at a relatively low cost. It has helped fill a winter void for the summer dirt-track racing crowd. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin )
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    This is a view of Shawn McFadden Jr.'s car as seen from the dashboard of Darin Meierotto's car during an ice racing heat race on Allouez Bay in Superior, Wis., on Jan. 26, 2013. Meierotto was waiting for the opportunity to overtake McFadden Jr. for the lead. (AP Photo/Duluth News Tribune, Clint Austin)
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    Jeff Rector of Chanhassen, Minn., warms up Mr. Nightlinger, his 10-year-old American quarter horse, in Minnetrista, Minn., on Wednsday, Jan. 23, 2013. Rector will be working his job as 'pick-up man' at the World's Toughest Rodeo next weekend at Xcel Energy Center, helping bronco riders get off bucking horses. (AP photo/Pioneer Press, Richard Marshall)
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    Jeff Rector of Chanhassen, Minn., checks the halter on Mr. Nightlinger, his 10-year-old American quarter horse, after a chilly ride in Minnetrista, Minn., on Jan. 23, 2013. Rector will be working his job as 'pick-up man' at the World's Toughest Rodeo next weekend at Xcel Energy Center, helping bronco riders get off bucking horses. (AP Photo/Pioneer Press, Richard Marshall)
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    Family members hug at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident on southbound I-75 in Detroit on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Snow squalls and slippery roads led to deadly accidents on a Detroit freeway Thursday, leaving at least two dead and about 20 injured on a mile-long stretch of roadway involving more than two dozen vehicles including tractor-trailers. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Mandi Wright) DETROIT NEWS OUT, TV OUT, INTERNET OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT DETROIT FREE PRESS
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    A firefigher holds a dog as emergency personnel responds to a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 in Detroit, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Snow squalls and slippery roads led to a series of accidents that left at least three people dead and 20 injured on a mile-long stretch of southbound I-75. More than two dozen vehicles, including tractor-trailers, were involved in the pileups. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)
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    A section of multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 is shown in Detroit, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Snow squalls and slippery roads led to a series of accidents that left at least three people dead and 20 injured on a mile-long stretch of southbound I-75. More than two dozen vehicles, including tractor-trailers, were involved in the pileups. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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    Chuck Hagel, nominee for U.S. secretary of defense, listens to a question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Hagel pledged to maintain the world's strongest military, stand by Israel and prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons as he fought to win confirmation as President Barack Obama's next secretary of defense. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Chuck Hagel
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    Former Sen. John Warner attends the hearing for Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama's choice for defense secretary, during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination of Hagel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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    Republican Chuck Hagel, a former two-term senator from Nebraska and President Obama's choice to lead the Pentagon, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Hagel faced strong Republican resistance and was forced to explain past remarks and votes even as he appeared on a path to confirmation as Obama second-term defense secretary and the nation's 24th Pentagon chief. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks about women's issues during an event at the State Department, January 31, 2013 in Washington DC. Secretary Clinton is an Ambassador at large for Global Women's Issues and helped the group launch four new initiatives valued at up to 86.5 million dollars. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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    This Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 photo provided by Jack Cameron shows a house fully engulfed in flame during a residential house fire in Fishersville, Va. A woman and her adult son escaped the fire along with two dogs, reported Capt. Nathan Ramsey of Augusta County Fire-Rescue. (AP Photo/Jack Cameron)
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    Issa Alzouma, 39, poses in front of his home in Gao, Northern Mali, Thursday Jan. 31, 2013. Alzouma's arm was amputated by Islamist radicals on Dec. 21, 2012, after being charged by the Islamic tribunal of spying. Alzouma, a father of three, denied the charges, and said he was just changing the faulty plug on his motorcycle's engine alongside the road. Islamist extremists fled the city Saturday as French, Chadian and Nigerien troops arrived, ending 10 month of radical Islamic control over the city.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 file photo, an Egyptian Protester flashes the victory sign during clashes with riot police near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have over the past week used excessive and often deadly force against protesters across much of the country, regaining their Mubarak-era notoriety as a tool of repression. With nearly 60 people dead and hundreds injured, police have re-emerged as a significant political player after spending the past two years on the sidelines. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
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    A man walks toward a row of abandoned airplanes at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Nigerian aviation officials have begun trying to dismantle and remove the hulks of abandoned aircrafts from airports around this nation with a history of aviation disasters. Officials say there are least 65 abandoned planes at the country's airports, with at least 13 at Lagos' international airport. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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    Nabil K. Mark - AP
    A female Penn State student fights the wind and snow as she walks along Bigler Road, on the Penn State campus. Severe wind and heavy snow squalls moved through Centre County Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark)
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    Dmitry Lovetsky - AP
    Police officers detain an opposition activist during a banned anti-Kremlin protest in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Opposition groups have been calling rallies on the 31st day of each month to honor the 31st article of the Russian Constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly. Most of the rallies have been banned or dispersed by police as unsanctioned. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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    Darko Vojinovic - AP
    A Long-eared owl sits on a tree on a town square in the city of Kikinda, in north Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Every year 500 or so Long-eared owls spend the winter in the main square of Kikinda. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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    Eric Risberg - AP
    Boone, a black rhino named after San Francisco 49ers tackle Alex Boone, feeds on the Baltimore Ravens logo made of vegetables at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The zoo fed Boone the special breakfast in support of Sunday's Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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    Tom Hindman - AP
    The Iron Duke finds it's way thru the dense fog as it maneuvers past Blaine Island in the Kanawha River near Charleston, W.Va., Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Charleston Daily Mail, Tom Hindman)
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    David Joles - MCT
    Northwest winds produced 3-foot waves at Stony Point, Minnesota, bringing out surfers despite frigid temps on Thursday, January 31, 2013. Among them was Matt Nelson of Two Harbors, Minnesota, who only began surfing last spring. An arctic air system has descended on Minnesota and much of the Midwest, bringing with it bitterly cold winds. (David Joles/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)
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    Jay Pickthorn - AP
    Doug Vandermolen dresses in layers to protect himself from the dangerous wind chills as he walks in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D. on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Argus Leader, Jay Pickthorn)
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    Justin Heiman - Getty Images
    NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 31: Singer Beyonce sings the national anthem before she addresses the media during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show press conference at the media center on January 31, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Beyonce will perform at halftime as the San Francisco 49ers will take on the Baltimore Ravens on February 3, 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. (Photo by Justin Heiman/Getty Images)
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    Taimy Alvarez - MCT
    A bald eagle hangs on to the tip of a tree in the cold wind Thursday, January 31, 2013, in West Pembroke Pines, Florida. (Taimy Alvarez/Sun Sentinel/MCT)
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