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    HATTIESBURG, MS - FEBRUARY 11: A student takes a picture with her iphone on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi after a tornado touched down yesterday evening on February 11, 2013 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and over sixty people injured when the tornado ripped through the town. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
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    Chuck Cook - AP
    Workers clear debris from Hardy Street in front of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss., Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, after a tornado ripped through the area Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Chuck Cook)
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    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) presents the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry to Clinton Romesha, a former active duty Army Staff Sergeant, at the White House February 11, 2013 in Washington, DC. Romesha received the Medal of Honor for actions during combat operations against an armed enemy at Combat Outpost Keating, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan on October 3, 2009. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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    Jeff Scheid - AP
    Robert Salaiz, who works at New York-New York hotel/casino, sits during an immigration reform rally at Cashman Field Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Labor leaders announce a national campaign for immigration reform today. About 1,000 people attend the rally.(Associated Press/Jeff Scheid/ (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LAS VEGAS SUN OUT
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    Craig Ruttle - AP
    A Southwest Connecticut neighborhood is buried in snow Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of the New England states. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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    NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: A standard poodle prepares to compete in the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 11, 2013 in New York City. A total of 2,721 dogs from 187 breeds and varieties are to compete in the event, hailed by organizers as the second oldest sporting competition in America, after the Kentucky Derby. The Best in Show dog is to be selected at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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    NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: Ava Goldberg, 7, pets Teddy, a Cavalier King Charge Spaniel, at the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 11, 2013 in New York City. A total of 2,721 dogs from 187 breeds and varieties are to compete in the event, hailed by organizers as the second oldest sporting competition in America, after the Kentucky Derby. The Best in Show dog is to be selected at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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    NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: An Afghan Hound is judged during the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 11, 2013 in New York City. A total of 2,721 dogs from 187 breeds and varieties are to compete in the event, hailed by organizers as the second oldest sporting competition in America, after the Kentucky Derby. The Best in Show dog is to be selected at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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    Amr Nabil - AP
    Egyptian protesters shout anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans during a protest in Tahrir Square to mark the second anniversary of former President Hosni Mubarak's resignation, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Egypt has witnessed a fresh cycle of violence over the past weeks since the second anniversary of the 2011 revolution that deposed longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, with clashes across the country having left scores dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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    Francisco Seco - AP
    Revelers dressed as clowns dance while marching during a carnival parade in Sesimbra, near Lisbon, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Thousands of people wearing clowns costumes participated in the traditional march trying to break their own world record set in 2004. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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    OLINDA, BRAZIL – FEBRUARY 11: Revelers enjoy the parade followed by thousands of people during the Carnival on February 11, 2013 in Olinda, Brazil (Photo by Otavio de Souza/LatinContent/Getty Images)
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    Felipe Dana - AP
    A performer from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parades on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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    Silvia Izquierdo - AP
    Performers from the Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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    Silvia Izquierdo - AP
    A performer from the Portela samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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    Andy Wong - AP
    A Chinese girl uses a cylinder while performing an acrobatic show at the Dongyue Temple fair during the second day of the Chinese New Year in Beijing Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Thousands attended temple fairs across the city to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Snake. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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    John Minchillo - AP
    In this photo made with multiple flash exposures, a model pulls on an electronic cigarette backstage before the Chado Ralph Rucci Fall 2013 collection is shown during Fashion Week, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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    Rafiq Maqbool - AP
    A young Indian girl carries a water vessel after collecting it from a public water tap at a slum in Mumbai, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Most slum people don’t have access to water at their shanty towns. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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    Kevin Frayer - AP
    An Indian woman stands on a platform near where a stampede took place a night before, at the station in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The death toll from the stampede rose to 36 on Monday in the northern India city where millions of devotees had gathered for a Hindu festival that is one of the world's largest religious gatherings. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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    Rajesh Kumar Singh - AP
    An Indian family whose relative died in a stampede at a railway station cry and comfort each other as they arrive to take the bodies from morgue, in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The death toll from the stampede in a train station rose to 36 on Monday in a northern India city where millions of devotees had gathered for a Hindu festival that is one of the world's largest religious gatherings. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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    Kevin Frayer - AP
    Indians crowd on a train on platform six near where a stampede took pace a night before, at a station in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The death toll from a stampede in a train station rose to 36 on Monday in the northern India city where millions of devotees had gathered for a Hindu festival that is one of the world's largest religious gatherings. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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    Jerome Delay - AP
    A Malian boy climbs the wall of the police station in Gao, northern Mali, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, one day after Mujao fighters engaged in a firefight with Malian forces. French and Malian government forces have regained control of this northern city, after Islamic fighters fought a prolonged battle. Hospital officials and witnesses say three civilians died in the fighting Sunday. It is not known how many extremists and Malian troops died in the more than five hours of combat. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    Hani Mohammed - AP
    Yemeni girls appear through holes in a big national flag as they march during a parade marking the second anniversary of the revolution in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The 2011 Yemeni Revolution was as an extension of the broader Arab Spring which has toppled four authoritarian leaders to date. Yemenis were able to create a unique revolution, their struggle came peacefully, unarmed, and lead by women and youth. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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    Hani Mohammed - AP
    A Yemeni pro-democracy protester with covered eyes and shackled hands marches during a parade marking the second anniversary of the revolution in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The 2011 Yemeni Revolution was as an extension of the broader Arab Spring which has toppled four authoritarian leaders to date. Yemenis were able to create a unique revolution, their struggle came peacefully, unarmed, and lead by women and youth. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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    Uncredited - AP
    In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, center, leaves after attending a meeting of Vatican cardinals where he read a document in Latin in which he announced his resignation, at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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    Rob Griffith - AP
    Runners party and dance during a celebration after the Swiss Color Run at Homebush Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. The Color Run is a 5K feel good, happy event that sees participants go through a “color station” every kilometer were they are covered with colored powder. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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    Sergei Grits - AP
    A swan swims in a partially frozen lake after a snowfall near the Belarusian capital Minsk, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. On Sunday the temperatures in Minsk dropped to 0 C (32 F).(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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    Darryl Dyck - AP
    Rowers are framed by a decorative seawall railing while paddling on Coal Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Monday is British Columbia's first Family Day holiday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
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    Victor J. Blue - Bloomberg
    A worker picks coffee beans in an area affected by the roya coffee fungus on the Finca San Isidro Chacaya coffee plantation in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
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    Jerome Delay - AP
    A suspected member of Islamist rebel group the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, MUJAO, sticks his hand out of the cell where suspected fighters are held in Gao, northern Mali, Monday Feb. 11 2013, one day after MUJAO fighters engaged in a firefight with Malian forces. The attack in Gao shows the Islamic fighters, many of them well armed and with combat experience, are determined and daring and it foreshadows a protracted campaign by France and other nations to restore government control in this vast Saharan nation in northwest Africa.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    Jerome Delay - AP
    A Malian officer closes a cell where suspected Islamist rebel group the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, MUJAO, fighters are held in Gao, northern Mali, Monday Feb. 11 2013, one day after MUJAO fighters engaged in a firefight with Malian forces.The attack in Gao shows the Islamic fighters, many of them well armed and with combat experience, are determined and daring and it foreshadows a protracted campaign by France and other nations to restore government control in this vast Saharan nation in northwest Africa.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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    Khalil Hamra - AP
    An Egyptian elderly woman stands next to a barbed wire barrier during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s ouster with angry demonstrations against his elected successor.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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    Amr Nabil - AP
    An Egyptian protester displays used shotgun shells he said were used in recent clashes in Tahrir Square, during events to mark the second anniversary of former President Hosni Mubarak's resignation, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Egypt has witnessed a fresh cycle of violence over the past weeks since the second anniversary of the 2011 revolution that deposed longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, with clashes across the country having left scores dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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    Amr Nabil - AP
    An Egyptian protester shouts anti-Muslim brotherhood slogans during a demonstration marking the second anniversary of former President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Egypt has witnessed a fresh cycle of violence over the past weeks since the second anniversary of the 2011 revolution that deposed longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, with clashes across the country having left scores dead and hundreds injured. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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    Khalil Hamra - AP
    An Egyptian protester covers his face as he stands during clashes with riot police, not seen, near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Security forces sprayed protesters with water hoses and tear gas outside the presidential palace Monday as Egyptians marked the second anniversary of autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s ouster with angry demonstrations against his elected successor.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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    Hani Mohammed - AP
    Yemeni pro-democracy protesters march during a parade marking the second anniversary of the revolution in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. The 2011 Yemeni Revolution was as an extension of the broader Arab Spring which has toppled four authoritarian leaders to date. Yemenis were able to create a unique revolution, their struggle came peacefully, unarmed, and lead by women and youth. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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    Sunday Alamba - AP
    A child prays with his rosary during an evening mass at a Catholic church in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. In Africa, where the Catholic church continues to grow, worshippers and clergy greeted Pope Benedict XVI's announcement Monday that he planned resign with hopes that the continent would see one of its own rise to lead the faithful. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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    Francisco Seco - AP
    A man dressed as a clown has a break during a carnival parade in Sesimbra, near Lisbon, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Thousands of people wearing clowns costumes participated in the traditional march trying to break their own world record set in 2004. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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    Members of the Patriot Guard Riders wait to enter Cowboys Stadium for the funeral of Chris Kyle in Arlington, Texas, Monday, February 11, 2013. Kyle was a highly decorated former Navy SEAL sniper who was shot and killed at a shooting range last week. (Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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    Osama Faisal - AP
    Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns the ball during her match against Mervena Jugic-Salkic of Bosnia on the first day of the WTA Qatar Ladies Open in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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    Julio Cortez - AP
    Miami Marlins pitcher Edgar Olmos, left, runs sprints while pitcher Jose Ceda throws a ball before the official start of spring training baseball, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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    David J. Phillip - AP
    Grounds crew member Michael Schnee works around home plate at Space Coast Stadium, the Washington Nationals spring training facility, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 in Viera, Fla. Nationals pitchers and catchers first spring training workout is Thursday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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    Nathan Denette - AP
    Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey pitches as he warms up during baseball spring training in Dunedin, Fla., Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)
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