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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/12/VnSvZ.St.138.jpeg|426Athlete Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Feb 15, 2013, at his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier seen leaving a police station in a dark suit with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn hours of Thursday. (AP Photo/Antione de Ras - Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa) SOUTH AFRICA OUT
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/12/YDRmN.St.138.jpeg|415Oscar Pistorius, centre, is led from the Boschkop police station east of Pretoria, en route to court, Friday Feb. 15, 2012. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier seen leaving a police station in a dark suit with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn hours of Thursday. (AP Photo)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/12/9SfgJ.St.138.jpeg|379In this photo taken Thursday Feb. 14, 2013 a police officer holds a gun that was allegedly used in the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend of Olympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, at the Boschkop police station east of Pretoria. Oscar Pistorius arrived at a courthouse Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, for his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend as South Africans braced themselves for the latest development in a story that has stunned the country. The Paralympic superstar was earlier seen leaving a police station in a dark suit with a charcoal gray jacket covering his head as he got into a police vehicle. Model Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed at Pistorius' upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn hours of Thursday. (AP Photo/Phill Magakoe, Pretoria News) SOUTH AFRICA OUT
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/11/tOA90.St.138.jpeg|418In this frame grab made from a video done with a dashboard camera, on a highway from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, to Chelyabinsk region, Russia, provided by Nasha Gazeta newspaper, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 a meteorite contrail is seen. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russias Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/11/1fqwXY.St.138.jpeg|416In this photo provided by Chelyabinsk.ru a meteorite contrail is seen over Chelyabinsk on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. A meteor streaked across the sky of Russias Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people, including many hurt by broken glass. (AP Photo/Chelyabinsk.ru)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/11/1eBxa0.St.138.jpeg|327British Bob team Paula Walker, left, and Gillian Cooke start during the women's Bob event at the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup 2013, in Krasnaya Polyana resort, some 60 km east of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/59/ykdSH.St.138.jpeg|415*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks presents pioneering pediatrician Dr. Berry Brazelton the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. "Their selflessness and courage inspire us all to look for opportunities to better serve our communities and our country," Obama said about this year's recepients. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/10/17dvKC.St.138.jpeg|525President Barack Obama comforts Mary Jo Copeland, of Minneapolis, who founded Sharing and Caring Hands in 1985, which has served as a safety net to those in the Minneapolis area, before he presented her with the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nations second-highest civilian honor, during a ceremony Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/10/PpqkX.St.138.jpeg|416North Korean cameramen use an elevated boom camera, left, and a older film camera, right, to cover the opening ceremony of a figure skating exhibition event at an ice skating rink in Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/10/NGOcF.St.138.jpeg|416A priest applies tilak or vermilion powder mixed with rice, on a girl's forehead outside a Hindu temple meant for Goddess Saraswati to mark Saraswati puja festival, in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Saraswati Puja, is a special day for students when they show their respect to Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and learning. Children are given their first writing and reading lessons during this festival. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/09/6bdHr.St.138.jpeg|416Palestinians are covered with tear gas smoke during clashes with Israeli troops, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli soldiers on Friday at a rally held in support of a prisoner observing an intermittent hunger strike to protest his incarceration. The Israeli military said about 200 Palestinians threw rocks at soldiers who responded with tear gas during the rally outside Ofer prison in the West Bank. The protesters called for the release of Samer Issawi, who has been on an on-again, off-again hunger strike for several months as he serves time for alleged terror activity. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/09/w4SAm.St.138.jpeg|376A Palestinian wears a mask during clashes with the Israeli army north of the West Bank city of Jenin in support to the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails and against the administrative detention, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/09/dd2Fp.St.138.jpeg|409Palestinians ride horses on Gaza beach as the sun sets in Gaza City, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/08/6SNBz.St.138.jpeg|416Women attend a rally at Cairo University outside Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Around 5,000 mostly hardline Islamists are rallying in Egypt against a recent wave of protests that has killed around 70 people. (AP/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/08/EGQF6.St.138.jpeg|449A child places posters into razor wire that read "down with dictatorship," after a pro-democracy march in Budaiya, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators jammed a major highway Friday as clashes broke out for a second day between security forces and protesters marking the anniversary of their uprising in the Gulf nation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/08/2haBh.St.138.jpeg|416A French soldier stands one kilometer from a controlled explosion of ammunition found in houses in Gao, northern Mali, Thursday Feb. 14, 2013. Malian forces have stepped up security around the port and the main market, in an effort to stop the infiltration of rebel fighters in the town. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/08/rileQ.St.138.jpeg|416A French soldier checks passengers of a transport truck arriving in Gao, northern Mali, Thursday Feb. 14, 2013. Malian forces have stepped up security around the port an the main market, in an effort to stop the infiltration of rebel fighters in the town. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/07/aeZYG.St.138.jpeg|418Children walk on the Askia mausoleum, built in 1495 in Gao, northern Mali, Friday Feb. 15, 2013, one week after a suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed himself attempting to blow up an army checkpoint at the entrance of the town. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/07/JA3yp.St.138.jpeg|462An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard on a road during a curfew in Srinagar, India, Friday, Jan. 15, 2013. Authorities have re-introduced a strict curfew across most of Indian-controlled Kashmir ahead of Friday prayers, as residents in the region simmer with anger over the secret execution of a Kashmiri man in the capital. (AP Photo/ Mukhtar Khan)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/06/rZKyu.St.138.jpeg|339Actress Catherine Deneuve and director Emmanuelle Bercot pose for photographers at the photo call for the film On My Way at the 63rd edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. ((AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/06/4XCHP.St.138.jpeg|382A worker puts the finale touch to a train made with lemons and oranges during the 80th Lemon festival in Menton, southern France, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The theme for the festival, which involves over 300 professionals working on the project and 145 tons of citrus fruits is "Around the World in 80 Days." (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/04/1bimAp.St.138.jpeg|386Kashmiri students shout freedom slogans during a protest against the execution of a Kashmiri Mohammed Afzal Guru and continuous curfew in the Kashmir valley, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Authorities re-introduced a strict curfew across most of Indian-controlled Kashmir ahead of Friday prayers, as residents simmered with anger over the secret execution of Guru in the Indian capital. Guru had been convicted of involvement in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that killed 14 including five gunmen. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/04/C07DW.St.138.jpeg|381Hindu devotees take ritual dips at 'Sangam', confluence of Hindu holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on the third and last royal bath of the Maha Kumbh festival on occasion of 'Basant Panchami' in Allahabad, India, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/03/G76t2.St.138.jpeg|419Naga Sadhus or Hindu naked holy men take ritual dips at Sangam, confluence of Hindu holy rivers of Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on the third and last royal bath of the Maha Kumbh festival on occasion of Basant Panchami in Allahabad, India, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which is one of the world's largest religious gatherings that lasts 55 days and falls every 12 years. During the festival pilgrims bathe in the holy Ganges River in a ritual they believe can wash away their sins. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/03/1fE7N5.St.138.jpeg|525Atlanta Braves third baseman Chris Johnson throws to first base during a spring training baseball workout Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/58/17EYGL.St.138.jpeg|415*** BESTPIX *** SCHLADMING, AUSTRIA - FEBRUARY 15: Ted Ligety of the United States of America skis in the Men's Giant Slalom during the Alpine FIS Ski World Championships on February 15, 2013 in Schladming, Austria. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/02/OfaqD.St.138.jpeg|525United States's gold medal winner Ted Ligety clears a gate during second run of the men's giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Schladming, Austria, Friday, Feb.15,2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/02/1kwNvU.St.138.jpeg|416An Afghan man sprays water on his rooster during a cockfight in Kabul Afghanistan, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Cockfighting, a popular age old tradition in Kabul, was banned during the rule of the Taliban regime. (AP photo/ Ali Hamed Haghdoust)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/02/YyPqr.St.138.jpeg|404LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 14: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall enjoy a cup of tea during a visit to Borough Market on February 13, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Paul Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/01/uprtm.St.138.jpeg|450A model's makeup is applied and her hair brushed, as she is busy working her phone, backstage ahead of the PPQ Autumn/Winter 2013 collection during London Fashion Week, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Somerset House in central London. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/01/sFDBV.St.138.jpeg|387Indian Sikh school students participate in a protest against the ban on wearing turban in public schools in France, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 on the occasion of a two-day visit of French President Francois Hollande in India. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/00/y3J0H.St.138.jpeg|416Late polar bear Knut is on display at the Natural History Museum in Berlin, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Adorable in life, still attracting admirers in death: Knut the polar bear's hide has been mounted on a polyurethane body and is going on display in a Berlin museum. The Natural History Museum on Friday unveiled the statue prepared by taxidermists featuring the famous Berlin Zoo bear's fur and claws, with the synthetic body and glass eyes. Knut was hand-raised after his mother rejected him. He rose to stardom in 2007 as a cuddly cub, appearing on magazine covers, in a film and on mountains of merchandise. He died in 2011 after suffering from encephalitis. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/59/3bhKR.St.138.jpeg|415Afghans watch a dogfight in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Dog fighting is a popular pastime among Afghans during the winter season, as public matches are held every Friday, which is the official weekly holiday in Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/59/UJV75.St.138.jpeg|369*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a press conference with Democratic leaders at the U.S. Capitol February 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. Pelosi and the Democratic leaders spoke out on the House of Representatives taking a one week recess with the effects of sequestration looming before the U.S. economy. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/59/PDtVM.St.138.jpeg|431*** BESTPIX *** CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 15: Faf du Plessis of South Africa drives a delivery during day 2 of the 2nd Sunfoil Test match between South Africa and Pakistan at Sahara Park Newlands on February 15, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Shaun Roy/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/59/LaaZx.St.138.jpeg|414*** BESTPIX *** ESHER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Tony McCoy riding Tominator (R) clear the last to win The Reclaims UK Helping Soldiers Novices' Hurdle Race at Sandown racecourse on February 15, 2013 in Esher, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/59/CKJWA.St.138.jpeg|415*** BESTPIX *** EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 15: Maximilian Kieffer of Germany lines up his putt on the 17th green during Day Two of the Africa Open at East London Golf Club on February 15, 2013 in East London, South Africa. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/58/sCnf3.St.138.jpeg|525*** BESTPIX *** MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Jamie Elliott of the magpies leaps high above the pack but fails to hold onto the mark during the round one AFL NAB Cup match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Essendon Bombers at Etihad Stadium on February 15, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/58/sez0v.St.138.jpeg|415*** BESTPIX *** SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 15: Cameron Gliddon of the Taipans falls as he is bumped by Tom Garlepp of the Kings during the round 19 NBL match between the Sydney Kings and the Cairns Taipans at Sydney Entertainment Centre on February 15, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/56/QKmpD.St.138.jpeg|422Supporters of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa attend his closing campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Correa, 48, who is running for re-election has brought political stability to a traditionally unruly nation that cycled through seven presidents in a decade, from 1997-2007. If re-elected on Sunday, this four-year term will be his last unless the constitution is changed. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/57/HQN0i.St.138.jpeg|416A man sells prints at 20 bolivars each, about 3.00 U.S. dollars, of one of the photographs released Friday by the Venezuelan government showing President Hugo Chavez with his daughters Maria Gabriela, left, and Rosa Virginia, right, at Bolivar square in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Amid widespread speculation and rumors in Venezuela about Chavez's delicate condition following his Dec. 11 cancer surgery, the government released the first photos of the ailing president in more than two months on Friday, presenting images of him smiling alongside his daughters in Cuba. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/56/v1Nng.St.138.jpeg|390In this photo released Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, poses for a photo with his daughters, Maria Gabriela, left, and Rosa Virginia at an unknown location in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Chavez remains in Havana undergoing unspecified treatments following his fourth cancer-related operation on Dec. 11. He has hasn't been seen or spoken publicly in more than two months. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/56/1rNPCQ.St.138.jpeg|415*** BESTPIX *** BIG BEAR, CA - FEBRUARY 15: A statue of an angel stands on a wood column in front of the burned out cabin where remains of murder suspect former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner were found on February 15, 2013 in Big Bear, California. Dorner, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer and Navy Reserve veteran, barricaded himself in the cabin near Big Bear, California, and engaged law enforcement officers in shootout, shooting two police, killing one and wounding the other. Dorner's, who's body was identified after being found, was wanted in connection with the deaths of an Irvine couple and a Riverside police officer. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/50/1oFtwy.St.138.jpeg|425Team Chuck's Tristan Thompson of the Cleveland Cavaliers, left, celebrates with Isaiah Thomas against during the first half against Team Shaq in the Rising Stars Challenge basketball game at NBA All-Star Weekend, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/15/23/55/ArpYN.St.138.jpeg|416Maria Hernandez, of Angleton, Texas, a passenger from the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship, tears up as she describes the ordeal to reporters after arriving by bus at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The ship had been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/05/1tegjV.St.138.jpeg|525Kristina Courson, left, of Paris, Texas, is embraced by Jamie Hilliard, of Denison, Texas, after getting off the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/G M Andrews)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/05/pDghZ.St.138.jpeg|525Kendall Jenkins, left, of Houston, celebrates with Brittany Ferguson, of Houston, after getting off the Carnival Triump in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/John David Mercer)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/12/FnQ9H.St.138.jpeg|414MOBILE, AL - FEBRUARY 14: The crippled cruise liner Carnival Triumph limps into port guided by tug boats February 14, 2013 in Mobile, Alabama. An engine fire on February 10 left the ship and its 4,000 passengers without power and with scarce food. While people onboard reported toilets that wouldn't work, the ship was restocked with food during the days it was being towed through the Gulf of Mexico. According to reports, a few dozen people awaited the ship's arrival in Mobile, covered live by cable news network CNN. (Photo by Jeff Gammons/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/13/1aWnCA.St.138.jpeg|525A passenger of the Carnival Triumph stands wrapped in a blanket after departing the ship in Mobile, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. The ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew members has been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire. (AP Photo/G M Andrews)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/00/12/tJLMu.St.138.jpeg|416Onlookers watch as workers from the Telefonica phone company take part in a demonstration to protest against what they claim are unjustified dismissals from the company in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Spain is under immense European Union pressure to reduce a swollen deficit as it struggles to emerge from a second recession in three years. It has 26 percent unemployment. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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