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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/32/bQlm7.St.138.jpeg|394Thousands of protestors gather at the National Mall in Washington calling on President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, as well as act to limit carbon pollution from power plants and move beyond coal and natural gas, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/32/XVl01.St.138.jpeg|416Smartly dressed and wearing fashionable sunglasses, high school students hangout on the eve of schools reopening in Gao, northern Mali, Sunday Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/32/GFNcz.St.138.jpeg|450LECH, AUSTRIA - FEBRUARY 17: A girl lights a candle beside a framed picture of Prince Friso of The Netherlands before a service of prayers held on the first anniversary of at the ski-ing accident that left Prince Friso critically injured, at Parish Church of St Nicholas on February 17, 2013 in Lech, Austria. Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (44) second son of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, was hit by an avalanche while ski-ing off-piste in the resort of Lech, under which he remained buried for 20 minutes. He suffered brain damage due to shortage of oxygen and has remained in a coma since the accident. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/32/197u66.St.138.jpeg|415SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 14: A policeman stands in the snow at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Ski Resort in Krasnaya Polyana on February 17, 2013 in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics with test events across the venues. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/32/hiEIe.St.138.jpeg|525A pigeon flies in front of Pope Benedict XVI as he waves to the faithful during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI blessed the faithful from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square for the first time since announcing his resignation, cheered by an emotional crowd of tens of thousands of well-wishers from around the world. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/30/1nY9UD.St.138.jpeg|407Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez waits in line to have her documents checked at passport control before leaving Cuba to travel to Brazil and other countries at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Sanchez is one of the Cuban dissidents who applied for passports to go overseas under recently enacted travel reform. Her request was granted last month. By her own account Sanchez has on some 20 occasions been rejected for the exit visa that for decades was required of all islanders seeking to go abroad.(AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/K54Or.St.138.jpeg|399Kosovo Security Force members parade in the center of Pristina marking the 5th anniversary since Kosovo seceded from Serbia on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Serbia rejects Kosovo's independence. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/1kpYaN.St.138.jpeg|410Designer Vivienne Westwood, centre right, takes the applause following her show, during London Fashion Week, at the Saatchi Gallery in west London, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/gPe9W.St.138.jpeg|396An elderly Libyan fighter who fought in the Libyan war of independence against the Italians, between 1928 and 1932, Mohammed Darsi, 85, right, flashes the victory sign along with his son, Khalifa Darsi, center, who was one of the rebels that fought in the Libyan revolution in 2011 that ousted Moammar Gadhafi, during the second anniversary celebration of the revolution in Benghazi, Libya, Sunday, Feb, 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/gtBe4.St.138.jpeg|411Health workers protest against the austerity measures in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Thousands of people marched in different cities of Spain on Sunday to protest plans to privatize parts of their public health care system, with some questioning the motives behind the government's actions. The march by employees and users of the system is the year's second large "white tide" demonstration, named after the color of the medical scrubs many protesters wear. The banner reads in Spanish: "We are health workers". (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/elSDM.St.138.jpeg|415Amnesty International members knit Pussy Riot fan scarves to support the members of the Russian punk band, in Brussels on Sunday Feb. 17, 2013. Three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years imprisonment for performing a protest song in Moscows Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Although Ekaterina Samutsevich was conditionally released on appeal on 10 October, her two band mates, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova remain in prison. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/1n9TtG.St.138.jpeg|414An Amnesty International member holds a hand knitted Pussy Riot fan scarf to support the members of the Russian punk band, in Brussels on Sunday Feb. 17, 2013. Three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years imprisonment for performing a protest song in Moscows Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Although Ekaterina Samutsevich was conditionally released on appeal on 10 October, her two band mates, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova remain in prison. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/1iceNR.St.138.jpeg|423A soldier points the ballot box to a woman as she votes at a polling station in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Ecuadoreans elect president, vice-president and National Assembly members Sunday with President Rafael Correa highly favored to win a second re-election.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/1nubXd.St.138.jpeg|398A woman casts her ballot for parliament members at a polling station in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Feb.17, 2013. Ecuadoreans elect president, vice-president and National Assembly members Sunday with President Rafael Correa highly favored to win a second re-election.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/1jvFsu.St.138.jpeg|414A woman fills her ballot up at a polling station in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Feb.17, 2013. Ecuadoreans elect president, vice-president and National Assembly members Sunday. President Rafael Correa highly favored to win a second re-election.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/3fpKf.St.138.jpeg|416A woman waits in line to vote next to a soldier at a polling station in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, Feb.17, 2013. Ecuadoreans elect president, vice-president and National Assembly members Sunday with President Rafael Correa highly favored to win a second re-election.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/1q8OFk.St.138.jpeg|416Employees of Hellas Gold, are stand behind a burnt van at a mining facility near the village of Skouries, located on the northern peninsula of Halkidiki Greece, on Sunday, Feb. 17 2013. About 40 masked attackers raided the facilities of a prospective gold mine in northern Greece overnight Sunday, setting machinery and offices alight, authorities said. There has long been opposition to the prospect of a gold mine and processing plant being built at Skouries in the Halkidiki peninsula, with some residents objecting to what they say will be the destruction of the environment and of pristine forest in the area, leading to the loss of tourism and other local activities such as farming, the rearing of livestock and fishing. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/1eIIFk.St.138.jpeg|416Kashmiri children stand next to a photograph of Kashmiri man Mohammed Afzal Guru as students sit in a candle light protest demanding the return of his mortal remains to his family in Srinagar, India, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Guru was hanged Feb. 9 in a New Delhi jail and buried there. Guru had been convicted of involvement in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that killed 14 including five gunmen. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/i2XQV.St.138.jpeg|416An Indian family crosses a busy road after a rain shower in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Rains lashed most parts of north India bringing down the temperatures. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/w9q1U.St.138.jpeg|419A model applies makeup backstage ahead of a show by Vivienne Westwood during London Fashion Week, at the Saatchi Gallery in west London, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/QQMSz.St.138.jpeg|429Mourners carry the Bahraini flag-draped body of police officer Mohamed Assef Khan, 33, who was killed Thursday during clashes with anti-government protesters, during funeral ceremonies in Riffa, Bahrain, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. The Bahraini ministers of justice and the interior as well as relatives and fellow police officers participated in the funeral procession. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/bLyGJ.St.138.jpeg|400Family members of Hussein Abdullah, 22, who was killed in a car bomb attack, load his coffin onto a vehicle before transporting the coffin for burial in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. A series of car bombs exploded within minutes of each other as Iraqis were out shopping in and around Baghdad on Sunday, killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/17gOV2.St.138.jpeg|401A member of the Libyan security forces pats the head of a little girl during the celebration of the second anniversary of the Libyan revolution in Benghazi, Libya, Sunday, Feb, 17, 2013. Libya's interim President Mohammed el-Megarif called on Sunday for unity in the North African nation as it celebrates the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi but plunged the country into lawlessness and economic woes. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/29/SVEtK.St.138.jpeg|383Libyan interim president, Mohammed el-Megarif, flashes the victory sign to crowds during the celebration of the second anniversary of the Libyan revolution in Benghazi, Libya, Sunday, Feb, 13, 2013. Addressing thousands of flag-waving Libyans, El-Megarif called on Sunday for unity in the North African nation as it celebrates the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi but plunged the country into lawlessness and economic woes. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/1hRpfJ.St.138.jpeg|385A Libyan military helicopter maneuvers over Tahrir Square as Libyan security forces wave and flash the victory sign during the celebration of the second anniversary of the Libyan revolution in Benghazi, Libya, Sunday, Feb, 17, 2013. Libya's interim President Mohammed el-Megarif called on Sunday for unity in the North African nation as it celebrates the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi but plunged the country into lawlessness and economic woes.(AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/13JNgM.St.138.jpeg|391A Libyan military helicopter flies overhead at Tahrir Square during the celebration of the second anniversary of the revolution in Benghazi, Libya, Sunday, Feb, 17, 2013. Libya's interim President Mohammed el-Megarif called on Sunday for unity in the North African nation as it celebrates the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi but plunged the country into lawlessness and economic woes. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/fu3fJ.St.138.jpeg|398Belarus' Victoria Azarenka returns the ball to Serena Williams of the U.S, in the final match of Qatar WTA Ladies Open tennis tournament in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/iPobr.St.138.jpeg|393Sven Kramer, left, and Ireen Wust, both of the Netherlands, wearing their laurels as they parade after winning the overall titles in the World Speed skating Championships Sunday Feb. 17, 2013, in the Viking Ship Arena in Hamar, Central Norway. (AP Photo / Hakon Mosvold Larsen, NTB scanpix) NORWAY OUT
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/16cDHo.St.138.jpeg|421An elderly Pakistani man, reacts next to the body of his grandson Mohammed Javaid, a victim of Saturday's bombing, in a Mosque in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Angry residents on Sunday demanded government protection from an onslaught of attacks against Shiite Muslims, a day after scores of people were killed in a massive bombing that a local official said was a sign that security agencies were too scared to do their jobs. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/1i12gd.St.138.jpeg|416A Pakistani boy, whose brother was killed in Saturday's bombing, is comforted by a relative at a Mosque where the bodies are held, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Angry residents on Sunday demanded government protection from an onslaught of attacks against Shiite Muslims, a day after scores of people were killed in a massive bombing that a local official said was a sign that security agencies were too scared to do their jobs. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/SOFMt.St.138.jpeg|375Pakistani relatives of Saturday's bombing victims mourn next to their bodies in a mosque in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Angry residents on Sunday demanded government protection from an onslaught of attacks against Shiite Muslims, a day after scores of people were killed in a massive bombing that a local official said was a sign that security agencies were too scared to do their jobs. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/5OQ2F.St.138.jpeg|406Pakistani Shiite Muslim women attend a protest to condemn Saturday's bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Angry residents on Sunday demanded government protection from an onslaught of attacks against Shiite Muslims, a day after scores of people were killed in a massive bombing that a local official said was a sign that security agencies were too scared to do their jobs. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/13BcWK.St.138.jpeg|396Pakistani Shiite Muslim women shout slogans during a protest to condemn Saturday's bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Angry residents on Sunday demanded government protection from an onslaught of attacks against Shiite Muslims, a day after scores of people were killed in a massive bombing that a local official said was a sign that security agencies were too scared to do their jobs. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/14kOnU.St.138.jpeg|391Pakistani men prepare the graves of Saturday's bombing victims in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Angry residents on Sunday demanded government protection from an onslaught of attacks against Shiite Muslims, a day after scores of people were killed in a massive bombing that a local official said was a sign that security agencies were too scared to do their jobs. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/12YBx0.St.138.jpeg|378A gull is reflected in the waters near an old boat that is flooded and half sunk by the bank of the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/gBjg6.St.138.jpeg|433Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against regional government-imposed austerity plans to restructure and part-privatize the health care sector in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Madrid proposes selling off the management of six of 20 public hospitals and 27 of 268 health centers. Spain's regions are struggling with a combined debt of $190 billion as the country's economy contracts into a double-dip recession triggered by a 2008 real estate crash. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/13uPFK.St.138.jpeg|406Monks ofvSri Lankas hardline Buddhist group Bodhu Bala Sena pray during a protest rally urging boycott of consumer goods with Halal certification in Maharagama on the out skirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. The protestors also demanded that the government do away with the existing Halal certification system. Buddhists constitute majority of Sri Lanka's population while less than 10 percent are Muslims. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/1edPUl.St.138.jpeg|442Monks of Sri Lankas hardline Buddhist group Bodhu Bala Sena listen to a speaker during a protest rally urging boycott of consumer goods with Halal certification in Maharagama on the out skirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. The protestors also demanded that the government do away with the existing Halal certification system. Buddhists constitute majority of Sri Lanka's population while less than 10 percent are Muslims. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/QME4S.St.138.jpeg|412Backhoes in the Breezy Point section of New York remove rubble, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, remaining from 110 homes that burned to the ground during Superstorm Sandy. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is coordinating the cleanup effort of the seaside community that was struck by flooding and a firestorm Oct. 29, 2012. The worker, top left, wearing a protective suit and breathing apparatus, sprays water to reduce airborne asbestos particles that are stirred up during the work. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/1rR6h1.St.138.jpeg|525A skier is in action during the freeride event "T-Bar Morgins Free Session" in Morgins, western Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. The freeride competition is open to all skiers and snowboarders. (AP Photo/Keystone, Maxime Schmid)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/zLhOS.St.138.jpeg|416Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro holds the trophy after winning in two sets, 7-6, 6-3, against Julien Benneteau of France in the final of the ABN AMRO world tennis tournament at Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Sunday Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/1k5ri.St.138.jpeg|415DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, speaks to the media after qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/aMwyz.St.138.jpeg|416Riders and horses compete during the "Grand Prix Moyglare Stud" of the White Turf races on the frozen lake in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb., 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alexandra Wey)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/15j6QM.St.138.jpeg|416Winner Adrian Von Gunten, right, pulled by his horse Mombasa and Alfredo Lupo Wolf pulled by Devineur, left, compete during a skijoering race at the White Turf races on the frozen lake in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb., 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alexandra Wey)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/I41u7.St.138.jpeg|454Pink is held aloft by backup dancers as she performs in mid-air during her performance at Staples Center on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/28/4CI5U.St.138.jpeg|459Stefan Kraft of Austria competes during the flying hill team competition at the FIS Team Tour World Cup ski jumping in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Austria placed 2nd. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/27/gh6Xk.St.138.jpeg|525Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria competes during the flying hill team competition at the FIS Team Tour World Cup ski jumping in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. Austria placed 2nd. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/27/YNtQs.St.138.jpeg|416Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez flips a ball back to a fan after signing an autograph during baseball spring training in Phoenix, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/27/DFsAx.St.138.jpeg|405OXFORD, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 17: Richie Gray of Sale Sharks wins the line out ball during the Aviva Premiership match between London Welsh and Sale Sharks at Kassam Stadium on February 17, 2013 in Oxford, England. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/27/4fS9u.St.138.jpeg|416Philadelphia Phillies' Freddy Galvis practices bunting during a workout at baseball spring training, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Clearwater, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/27/Q5lbR.St.138.jpeg|416Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington hits balls during a spring training baseball workout Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/27/uH1Wv.St.138.jpeg|449Milwaukee Brewers' John Axford poses during photo day before a spring training baseball workout on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/17/18/27/1oG4t0.St.138.jpeg|471A group of deer stand together in the yard of a farmhouse Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, near New Hope, Pa.(AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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