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    Chris Carlson - AP
    Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, top, drives to the basket over Charlotte Bobcats forward Bismack Biyombo during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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    The full moon is seen above the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, early Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules of the conclave that will elect his successor, allowing cardinals to move up the start date if all of them arrive in Rome before the usual 15-day transition between pontificates. Benedict signed a legal document, issued Monday, with some line-by-line changes to the 1996 Vatican law governing the election of a new pope. It is one of his last acts as pope before resigning Thursday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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    A dog looks at Pakistani Kushti wrestlers, right, reflected on a mirror, attend their daily training session in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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    Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather at a yeshiva, a rabbinical seminary, during Purim celebrations in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther which is read in synagogues. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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    Rescue workers remove a body from the scene of a balloon crash outside al-Dhabaa village, just west of the city of Luxor, 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 18 foreign tourists, a security official said. The casualties included French, British, Belgian, Hungarian, Japanese nationals and nine tourists from Hong Kong, Luxor Governor, Saad told reporters. (AP Photo/Hagag Salama)
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    A Bahraini anti-government protester flashes the victory sign as he stands behind old furniture set on fire in a street in Malkiya, Bahrain, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Protests are being held in opposition villages nationwide, demanding the government release for burial the body of a 20-year-old who died last week from injuries sustained during earlier clashes with police. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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    Indian commuters travel in a local train in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Indian Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is presenting the country's rail budget for next fiscal year in the parliament Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Indian railway network is one of the world's largest, with some 14 million passengers daily and some 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of railway track cut through some of the most densely populated cities. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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    In this Feb. 11, 2013 photo taken at a slow shutter speed, a woman checks her mobile phone at a train station in Mumbai, India. Indian Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will present the country's rail budget for next fiscal year in the parliament Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Indian railway network is one of the world's largest, with some 14 million passengers daily and some 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) of railway track cut through some of the most densely populated cities. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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    Indians settle inside an overcrowded train in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Indian Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented the country's rail budget for next fiscal year in the parliament Tuesday. Indian railway network is one of the world's largest, with some 14 million passengers daily and some 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of railway track cut through some of the most densely populated cities. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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    Chinese visitors take souvenir photos in front of a giant video screen showing cultural images at Tiananmen Square in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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    New York Yankees' Walter Ibarra dives after catching a pop foul out by Philadelphia Phillies' Steven Lerud during the sixth inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Clearwater, Fla. Philadelphia won 4-3. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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    Stacy Crain and Al Giannini, both from Rockford, Ill., walk under Anish Kapoor's stainless steel Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park, as a winter storm of rain and snow begins Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Forecasters expect the storm to leave behind three to six inches of snow in the greater Chicago area. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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    Trader F. Hill Creekmore smiles as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Strong earnings from Home Depot helped lift the Dow on Wall Street Tuesday. A jump in home sales and consumer confidence also brought buyers back to the market after a big sell-off Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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    Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, left, runs into a fan and spills his drink while chasing a foul ball against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Dunedin, Fla., on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)
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    Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, left, from Portugal, and Barcelona's goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto challenge for the ball during a Copa del Rey soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Ronaldo scored twice to lead Real Madrid to a 3-1 win and a spot in the Copa del Rey final. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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    Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, left, from Portugal, Alvaro Arbeloa, center, and Sergio Ramos celebrate after scoring against FC Barcelona during a Copa del Rey soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Ronaldo scored twice to lead Real Madrid to a 3-1 win and a spot in the Copa del Rey final. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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    Attendees use their devices inside a pavilion of the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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    Ramon Espinosa - AP
    In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 photo, farmer Eulogio Montesino, 52, checks tobacco leaves in the western province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Cigar enthusiasts from around the world come to Cuba during the Cigar Festival annual celebration to visit tobacco farms and factories and savor new cigar brands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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    A man lights a cigar during the inauguration of the 15th Cigar Festival in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Cigar enthusiasts from around the world come to Cuba during the annual celebration to visit tobacco farms and factories and savor new cigar brands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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    A bronze statue depicting Cuba's leader Fidel Castro smoking, made by the Cuban artist Ernesto Milanes, background, is seen during the inauguration of the 15th Cigar Festival in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Cigar enthusiasts from around the world come to Cuba during the annual celebration to visit tobacco farms and factories and savor new cigar brands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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    Manu Fernandez - AP
    Visitors walk past a poster, at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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    Marvin Fong - AP
    T. J. Lane looks up during court proceedings at the Geauga County Common Pleas Court Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, charged with killing three students at an Ohio high school pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of aggravated murder and other charges. Lane, now 18, also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated murder and a single count of felonious assault. Prosecutors agreed to drop the death-penalty specifications from the aggravated murder counts. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Marvin Fong, Pool)
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    Muhammed Muheisen - AP
    Pakistani Kushti wrestlers warm up in the ring before fighting as part of their daily training, at a wrestling club in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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    Muhammed Muheisen - AP
    Pakistani Kushti wrestlers warm up before attending their daily training session, at a wrestling club in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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    Miami defensive back Brandon McGee dives for the ball as he runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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    Florida defensive lineman Sharrif Floyd eyes a coach as he prepares to run a drill during the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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    Nebraska defensive back Daimion Stafford runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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    Alan Diaz - AP
    Gayle Inge, mother of country music star Mindy McCready, speaks during her daughter's funeral ceremony at the Crossroads Baptist Church in Fort Myers, Fla., on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. McCready committed suicide Feb. 17 at her home in Arkansas, days after leaving a court-ordered substance abuse program. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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    Alan Diaz - AP
    Jill Stancel places her hand on the casket of country music star Mindy McCready during the funeral ceremony at the Crossroads Baptist Church in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. McCready committed suicide Feb. 17 at her home in Arkansas, days after leaving a court-ordered substance abuse program. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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    Manu Brabo - AP
    A boy holds a Kurdish flag as he and others hold toy guns on a street in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Monday, Feb. 26, 2013. The Kurdish Popular Protection Units and Free Syrian Army soldiers signed a cease fire and cooperation agreement to prevent the possibility of an Arab-Kurd conflict in the future. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
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    Nasser Nasser - AP
    Egyptian paramedics evacuate the body of a slain foreign tourist to be transferred to Cairo, at the morgue of the Luxor International Hospital, in Luxor, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 19 foreign tourists in one of the world's deadliest ballooning accidents and handing a new blow to Egypt's ailing tourism industry. Arabic on the wall reads, "we will all return to God, there is no God but God, and Muhammed is his prophet." (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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    Winner Therese Johaug of Norway celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony after the women's 10 km Free Individual competition of the Nordic Ski World Championships in Val di Fiemme, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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    Jacquelyn Martin - AP
    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of their meeting in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Berlin is the second stop in Kerry’s first trip overseas as secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
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    Christophe Ena - AP
    Dominique Strauss-Kahn, left, the former International Monetary Fund chief, addresses the media, as he files a lawsuit over a new book about a past relationship, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Paris. Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he's sick of people trying to exploit his private life to make money. The former International Monetary Fund chief filed a lawsuit over a new book by a woman describing a sexual relationship with him last year. Strauss-Kahn met with a Paris judge on Tuesday about the book by Marcela Iacub, called "Beauty and the Beast." The judge is expected to rule on the complaint later Tuesday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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    Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing to deliver the central bank's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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    Chris Carlson - AP
    Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, top, drives to the basket over Charlotte Bobcats forward Bismack Biyombo during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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    TOPSHOTS A cut down tree hovers over roofs as it is transported away by a helicopter on February 26, 2013 in Hannoversch Muenden, central Germany. Several trees that threatened to fall on railway tracks were cut down and removed by air as the surrounding steep slopes made impossible a transport by truck. AFP PHOTO / UWE ZUCCHI GERMANY OUTUWE ZUCCHI/AFP/Getty Images
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    Mel Evans - AP
    Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer celebrates with her players on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Piscataway, N.J., after defeating South Florida 68-56 in an NCAA college basketball game for Stringer's 900th win. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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    Fernando Vergara - AP
    Colombia's Deportes Tolima's Mike Campaz and Peru's Real Garcilaso's Cesar Ortiz, right, go for header during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Ibague, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb.26, 2013. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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    Itsuo Inouye - AP
    Japan's 114-year-old Misao Okawa, right, poses with the certificate of the world's oldest woman, which was presented to her by Guinness World Records Japan Country Manager Erika Ogawa, right, at a nursing home in Osaka, western Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Okawa received the official certificate from the Guinness World Records. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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