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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/12/09/524-AMDAILYEDIT_01.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.jpg|525LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 11: Two young Fallow deer make their way across a farmers field in the evening sunshine on May 11, 2009 in Watlington, England. The Met Office's long range summer forecast predicts a 'barbeque summer' with temperatures warmer than everage across much of the UK. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/12/09/172-AMDAILYEDIT_03.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.jpg|415A creation from the exhibition 'Armour and Evening Dress', seen, in the Tinguely museum , in Basel, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The historical suits of armor are juxtaposed with the haute couture by the Florentine designer Roberto Capucci. The exhibition 'Armour and Evening Dress' can be seen from May 13 to Aug. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone/Georgios Kefalas)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/12/09/569-AMDAILYEDIT_02.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.jpg|525JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 12: Pope Benedict XVI meets with Israeli chief Rabbis (Rabbi Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi and the Israeli Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amarr) at the center for the Jewish Heritage on May 12, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. The Pontiff is on an 8-day tour of the Middle East, having already travelled to Jordan. (Photo by Kobi Gideon-Pool/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/12/09/750-AMDAILYEDIT_04.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.jpg|416Pope Benedict XVI places a note in the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI took his message of peace to the most contentious site in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday, urging the sides to embark upon "a sincere dialogue aimed at building a world of justice and peace."(AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/12/09/618-AMDAILYEDIT_05.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.jpg|422A woman passing a giraffe Lego model are both being reflected in a window of the Legoland Discovery Center at Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/12/09/26-AMDAILYEDIT_06.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.jpg|525Mardy Fish of the U.S. looks over the net during his match against Tommy Robredo of Spain at the Caja Magica during the Madrid Open Tennis Tournament in Madrid, Tuesday May 12, 2009. Robredo won the match 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/12/09/816-AMDAILYEDIT_07.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.jpg|525Francesca Schiavone of Italy prepares to serve to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at the Caja Magica during the Madrid Open Tennis Tournament in Madrid, Tuesday May 12, 2009. Schiavone won the match 6-4, 6-2. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/174-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09001.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416Soldiers from the U.S. Army First Battalion, 26th Infantry take defensive positions at firebase Restrepo after receiving fire from Taliban positions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Monday May 11, 2009. Spc. Zachery Boyd of Fort Worth, TX, far left was wearing 'I love NY' boxer shorts after rushing from his sleeping quarters to join his fellow platoon members. From far right is Spc. Cecil Montgomery of Many, LA and Jordan Custer of Spokan, WA, center. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/393-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09002.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416Phillip Pearson surveys the ruins of his friends' home along Tunnel Road on Monday, May 11, 2009, which was destroyed by the Jesusita wildfire in Santa Barbara, Calif. Pearson said his friends, who evacuated and were out of town, asked him to visit their home and check its condition. "There's nothing left," Pearson said as he stepped through the rubble. (AP Photo/Eric Parsons)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/941-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09003.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|295Children play badminton just outside Court One at the Madrid Open Tennis Tournament at the Caja Magica (Magic Box) in Madrid, Monday May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/292-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09004.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525U.S. Serena Williams returns to Francesca Schiavone from Italy during the Madrid Open Tennis in the Caja Magica in Madrid, Monday May 11, 2009.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/823-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09005.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525U.S. Serena Williams is seen moments before retiring during her Madrid Open Tennis match against Francesca Schiavone from Italy in the Caja Magica in Madrid, Monday May 11, 2009.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/694-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09006.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|474MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 11: Amelie Mauresmo of France in action in her first round match against Ai Sugiyama of Japan during the Madrid Open tennis tournament at the Caja Magica on May 11, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Mauresmo won the match in two sets, 6-2 and 6-4. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/234-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09007.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Monday May 11, 2009. Atlantis' seven member crew will repair and deliver new instruments to the Hubble Space Telescope. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/55-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09008.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525A cat tosses a mole into the air Monday, May 11, 2009 near Maysville, Ky. Upon hitting the ground, the mole quickly disappeared. (AP Photo/The Ledger Independent, Terry Prather.)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/389-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09009.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|397A White's Tree Frog perches on the hand of biologist Matt Evans, at the National Zoo in Washington, on Monday, May 11, 2009. This frog's skin produces a peptide that can help deter HIV. Frog species are in danger from the spread of a chytrid fungus that is killing amphibians at an alarming rate. The Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project, announced Monday May 11, 2009, hopes to stop the spread of the fungus and includes eight zoos and research institutions including the Smithsonian Institution. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/949-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09010.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of former Boston Red Sox baseball center fielder Dom DiMaggio out of St. Paul Catholic Church after his funeral service in Wellesley, Mass. Monday, May 11, 2009. DiMaggio, 92, died Friday morning a fter a bout with pneumonia. The center fielder was the younger brother of Yankees Hall of Famer Joe, and played in the same outfield with another major league great, Ted Williams. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/55-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09011.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|411The Italian Airforce squad "Frecce Tricolori" flies over the pack of cyclists during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Grado to Valdobbiadene, Monday, May 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/774-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09012.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|422Students wearing masks as a precaution against swine flu arrive for their first day of school since the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico City, Monday, May 11, 2009. Scoured and disinfected, most of Mexico's primary schools and kindergartens stood ready to welcome back millions of students Monday after a nationwide shutdown ordered to help put a brake on the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/461-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09013.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416An elementary student wears a mask as a precaution against swine flu during the first day back to school since the recent outbreak in Mexico City, Monday, May 11, 2009. Scoured and disinfected, most of Mexico's primary schools and kindergartens stood ready to welcome back millions of students Monday after a nationwide shutdown ordered to help put a brake on the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/275-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09014.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|348Elementary students wear masks as a precaution against swine flu during the first day back to school since the recent outbreak in Mexico City, Monday, May 11, 2009. Scoured and disinfected, most of Mexico's primary schools and kindergartens stood ready to welcome back millions of students Monday after a nationwide shutdown ordered to help put a brake on the spread of swine flu. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/40-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09015.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525Pope Benedict XVI prays after rekindling the Eternal Flame at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009. The German-born Pope Benedict XVI says the cries of Holocaust victims continue to reverberate 60-years after the second World War. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, pool)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/254-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09016.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|373Israeli demonstrators, one holding a sign, blow rams horns during a protest against Pope Benedict XVI's visit in downtown Jerusalem, Monday, May, 11, 2009. The Pope called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian homeland immediately after he arrived in Israel Monday, a stance that could put him at odds with his hosts on a trip aimed at improving ties between the Vatican and Jews.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/979-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09017.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|423Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and boys dance around a fire during celebrations of the holiday Lag Baomer in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009. Israelis light bonfires during Lag Ba'Omer celebrations to commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/2-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09018.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth walks past a fire during celebrations of the holiday Lag Baomer in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009. Israelis light bonfires during Lag Ba'Omer celebrations to commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times. (AP Photo/Olivier Fitoussi)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/306-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09020.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525A man, wearing a mask, places white stones outside the Legislative Assembly during a protest against violence in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, May 11, 2009. The stones represent thousand of people killed during the past two years in the city. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/111-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09021.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|276Britain's Prince William stands in front of artist Bridget Riley's work , Cataract 3, during his tour of of the Whitechapel Gallery London Monday May 11, 2009. Prince William re-opened the gallery which has undergone an extensive refurbishment. (AP Photo/Andrew Winning, Pool)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/81-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09022.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|423Pakistani refugees walk past tents at a refugee camp near Mardan, in northwest Pakistan, Monday, May 11, 2009. Pakistani warplanes bombed suspected militant positions in a stronghold close to the capital Monday, pressing ahead with a fierce offensive that has driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, many into crowded refugee camps. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/199-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09023.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|407Residents from the Swat Valley walk through a refugee camp near Mardan, in northwest Pakistan, Monday, May 11, 2009. Pakistani warplanes bombed suspected militant positions in a stronghold close to the capital Monday, pressing ahead with a fierce offensive that has driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, many into crowded refugee camps. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/972-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09024.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|424A young boy stands near tents at a refugee camp near Mardan, in northwest Pakistan, Monday, May 11, 2009. Pakistani warplanes bombed suspected militant positions in a stronghold close to the capital Monday, pressing ahead with a fierce offensive that has driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, many into crowded refugee camps. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/776-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09025.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|404Residents of Buner in Pakistan's troubled valley of Swat flee on Monday, May 11, 2009. Pakistani warplanes bombed suspected militant positions in a stronghold close to the capital Monday, pressing ahead with a fierce offensive that has driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, many into crowded refugee camps. The government claimed 700 insurgents had died and the Taliban were on the run. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/490-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09026.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|382Volunteers unload a military helicopter with boxes of food for flood victims in Boa Vista do Gurupi in Brazil's northeastern state of Maranhao, Monday, May 11, 2009. Flooding has killed 40 and forced nearly 300,000 Brazilians from their homes. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/728-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09027.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416The city of Turiacu is flooded in Brazil's northeastern state of Maranhao, Monday, May 11, 2009. Across a vast swath of the country, flooding has killed 40 and forced nearly 300,000 Brazilians from their homes. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/508-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09028.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525FILE -This undated file photo released by the family of imprisoned Iranian-American shows journalist Roxana Saberi in Tehran, Iran. Lawyers for a jailed U.S. journalist say she will be freed Monday, May 11, 2009, after an Iranian appeals court suspended her prison term and she can leave the country immediately. (AP Photo/Saberi Family/file) NO SALESStore |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/311-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09029.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416TEHRAN, IRAN - MAY 11: Reza Saberi, the father of Iranian-American reporter Roxana Saberi, talks to the press as he waits with his family outside Tehran's Evin prison for news on the release of their daughter on May 11, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. The 32-year-old US-born journalist walked free from jail after an Iranian court reduced her prison term for spying to a two-year suspended sentence, ending a five-month ordeal for Saberi, who was initially detained in January and sentenced last month to an eight-year jail term on charges of spying for the United States. The ruling was greeted with joy and relief by her parents, who had been in the country since March to push for her release. (Photo by Majid/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/184-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09030.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|415Reza Saberi and his wife Akiko, parents of US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, wait outside of Evin prison before their daughter is released, in Tehran, Iran on Monday May 11, 2009. A lawyer for the journalist jailed in Iran says she will be freed from prison after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence. Roxana , a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, was convicted last month of spying for the U.S. and sentenced to eight years in prison. An appeals court reduced her jail term on Monday to a two-year suspended sentence. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/844-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09031.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|421Reza Saberi and his wife Akiko, parents of US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, wait before their daughter Roxana leaves jail outside of Evin prison in Tehran on Monday May 11, 2009. A lawyer for a U.S. journalist jailed in Iran says she has been freed from prison after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence. Roxana, a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, was convicted last month of spying for the U.S. and sentenced to eight-years in prison, but an appeals court reduced her jail term on Monday to a two-year suspended sentence. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/651-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09032.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|463Police officers shout as they move Tamil protesters who were sitting in the street outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, May 11, 2009. Several hundred Tamil protesters calling for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka have brought an intersection outside Parliament to a standstill. Tamil supporters, including hunger strikers, have been camped out in front of Parliament for more than a month. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/783-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09033.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|465An unidentified Afghan schoolgirl lies on a hospital bed after being suddenly stricken by an illness at a high school in Charikar, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, May 11, 2009. Doctors are investigating whether the 61 girl students were poisoned at the high school in northern Afghanistan on Monday. The mass hospitalization comes about two weeks after a similar incident in Parwan, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/40-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09034.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525Unidentified Afghan schoolgirls lay in hospital beds after being suddenly stricken by an illness at a high school in Charikar, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, May 11, 2009. Doctors are investigating whether the 61 girl students were poisoned at the high school in northern Afghanistan on Monday. The mass hospitalization comes about two weeks after a similar incident in Parwan, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/393-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09035.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 11: Major Jim Bonney of the Royal Marines performs a commando-slide on a zip-wire into Horse Guards Parade on May 11, 2009 in London, England. The Massed Bands of the Royal Marines are promoting their return to the capital this summer for the "Beating Retreat" ceremony, held every three years to celebrate the birthday of The Duke of Edinburgh. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/646-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09036.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525WASHINGTON - MAY 11: University of North Carolina men's basketball head coach Roy Williams (L) present U.S. President Barack Obama with a team jersey at the White House May 11, 2009 in Washington, DC. The North Carolina Tar Heels are the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national champions. A basketball fan, Obama picked the Tar Heels to win in his March Madness bracket. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/445-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09037.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416WASHINGTON - MAY 11: Copies of U.S. President Barack Obama's FY2010 detailed budget await pickup at the Government Printing Office May 11, 2009 in Washington, DC. The third release of the budget includes greater details on the budget including "Analytical Perspectives, Historical Tables" and "Updated Summary Tables." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/343-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09038.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|395WASHINGTON - MAY 11: U.S. President Barack Obama (2L) delivers remarks about health care reform with (L-R) Cedars- Sinai Health System President and CEO Tom Priselac, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Chairman and CEO George Halverson, American Medical Association President-Elect J. James Rohack, M.D., Service Employees International Union Healthcare Chair Dennis Rivera and Edwards Lifesciences Chairman and CEO Michael Mussallem in the State Dining Room of the White House May 11, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama make the remarks after meeting with people representing hospitals, insurance companies, drug makers and doctors who said they will slow their rate increases by 1.5-percent each year in a move to help provide health insurance to the estimated 50 million Americans who do not have it. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/661-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09039.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525MIANYANG, SICHUAN - MAY 11: A relative of earthquake victims prays as she mourns at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county on May 11, 2009 in Mianyang of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/542-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09040.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416MIANYANG, SICHUAN - MAY 11: A buddhist prays for earthquake victims as she mourns at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county on May 11, 2009 in Mianyang of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/837-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09041.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|415MIANYANG, SICHUAN - MAY 11: Relatives of earthquake victims cry as they mourn at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county on May 11, 2009 in Mianyang of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/279-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09042.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|416MIANYANG, SICHUAN - MAY 11: A relative of earthquake victims cries as she mourns at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county on May 11, 2009 in Mianyang of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)Store |
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/753-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09019.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|525Relatives and residents returning to their quake devastated town walk past a sign which reads "Heart felt commemoration of the May 12 Major Earthquake victims" in Beichuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 11 , 2009. Beichuan is open for commemorations a few days before the one year anniversary of the May 12 deadly quake that left 90,000 dead and missing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/05/11/20/855-The_Daily_Edit_05.12.09043.standalone.prod_affiliate.138.JPG|415MIANYANG, SICHUAN - MAY 11: A relative of earthquake victims cries as she mourn at the ruins of earthquake-hit Beichuan county on May 11, 2009 in Mianyang of Sichuan Province, China. Many commemoration activities are being held to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, claiming nearly 90,000 lives. Over 680 reconstruction projects, ranging from infrastructure to cultural and tourism sectors, are underway to rebuild the quake-stricken areas, requiring a total investment of around 248 billion US dollars. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)Store |
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