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Rescuers work to move a driver injured in a wreck on a slick, snow-covered street in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. The blizzard warning issued the day before by National Weather Service came to fruition in the region Wednesday as winds picked up and snow began falling in earnest before dawn. (AP Photo/The Republic, Joe Harpring)
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Motorists travel slowly on a snow-covered Interstate 24 in Paducah, Ky., during a winter storm on Dec. 26, 2012. The storm dumped several inches of snow, making travel hazardous. (Associated Press)
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Onlookers gather at the site of a warehouse explosion and fire in Lagos, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
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Members of a Myanmar Fire Brigade team gather near a damaged Air Bagan jetliner in Heho, Myanmar, on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. The aircraft, packed with Christmas tourists, crash-landed into a rice paddy; two people were killed and 11 injured, officials said. (AP Photo)
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Firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka, 19, was killed when gunman William Spengler, 62, lured first responders into a death trap before dawn on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/West Webster Fire Department)
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Drivers maneuver wet and icy roads in Paris, Texas Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 after a strong winter system dropped inches of rain and snow on most of North East Texas. (AP Photo/The Paris News, Sam Craft)
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Storm clouds roll past Barksdale Pavilion at Jones Park in Gulfport, Miss., Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. After most of spending Christmas Day with a blustery day and occasional blue skies, storm clouds arrived on the Coast at 4 p. m. The strong south breeze blew most of the bad weather north of the immediate coast line. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, Tim Isbell)
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Debris sits on a side street near Washington Street in Alexandria, La. after an apparent tornado tore through the area Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/The Daily Town Talk, Melinda Martinez)
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A house in Tioga, La., is severely damaged after an apparent tornado tore through the area Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/The Daily Town Talk, Melinda Martinez)
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Debris sits on the frontage road near I-49 in downtown Alexandria, La., after an apparent tornado tore through the area Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/The Daily Town Talk, Melinda Martinez)
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Members of the Alpine Volunteer Fire Department and the VA Fire Department clear debris from U.S. 71 in the Tioga, La. area, after an apparent tornado tore through the area Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/The Daily Town Talk, Melinda Martinez)
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Firefighters battle a blaze after they were let back in on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, in Webster, N.Y., following a gunman's ambush of four volunteer firefighters responding to the intense pre-dawn house fire outside Rochester. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Jamie Germano)