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A man takes a picture of destroyed homes on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York borough of Queens on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants huge electrical transformers hauled to upper floors of commercial buildings and the ability to shutter subways as part of a $9 billion plan to protect New York City from the next superstorm. Mr. Cuomo said that the government must take preventive measures now to avoid future loss of life and billions more in damage. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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A man walks past destroyed homes on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York borough of Queens on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian soldier, right, and citizens gather at an alley that was destroyed by two cars bombs, at Jaramana neighborhood, in the suburb of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

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Safety DeJon Gomes (24) was benched in Week 4, but he’s been pressed into duty as a starter again after Brandon Meriweather saw his season end with a torn ACL on Nov. 18. (Associated Press)

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Homes on the Rockaway Peninsula in the Queens borough of New York were ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. Building inspectors trained in Fairfax were sent to New York in recent weeks to assess damage. (Associated Press)

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In this undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service on Thursday, July 26, 2012, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center) reacts on a ride as he attends the completion ceremony of the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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In this Wednesday, July 25, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju, waves to the crowd as they inspect the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)

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Construction crews start work on the 1,000-yard outer fence that will run along the perimeter of the Washington Monument in Washington on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. The monument has been closed since Aug. 25, 2011, when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred less than 100 miles southwest of the city. The repairs will occur in conjunction with the Mall Renovation Project that was already scheduled. The scaffolding and construction work will start soon after the fence is in place. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

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Andrew Audas hugs volunteer Amy Sahlin from the group Rainbow Family at a central relief station in Union Beach, N.J., on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. The Audas family will volunteer here tomorrow, dropping off some of the items they collected through Project Keep Them Cozy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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People console a woman whose relative was killed in a fire at a factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday. Relatives were frantically looking for loved ones. (Associated Press)

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A Bangladeshi police officer walks between rows of burned sewing machines in a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday. At least 112 people were killed in a late Saturday night fire that raced through the factory just outside of Bangladesh’s capital. The death toll could rise as the search for victims was continuing. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Bangladeshi firefighters battle a blaze at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late on Nov. 24, 2012. At least 112 people were killed, an official said. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo, Christmas decorations from the charred remains of a home, are shown in the Breezy Point section New York's Queens borough. More than 50 homes were lost in a fire that swept through the oceanside community during Superstorm Sandy. Some residents of New York City's storm-battered Breezy Point neighborhood say thieves looted their damaged houses over Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)