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People who work in a seven-story office building gather behind a sign that reads in Spanish "Floor One" after evacuating their building along the El Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, following a strong earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a damaged vehicle at the scene after an attack in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 7, 2012. (Associated Press/SANA)
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Bill Klipp of Florida works on cleaning out his father's flood-damaged home on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Brick, N.J. The city is ordering mandatory evacuations in advance of an approaching nor'easter and in the wake of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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A sign directs would-be voters to a polling station in a school doubling as a donation site for assistance for victims of Superstorm Sandy in the Midland Beach section of Staten Island, N.Y. on Tuesday. Voting in the presidential election was the latest challenge for the hundreds of thousands of people in the New York-New Jersey area still affected by last week’s storm. (Associated Press)
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Long Beach, N.Y. residents (from the left) Claudia Brass, Nicholas and Xenia Moulinos and Kimberly Chenkin charge their cellphones at a Verizon charging station in front of city hall on Tuesday. Another storm is headed their way, but it is expected to be less powerful than originally predicted. (Associated Press)
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Denzel Washington as pilot Whip Whitaker in “Flight” manages to make an emergency landing of his aircraft despite being hung-over, drunk and coked-up. (Paramount Pictures via Associated Press)
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Country singer Sammy Kershaw and others on his tour bus survived a collision on Friday in Texas. They were shaken and sore but not seriously hurt. (Associated Press)
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A resident in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., walks to the Atlantic Highlands Emergency Services Building to vote Nov. 6, 2012, as power outages from superstorm Sandy forced the town to condense all the districts into one location. (Associated Press)
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A person walks through a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium at Toms River East High School on the way to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Toms River, N.J. Voter turnout was heavy in several storm-ravaged Jersey shore towns, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Two National Guard members stand by in their truck at Bishop Molloy Recreational Center, where voting took place on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Point Lookout, N.Y., one of several voting locations that were created as a result of superstorm Sandy. Election Day turnout was heavy in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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A voter walks through a makeshift shelter in a gymnasium at Toms River East High School on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, on the way to the polls in Toms River, N.J. Voter turnout was heavy in several storm-ravaged Jersey shore towns, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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People sort through donated clothes at an aid station in Staten Island, New York. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has already dispensed close to $200 million in emergency housing assistance after Superstorm Sandy, but finding enough long-term housing could be problematic. (Associated Press)
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A damaged building in the Jedida district of Aleppo, Syria, is seen Nov. 4, 2012, through a window after several weeks of intense battles between rebel fighters and the Syrian army. (Associated Press)