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Rescue workers check a home for fuel leaks and other types of damage, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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A vehicle is submerged after being carried into a swampy depression by floodwaters, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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Mike Cappucci, 46, of Staten Island, surveys the damage to his home after boats from a nearby harbor were driven inland by floodwaters, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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A NYPD police officer performs a search in high grasses that were flooded during a storm surge, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Arrochar neighborhood of the Staten Island borough of New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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Customers form a queue to fill their gasoline canisters, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.(AP Photo/ John Minchillo)

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A woman stands in a street flooded by superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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A line forms at a gas pump as people wait to fill up cans on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, as many are left without power following Superstorm Sandy, in Toms River, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Brooke Clarkin tries to salvage some personal items from her mother's home in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Her mother's home was not only flooded to the ceiling, but was swept off its foundation and was carried to the other side of the street. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates scores a touchdown as Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Eric Berry hangs on during the first quarter of an NFL game Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

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Police and forensic officers examine the scene of a fatal shooting of a Northern Ireland prison officer on the M1 motorway near Lurgan, Northern Ireland, on Thursday. He was killed in an ambush as he was driving to work. (Associated Press)

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A yellow crane sorts out the rubble of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a collection site in northeastern Japan. Japan’s accounting of its budget for reconstruction from the disasters is crammed with spending on unrelated projects. (Associated Press)

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President Obama embraces Donna Vanzant during a tour of a neighborhood affected by superstorm Sandy, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Brigantine, N.J. Ms. Vanzant is an owner of North Point Marina, which was damaged by the storm. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Storm damage along the Atlantic coast in Mantoloking, N.J., is pictured on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, from a helicopter traveling behind the Marine One copter carrying President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on an inspection tour. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool)