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A man searches the rubble in Lorca, Spain, on May 12, 2011. An earthquake and aftershocks in southeastern Spain caused deaths and casualties and did extensive damage to buildings. Geologists think that depletion of the water table for crops triggered the disaster. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, left, listens as Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate speaks to the media at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. FEMA is coordinating the deployment of federal resources in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jonathan Dwyer (27) breaks free from Washington Redskins strong safety Reed Doughty (37) and free safety Madieu Williams (41) for a 34-yard run in the first quarter at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 28, 2012. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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Denzel Washington plays an airline pilot who, despite being hungover, drunk and coked-up, manages to make a daring emergency landing in “Flight.” (Paramount Pictures via Associated Press)
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Denzel Washington (center) plays Whip Whitaker, a hero pilot with feet of clay. Bruce Greenwood (left) is a fellow pilot and Don Cheadle, an attorney, in “Flight.” (Paramount Pictures via Associated Press)
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Jordan Staal, now with the Carolina Hurricanes, participated in Friday's "Champs for Charity" exhibition game with a number of other locked-out players. (Associated Press)
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Mayor Vincent Gray and local safety officials held a press conference Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 at the headquarters of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency to announce preparations for Sandy, the so-called "Frankenstorm" that is due to affect the Washington, D.C. metro area, with hurricane-force winds as early as 8 a.m. Monday morning. The mayor announced that D.C. Public Schools would be closed on Monday. Fairfax and Prince George's counties have also closed schools in anticipation of the storm. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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President Obama (left) attends a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate at the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA headquarters in Washington on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Ocean water rolls over Route 12 at the north end of Buxton, N.C., at dawn on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as waves from Hurricane Sandy battered Hatteras Island. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)
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High winds blow sea foam into the air as a pedestrian crosses Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Large waves generated by Hurricane Sandy crash into Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, as the storm moves up the East Coast. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is traveling with Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, uses a phone as he stands alongside Interstate 4 in Lakewood Crest, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, after the motorcade was stopped. The 12-year-old daughter of Sen. Rubio had been airlifted to a hospital after a Saturday motor vehicle accident. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
