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Emergency personnel respond to the bus crash on Interstate 95 in the Bronx borough of New York on Saturday, March 12, 2011, in which at least 14 people died. The bus, returning to New York from a casino in southeastern Connecticut, flipped onto its side and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)
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Thick smoke billows from an industrial plant in Kamaishi, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after giant earchquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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A man walks by smashed vehicles buried under rubble in Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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An official scans a man for radiation at an emergency center in Koriyama, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, two days after a giant earthquake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Light planes and vehicles sit among the debris after they were swept by a tsunami that struck Sendai airport in northern Japan on March 11, 2011. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. (Associated Press/Kyodo News)
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This image provided by NASA was photographed by the spacecraft Messenger, the first ever images made from a spacecraft while in orbit around the planet. It shows Mercury's horizon as the spacecraft was moving northward along the first orbit during which MDIS was turned on. On March 17, 2011 Messenger became the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. (AP Photo/NASA)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 9, 2011 and provided by the US Geological Survey, Lava advances through forest within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Island of Hawaii. The latest eruption from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is decreasing in activity and has taken a breather from spewing out lava. (AP Photo/US Geological Survey)
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This image made from Japan's NHK public television via Kyodo News shows the Fukushima Daiichi power plant's Unit 1, left, in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. The walls of the building at nuclear power station crumbled Saturday as smoke poured out and Japanese officials said they feared the reactor could melt down following the failure of its cooling system in a powerful earthquake and tsunami. (AP Photo/NHK TV via Kyodo News)
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A little child is held by rescue workers after being rescued from a building at Kesennuma, northeastern Japan, on Saturday March 12, 2011, one day after a giant quake and tsunami struck the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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People walk around at Sendai port in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Saturday, March 12, 2011, following Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned hit the country's northeastern coast. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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In these combo images made from Japan's NHK television, the Fukushima Daiichi power plant's Unit 1 is seen before (top) and after (bottom) an explosion in Okumamachi, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Saturday, March 12, 2011. The walls of the building at the nuclear power station crumbled Saturday as smoke poured out and Japanese officials said they feared the reactor could melt down following the failure of its cooling system in a powerful earthquake and tsunami. The damaged structure of Unit 1 can be seen at left after the walls crumbled. Japanese characters read: "before 9 a.m., top," and "at around 4:30 p.m."
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Houses are in flame while the Natori river is flooded over the surrounding area by tsunami tidal waves in Natori city, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, March 11, 2011, after strong earthquakes hit the area. (AP Photo/Yasushi Kanno, The Yomiuri Shimbun)
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Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jay Harrison (44), defenseman Tim Gleason (6), and goalie Cam Ward (30) react as Washington Capitals center Matt Hendricks (26) scores during the third period of an NHL hockey game at the Verizon Center in Washington on Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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A Santa Cruz Harbor Patrol boat attempts to tow a partially sunken boat in the Santa Cruz Harbor on Friday, March 11, 2011 in Santa Cruz, Calif. A tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan rushed onto California's coast Friday, causing powerful surges that destroyed boat docks as beach-area residents throughout the state evacuated to higher ground. (AP Photo/Santa Cruz Sentinel, Dan Coyro) **NO SALES MAGS OUT NO TV NO INTERNET MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Rescue Squad officer Mark Plunkett, left, a Fairfax County fireman from Stafford, Virginia, briefs a unit on what to expect during their mission in Japan, at the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Training Facility, in Fairfax, Friday, March 11, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Gear and equipment for the Fairfax County Search and Rescue unit is seen at the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Training Facility, in Fairfax, Friday, March 11, 2011. Seventy-four members are going, along with 62,000 pounds of equipment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Six rescue dogs will be traveling with the Fairfax County International Urban Search & Rescue team on their rescue mission in Japan. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Sean Kennedy packs up equipment as his family helps him at the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Training Facility, in Fairfax, Friday, March 11, 2011. Seventy-four members of the Fairfax Search and Rescue unit are making the trip to Japan. Kennedy, from Leesburg, works as a structural engineer and will be the structural lead on the trip. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Tom Carver, a Fairfax County fireman from Bristow, talks with his family after packing up for the Fairfax Search and Rescue unit's mission to Japan, at the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Training Facility, in Fairfax, Friday, March 11, 2011. From left are, his wife Chrissy, daughter Haley, son Aden, and Kevin Whetzel. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Due to a tsunami warning, hundreds of cars line Kamehameha Highway leading into the town of Haleiwa as residents of the north shore community wait for the all clear to return home on Friday, March 11, 2011, in Honolulu. An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan and sent a tsunami wave across the Pacific. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
