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Cars are abandoned on a flooded street after a strong earthquake in suburban Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. The powerful earthquake collapsed buildings at the height of a busy workday killing at least 65 people and trapping dozens in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell)
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Vehicles move through flooded roads in South Brighton after Christchurch, New Zealand, was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. The powerful earthquake struck one of New Zealand's biggest cities Tuesday at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing dozens of people in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Sarah Ivey)
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A building in Christchurch, New Zealand, is destroyed after an earthquake struck Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. The 6.3-magnitude quake collapsed buildings and is sending rescuers scrambling to help trapped people amid reports of multiple deaths. (AP Photo/NZPA, Pam Johnson)
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People break windows to prepare to be rescued from a high-rise building in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. A powerful earthquake collapsed buildings at the height of a busy workday Tuesday, killing and trapping dozens in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald)
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People walk across a buckled road in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. A powerful earthquake collapsed buildings at the height of a busy workday killing and trapping dozens of people in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/NZPA/Ashburton Guardian, Kirsty Graham)
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People are evacuated from a health clinic in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. A powerful earthquake collapsed buildings at the height of a busy workday Tuesday, killing and trapping dozens in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald)
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A man rides his bicycle on a damaged road in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. A powerful earthquake collapsed buildings at the height of a busy workday killing and trapping dozens of people in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/NZPA/Ashburton Guardian, Kirsty Graham)
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A group of people travel with Glacier Explorers to see one of the many icebergs that caved into Tasman Lake as a result of the 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2011. The quake hit at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing dozens of people in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/NZPA, Denis Callesen)
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Bodies are covered after an earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. The 6.3-magnitude quake hit at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing dozens people in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Wethey)
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People walk past a church in Christchurch, New Zealand, which was destroyed after an earthquake struck Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. The 6.3-magnitude quake collapsed buildings and is sending rescuers scrambling to help trapped people amid reports of multiple deaths. (AP Photo/NZPA, Pam Johnson)
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This video image provided by CBS2/KCAL9 News shows rescue efforts after a school bus carrying up to 25 children aboard slid over the side of a highway Monday in a Southern California ski area near Twin Peaks, Calif., after colliding with a county fire vehicle. Fire Protection spokesman Bill Peters said the bus fell about 20 feet over the side of the road after it collided with a San Bernardino County Fire Department vehicle and a power pole. (Associated Press/CBS2/KCAL9 News)
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A Haitian boy tries to cross into the Dominican Republic at the border near Jimani on Jan. 29. (Associated Press)
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A group of detained Haitian women are driven away by Dominican military border officers in Jimani, Dominican Republic, late last month. After a one-year easing following the January 2010 Haitian earthquake, deportations have resumed. (Associated Press)
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High winds blow snow along Highway 13 near Burnsville, Minn., on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. The heavy snow and high winds across southern Minnesota caused scores of accidents, grounded hundreds of flights and forced some businesses to close early. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)
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An Afghan youth looks at the damage caused during a NATO raid in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. The NATO coalition says it is investigating the accidental death of Afghan civilians in Nangarhar province along the Pakistan border. (AP Photo)
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Driver Kevin Harvick walks through the garage area before practice for Sunday's Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Asked to slide into Dale Earnhardt's car days after his death, Harvick felt uneasy about replacing the Intimidator. Now, a decade after Earnhardt's fatal crash at Daytona, Harvick has embraced his role and was comfortable enough to deliver an emotional speech to his Richard Childress Racing team. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
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Firefighters stand on a fire escape as winds whip the flames from a five-alarm fire in the Brooklyn borough of New York late on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. The strong winds meant several hours of work for hundreds of New York firefighters trying to extinguish the fire, which ripped through the six-story apartment building. At least 20 firefighters were injured, authorities said. (AP Photo/Paul Martinka)
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Firefighters are stationed on a hill below a 300-acre wildfire in the woods off of Rawley Pike near Harrisonburg, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Traci White)
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Kenneth Feinberg administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility addresses the audience at the Mississippi College Law Review Symposium in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. The symposium centered itself on the oil spill crisis and its legal effects. Feinberg was the keynote afternoon speaker. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Drivers Michael Annett (62), Elliott Sadler (2), and Kenny Wallace (09) crash during the DRIVE4COPD 300 NASCAR Nationwide series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Russell Williams)
