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Antoine Fesnell, right, prays as his daughters Nicole, 9, center, and Antoine, 6, look on during mass in the rubble of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Fesnell's wife died in the magnitude-7 earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010 and killed a government-estimated 300,000 people and left millions homeless. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Catholics pray in the rubble of the Notre Dame cathedral during mass in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 that killed a government-estimated 300,000 people and left millions homeless. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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People attend a mass in honor of those killed in the earthquake in the Fort National neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 which killed a government-estimated 300,000 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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People begin to gather for a mass in honor of those killed in the earthquake in the Fort National neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 which killed a government-estimated 300,000 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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People attend a mass in honor of those killed in the earthquake in the Fort National neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 which killed a government-estimated 300,000 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Jimi Heselden, 62, a British businessman who last year bought the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway personal transporter, has died in an accident on one of the vehicles. (AP Photo/Andy Paraskos/Hesco Bastion /PA Wire)
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** FILE ** Kenneth Feinberg, BP oil spill fund administrator, listens to citizen complaints about the system during a town-hall meeting in Orange Beach, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010.
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A pilot whale is loaded onto a truck Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, to be transported to Rarawa Bay for release after a mass whale stranding at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand. Rescuers on Friday began moving the 24 survivors of a pod of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote northern New Zealand beach to a more sheltered area in an attempt to save them. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Richard Robinson)
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Two anti-terrorist policemen, center, secure one of the passengers as a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 is evacuated at Stockholm Arlanda International airport September 25, 2010. The aircraft was en route from Toronto to Karachi, when Canadian authorities received a tip-off that a passenger could be carrying explosives and the plane was diverted to Stockholm. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)
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Detroit Red Wings' Johan Franzen, left, collides with Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik in the first period of a preseason NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Franzen was helped off the ice after the collision. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Carolina Hurricanes Riley Nash (23) collides with Florida Panthers Joe Callahan (48) during first period of an NHL preseason hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
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The Washington Redskins signed former Tampa Bay Buccaneers free safety Tanard Jackson on Thursday.(AP Photo)
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Abbott Laboratories manufacturing plant is shown in Sturgis, Mich., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it is recalling millions of containers of its best-selling Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts. Abbott says it uncovered the insects last week at the Sturgis manufacturing plant. (AP Photo/Sturgis Journal, Brandon Watson)
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Containers of recalled Similac products are removed from a shelf at a Walgreen's store, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Guilderland, N.Y. Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said it is recalling millions of containers of its Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts. The voluntary action affects up to 5 million Similac-brand powder formulas sold in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and some Caribbean countries. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Authorities surround a Bank of America where a robbery may have turned into a hostage situation in Coral Gables, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Coral Gables police were called to the bank near the University of Miami. The university sent an alert to students warning them to stay away from the area near the bank. Administrators reported the incident as a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Edouard H.R. Gluck)
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In this photo from Sept. 8, 2010, a Chinese fishing boat (left), which was involved in a collision near disputed islands, arrives at a port on Ishigaki island, Okinawa prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japanese prosecutors decided Sept. 24, 2010, to release the captain of the Chinese fishing boat, whose detention raised tensions between the Asian neighbors. (Associated Press/Kyodo News)
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Volunteer Kate Malcolm from Tutukaka, New Zealand comforts a whale after it was moved to a nearby stream to rest while it is decided how it will be attempted to release them at a mass Pilot Whale stranding at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on a remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them.(AP Photo/Richard Robinson)
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Whales are transported from the beach to a nearby stream where they can rest while it is decided how it will be attempted to release them at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on the remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them. (AP Photo/Richard Robinson)
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A whale is transported from the beach to a nearby stream where it can rest while it is decided how it will be released at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on the remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them.(AP Photo/Richard Robinson)
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In this photo released by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, dead whales are removed from the beach at Spirits Bay in the North Island of New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. At least 40 out of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on the remote northern New Zealand beach have died, and more whales are joining them on land.(AP Photo/New Zealand Department of Conservation)
