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In this Sept. 13, 2010 photo, a malnourished Pakistani boy, who came from a camp for people displaced by floods, rests on his bed during a power outage at the Railway Hospital in Sukkur, Sindh province, southern Pakistan. Medical experts warn the real catastrophe is moving much slower than the floodwaters. Children already sick or weak in poor rural areas prior to the floods are now fighting to stay alive as diarrhea, respiratory diseases and malaria attack their emaciated bodies. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Houston quarterback Case Keenum (7) is stopped by UCLA safety Tony Dye after a 45-yard scramble in the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
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A man walks by the excursion boat "Bermudian" after it broke loose and was pushed to shore by Hurricane Igor in St. George, Bermuda, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Local residents watch a damaged vehicle, which was plunged into a river in Gari Dupata, near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-held Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. The vehicle carrying at least 30 schoolchildren plunged into a river in Pakistan-held Kashmir, and most of the passengers were confirmed or feared dead. (AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed)
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Associated Press CREW SOCKS: Christine O'Donnell, Delaware GOP nominee for Senate, is under fire by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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People stand in late August outside the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which was damaged by a massive earthquake in January. (Associated Press)
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Two men remove rubble in late August from a building destroyed by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince. Most Haitians just live and work around the piles of debris. (Associated Press)
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The remains of a burned house are seen on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, in Harriman, Utah, after a fire swept though, destroying several homes overnight. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday. (AP Photo/Jennifer Dobner)
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This frame grab from video released by WABC-TV in New York shows fire and smoke beneath the 138th Street lift bridge on the Harlem River, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, in New York. Train service was suspended in and out of Grand Central Terminal at 11:45 a.m. Trains approaching Manhattan and the south Bronx are being held at the nearest station. (AP Photo/WABC-TV)
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Fire continues to burn near homes in Herriman, Utah on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday as crews rushed to keep it from burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Scott G Winterton, Pool)
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A home that was destroyed by the fire is shown in Herriman, Utah on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday as crews rushed to keep it from burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Scott G Winterton, Pool)
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A home that was destroyed by the fire is shown in Herriman, Utah on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday as crews rushed to keep it from burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Scott G Winterton, Pool)
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One of the four confirmed homes that was destroyed by fire in Herriman, Utah on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday as crews rushed to keep it from burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Scott G Winterton, Pool)
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Home owners and fire crews sift through the remnants of a home that was destroyed by the fire in Herriman, Utah on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday as crews rushed to keep it from burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Scott G Winterton, Pool)
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The remains of a burned house is shown on Monday Sept. 20,2010 in Herriman, Utah after a fire swept though burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday. (AP Photo/Jennifer Dobner)
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Fire continues to burn near homes in Herriman, Utah on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday as crews rushed to keep it from burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Scott G Winterton, Pool)
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Small fires continue to burn near homes in Herriman, Utah on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. A wind-stoked wildfire sparked at a firing range during a National Guard training session blazed across thousands of acres Monday as crews rushed to keep it from burning more than four homes that were destroyed overnight. The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Scott G Winterton, Pool)
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Local villagers look through a damaged gate of a house that was allegedly raided by international security forces at Matun district of Khost province in Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. One person was allegedly killed and two were taken away after the operation. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)
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A Silver City hotshot walks up Roger's Canyon Road to battle a wildfire Sunday Sept. 19, 2010, 10 miles northeast of Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)
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The sun illuminates heavy smoke billowing out of Roger's Canyon Sunday Sept. 19, 2010 10 miles northeast of Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)