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FILE - In aJuly 8, 2010, file photo, Stan Kroenke, of the Kroenke group, attends the annual Allen & Co. Media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho. NFL football owners on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, unanimously approved Kroenke's proposal to purchase majority ownership of the St. Louis Rams, assuming he turns over control of two other teams he owns--the NBA's Denver Nuggets and the NHL's Colorado Avalanche--to his son. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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In this Aug. 21, 2010, file photo, Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita walks off the field after a preseason NFL football game against the the St. Louis Rams in Cleveland. Fujita takes pride in his social work off the field, especially his involvement in helping wetlands recover near New Orleans, an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
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In this undated image provide by the journal Science, microbes degrade oil, indicated by the circle of dashes, in the deepwater plume from the BP oil spill in the Gulf, as documented in a study by Berkeley Lab researchers. The newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe, which is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered by scientists studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. (AP Photo/Science/AAAS) NO SALES.
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Georgia Tech safety Cooper Taylor works during NCAA college football practice Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, in Atlanta. Taylor was one of Georgia Tech's top young defensive stars in 2008, but he missed most of the 2009 season after he was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, a condition that affects the heart. Now he's back at safety for the Yellow Jackets. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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A camera salvaged from a New Orleans Times-Picayune's flooded house is seen on display at the Newseum in Washington for their exhibit on press coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Elias Abuelazam arrives Thursday in Flint, Mich. He is suspected in 18 attacks, including five fatal stabbings, in Michigan, Virginia and Ohio.
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An American Airlines Boeing 757 jet takes off from Miami International Airport in Miami on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Federal officials have hit the airline with a record penalty of $24.2 million over maintenance lapses that caused thousands of canceled flights in 2008. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Craftmark Homes is building 14 single-family homes on sites at Maple Woods in Highland, in Howard County. The homes have 2,994 to 5,571 finished square feet, with base prices from $754,900 to $936,900.
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A Pakistani man displaced by floods reads the Quran, Islam's holy book, at a temporary camp in Sukkar, in Sindh province of southern Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Pakistanis displaced by floods struggle for milk during an aid distribution at a temporary camp in Sukkar, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
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Pakistani flood victims fight over relief supplies taken from a truck carrying goods for distribution in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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John David Thiry, a homeless man, has been arrested and is facing charges related to a wildfire that destroyed 11 houses in Ashland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jackson County [Ore.] Sheriff's Department)
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Firefighters pour water on a wildfire that consumed 11 homes and damaged three others in the Oak Knoll neighborhood of Ashland, Ore., on Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Bob Pennell, the Mail Tribune)
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A sick Pakistani's bed sits outside Tuesday for lack of room at a rural health center in a flood-affected district of Punjab province. Hundreds of health facilities have been damaged by flooding. (Associated Press)
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Suzie, a 56-year-old chimpanzee, holds her newborn at Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, Kan., on Tuesday. The female chimp who has not been named, was born last Wednesday. (Manhattan Mercury via Associated Press)
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Gulf shrimp sits for sale with other seafood at the Hapuku Fish Shop in California. Manager Shawn Mattiuz says though many customers question the safety of Gulf seafood, he is selling about the same amount as he did before the spill. (Associated Press)
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In this December 2009 photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a Henan Airlines plane, reported by Xinhua to be the same model of aircraft that crashed Tuesday at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, lands near Xiaoshan airport in Zhejiang province. (AP Photo/Xinhua)
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In this cell phone photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers work at the site of a reported plane crash at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Aug. 24, 2010. According to Xinhua, the plane overshot the runway in Yichun city and burst into flames. (Associated Press)
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Pakistani flood victims line up for food in a camp set up for displaced people in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Recovering from the devastating floods still battering Pakistan will take at least three years, President Asif Ali Zardari said Monday, as the waters swept south after leaving millions homeless and submerging millions of acres of farmland. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
