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Champagne bottles dating back decades are on display inside the base of the central tower of the Washington National Cathedral during a tour on damage caused by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. Former Head Stone Carver Vince Palumbo and his crew saved a bottle from each New Year celebration. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Champagne bottles dating back decades are on display inside the base of the central tower of the Washington National Cathedral during a tour on damage caused by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. Former Head Stone Carver Vince Palumbo and his crew saved a bottle from each New Year celebration. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sections of spires on the Washington National Cathedral remain missing and damaged from the a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sections of spires on the Washington National Cathedral remain damaged from the a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Head Stone Mason Joe Alonso stands on scaffolding which has been constructed to repair spires on the Washington National Cathedral which were damaged during a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A section of patched roof is visible through a row of spires on the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. Sections of the roof were damaged from falling pieces of the cathedral during a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011 (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Head Stone Mason Joe Alonso runs his hand along a large chip of stone still in need of repair on the exterior of the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Large cracks like this one can be seen in many areas on the Washington National Cathedral which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Head Stone Mason Joe Alonso shows a large crack still in need of repair on the exterior of the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The profile of Head Stone Mason Joe Alonso is visible through a large crack in the exterior still in need of repair on the exterior of the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cathedral Stone Mason/Stone Carver Sean Callahan works on repairing a section of the North east corner of the Apse, the eastern most point of the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. Repairs continue on the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cathedral Stone Mason/Stone Carver Sean Callahan works on repairing a section of the North east corner of the Apse, the eastern most point of the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. Repairs continue on the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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I can think of worse places to battle zombies than in the tropical paradise of the video game Dead Island: Riptide.

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** FILE ** A river motor vessel and its barges pass underneath the Mississippi River Bridge in Vicksburg, Miss., on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. River flow navigation is back to stages above last year's extreme low-water period along the Mississippi-Louisiana borders. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Chinese paramilitary policemen stand watch on Sunday, April 21, 2013, while rescuers operate backhoes to clear a road damaged by a landslide that was triggered by a strong earthquake in Baosheng township of Lushan County in southwest China's Sichuan province. Saturday's earthquake in Sichuan province killed more than 186 people, China's Xinhua News Agency said. (AP Photo)