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This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, show smoke and fire rising on a main highway in Damascus, Syria. Rebels pushed forward in their battle with the Syrian army in northeastern Damascus on Friday, shutting down a main highway with a row of burning tires, activists said. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

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"Each state has its own unique needs. We have different budgets and revenue streams," said Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Anaheim Mighty Ducks' Adam Oates, center, gets a hug from teammates Rob Niedermayer, (44) and Ruslan Salei, (24), after his second period goal against the Minnesota Wild during Game 4 of the NHL Western Conference finals in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, May 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his speech during a national rally marking the Northern Territories Day in Tokyo Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Japan reiterated its demand to Russia the return of the four-island chain, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril Islands in Russia. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

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The distorted main lithium-ion battery of the All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 that had to make an emergency landing is dismantled by investigators in Kyoto, Japan. (Japan Transport Safety Board via Associated Press)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in his residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Putin discussed financial situation surrounding restoration works in Russia’s southern town of Krymsk, severely affected by floods last summer. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, pool)

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In this photo dated Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, The inside view of the Adler-arena speed skating venue at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, with just one year till the opening ceremony of the winter Olympic 2014 Sochi Games. The Black Sea resort of Sochi is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 40 kilometers (25 miles) along the coast and 50 kilometers (30 miles) up into the mountains, with no escape from the clang and clatter of the construction works, the drilling, jack-hammering and mixing of cement. (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin)