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**FILE** A sign is shown inside of electric car maker Tesla Motors showroom in San Jose, Calif., on May 25, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** People look at electric car Tesla Motors vehicle at a showroom in San Jose, Calif., on May 25, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Typhoon Bopha is shown moving toward the Philippines in an Earth Observatory image from Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jesse Allen)

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Convicted murderer Sarah Jane Coffman, who was released from prison Feb. 1, returns to Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River, Alaska, every Saturday for orchestra practice. (Associated Press)

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In this Nov. 16, 2012, photo, Lou Wegner, the founder of Kids Against Animal Cruelty, poses for a photo with his rescued his dogs, from left, Kippy, Draco, Pearl and Henry in Burbank, Calif. Lou, a 16-year-old actor and singer from Columbus, Ohio, started Kids Against Animal Cruelty when he was 14. The organization, which uses social networking to encourage adoptions at high-kill animal shelters, has helped 20,000 pets escape euthanasia in two years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Rastafarian Priest Forrester motions toward the ocean where he believes that big ships will someday arrive to carry the descendants of African slaves back to Africa. He lives at the isolated hilltop Bobo Ashanti commune in Bull Bay, Jamaica. More people are joining the island’s homegrown religion. (Associated Press)

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Organizers sit onstage during the opening ceremony of the 18th United Nations climate change conference in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

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Prince George's County firefighters work to extinguish a fire caused by a malfunctioning boiler at Gaywood Elementary School. Photo from Prince George's County Fire/EMS news blog.

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The waters in Tewkesbury turn a bicyclist into a pedestrian. Rain and winds battered areas of Britain in late November, flooding 800 homes, officials said. With more storms on the way, the government and the insurance industry are engaged in finger-pointing about who should pay. (Associated Press)

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A property stands surrounded by floodwater near the River Severn in Tewkesbury, England, last week as heavy rain continued to fall across Britain, growing the concerns of homeowners and businesses about the cost and availability of flood insurance. (Associated Press)