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**FILE** Volunteer Jamie d'Amico, 25, of Fort Lee, helps sort through donations at Hoboken High School in Hoboken, N.J., on Nov. 4, 2012, as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

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People with plastic containers and cars wait in line Nov. 8, 2012, for gasoline at a Hess station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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Nassau County Police control access to an Exxon station in Elmont, N.Y., on Nov. 8, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** New York City Police Department officers manage the line of cars waiting for gasoline in New York on Nov. 9, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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Drivers fill-up at a station in New York on Nov. 9, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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Police direct cars to pumps while people stand in line with containers for gas in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Nov. 9, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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A New York City Police Department officer manages the line of cars waiting for gasoline on Nov. 9, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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A man carries two filled gas cans at a gasoline station in New York on Nov. 9, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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Protesters carry a large Argentine flag during an anti-government demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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A protester wearing a mask on the back of his head and an Argentine flag marches during anti government demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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A elderly protester bangs a pot during an anti-government demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Doyle Johannes, who favored North Dakota’s constitutional amendment aimed at protecting the right to farm and ranch, stands next to his cattle feed lot on his Underwood, N.D., farm in October 2011. Some say the amendment could have far-reaching effects on the way animals are raised, the use of genetic modification in breeding, and land use. (Associated Press)

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Chinese (top) and Japanese ships steam side by side near islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. Chinese patrol boats have been menacing the Japanese coast guard in an unusually relentless and escalating response to their latest maritime spat. Beijing says the ships from its marine surveillance service are merely defending Chinese sovereignty. (Associated Press)

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Maryland lineman Bennett Fulper, shown in 2010 hiking the ball to Danny O'Brien, during an NCAA college football game against Wake Forest. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Bob Quakenbush and his daughter Dana Letual clear a fallen tree from his driveway so he can go to work, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Millstone Township, N.J. The New York-New Jersey region woke up to a layer of wet snow and more power outages after a new storm pushed back efforts to recover from Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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** FILE ** A religious statue stands in the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snowstorm on Nov. 8, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (Associated Press)