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A woman walks through an area impacted by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Raymond Simpson Jr., with Atlantic City’s Department of Public Works, examines the damage of Superstorm Sandy, which caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (Associated Press)

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The USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, pulls into the dock at Norfolk Naval Station. The USS Enterprise began shutting down its eight nuclear reactors almost as soon as it arrived at its pier, where thousands of cheering family members and friends welcomed the ship home from its 25th and final deployment after nearly eight months at sea. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Randall Greenwell)

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Wake Forest head coach Jeff Bzdelik speaks during the Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college basketball media day in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Egyptians relax outside a Cairo cafe. Crowds often fill cafes and shops that stay open late and the government is facing a backlash over forcing stores and restaurants to close earlier. Officials say the nation has to save electricity, but they also seem intent on taming a population they see as unruly. (Associated Press)

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Customers line up along Route 22 East at the US Gas, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Pohatcong Township, N.J., as the gas rationing ordinance goes into effect. Weary of cleaning up from the superstorm that battered the state and with more than 1 million of them still without power, New Jerseyans were handed a new challenge Saturday: rationed gas in the northern half of the state, a system that caused confusion, frustration and desperation. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Stephen Flood)

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** FILE ** Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks to reporters on behalf of Mitt Romney in the spin room after the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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The half of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge attached to Brooklyn is lit while the half attached to Staten Island is dark in New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 96 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 3.6 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5 million. The cost of the storm could exceed $18 billion in New York alone. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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James McConnon, 5, of Alexandria, Va., crosses King Street by way of flood water, as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water here in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A cab driver pushes his taxi cab forward in a line for gasoline in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers face another day of lining up for hours at gas stations struggling to stay supplied. Superstorm Sandy damaged ports that accept fuel tankers and flooded underground equipment that sends fuel through pipelines. Without power, fuel terminals can't pump gasoline onto tanker trucks, and gas stations can't pump fuel into customers' cars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Mohammad Ullah fills up his gypsy cab from a gas container while others wait on a line in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers face another day of lining up for hours at gas stations struggling to stay supplied. Superstorm Sandy damaged ports that accept fuel tankers and flooded underground equipment that sends fuel through pipelines. Without power, fuel terminals can't pump gasoline onto tanker trucks, and gas stations can't pump fuel into customers' cars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Ruth Dina Ticona washes the mud from clothing damaged by Superstorm Sandy in the front yard of her home in the oceanside community of Far Rockaway, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. In the background a front-end loader piles debris for pickup by the santitation department. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Beth Skudin, right, hugs a neighbor outside her home that was flooded by Superstorm Sandy, Thursday, Nov 1, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. Skudin was rescued by jetski from the window of her home on the night of the storm. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)