Environment

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A security guard locks a gate at the Ford Transit Assembly Plant in Southampton, England, after workers were told on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, that the plant will close, with the loss of up to 1,500 jobs. (AP Photo/Press Association, Chris Ison)

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Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera reacts on the bench during the fifth inning of Game 1 of the World Series between the Tigers and San Francisco Giants in San Francisco on Oct. 24, 2012. (Associated Press)

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, at 1:45 p.m. EDT shows Hurricane Sandy (lower left) across the central Caribbean moving northward toward Jamaica and Cuba. Tropical Storm Tony (top right) is seen along the tail end of a cold front across the central Atlantic. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 22, 2012 photo, Yuichi Okamura, manager of the Water Treatment System Department at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, gestures while speaking during an exclusive interview at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) headquarters in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Mitt Romney says the government cannot afford to support Big Bird anymore, and President Obama has come to Big Bird’s defense on the stump and in campaign ads. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters Oct. 24, 2012, at an election campaign rally at the Reno Event Center in Reno, Nev. (Associated Press)

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon dances Gangnam style with rapper Psy at U.N. headquarters in New York. “Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world,” Mr. Ban said. “Now I have to relinquish.” (United Nations via Associated Press)

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**FILE** Buildings and palm trees are reflected on the entrance of the Countrywide Financial Corp. office in Beverly Hills, Calif., on June 25, 2008. (Associated Press)

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The Marine One helicopter, with President Obama aboard, lifts Oct. 23, 2012, from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, en route to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto campaign events in Iowa, Colorado, California and Nevada. (Associated Press)

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President Obama walks from the White House to Marine One on Oct. 24, 2012, en route to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto campaign events in Iowa, Colorado, California and Nevada. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A Guatemalan river-raft worker steers a group of Central American migrants journeying north to the U.S., across the Suchiate river on a makeshift raft at the Guatemala-Mexico border crossing in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on Sept. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Workers at the Ford plant in Genk, Belgium, react on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, after the European Ford management announced it will close the plant at the end of 2014 — a move that will result in 4,500 direct job losses and 5,000 more among subcontractors. (Associated Press)