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Wind turbines stand behind houses in Feldheim, Germany, near Berlin. This tiny village of 37 gray homes and farm buildings clustered along the main road in a windswept corner of rural eastern Germany is already putting into practice the nation's vision of a future powered entirely by renewable energy. (Associated Press)
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Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner will play in the AHL during the NHL lockout. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice had 1,364 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground this season. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Ice Breaker Healy breaks ice in the Nome Harbor on Jan. 13, 2012. The Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for the Russian tanker Renda since Jan. 3, 2012, on its way to Nome to deliver 1.3 million gallons of fuel. Now comes the tricky part: getting more than a million gallons of diesel and gasoline to shore through a mile-long hose without a spill. Nome and the villages of Noatak and Kobuk face fuel shortages that illustrate the vulnerability of relying solely on deliveries by sea or air, particularly during an especially bitter winter. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen)
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A fisherman casts a net into a commercial farming pond in Xuejia, southern Taiwan. The fish farmers on the terraced plains above Taiwan's west coast are riding a Chinese boom, thanks to import duties Beijing lowered to win over the island's voters. (Associated Press)
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Maryland guard Terrell Stoglin, shown against Cornell, didn't start Wednesday, but he still rang up 20 points in 34 minutes against Wake Forest. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** This image made available by the American Red Cross shows earthquake damage to a shanty town on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, on Jan. 12, 2010. (Associated Press/American Red Cross)
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry's down-home cachet could play well in South Carolina, like it does at this campaign stop at Fatz Cafe in Gaffney. (Perry campaign photo)
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Wild hogs roam Vicksburg National Military Park, where they are causing damage around some monuments. Last year's record flooding of the Mississippi River sent the hogs and other animals to higher ground - and the hogs stayed.
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The Matilda's horned viper, discovered in southwestern Tanzania about two years ago, is the world's newest snake species. It's named for the daughter of one of its discoverers, the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Tanzania. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Army Brig. Gen. Koos Liebenberg stands July 19, 2011, in front of a projected slide of soldier with a poached rhino during a presentation at Kruger National Park in South Africa to visiting press on border patrol and rhino poaching. (Associated Press)
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Members of the Alaska National Guard help dig out the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, after massive snowfalls that collapsed roofs, trapped some people in homes and triggered avalanches. (AP Photo/Alaska National Guard)
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This artist concept provided by NASA on Jan. 10, 2012, shows the Curiosity rover cruising toward Mars. The spacecraft will adjust its flight path several times as it heads for an August landing in a Martian crater. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama talks with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson on Jan. 10, 2012, at EPA headquarters. (Associated Press)
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President Obama holds hands with his daughters Malia (left) and Sasha as they leave Sea Life Park, a marine wildlife park, with family friends on Dec. 27 in Waimanalo, Hawaii. (Associated Press)
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Debris litters the scene of explosions in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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A man stands on the porch roof of a house buried in snow Saturday in Cordova, Alaska. Massive snowfalls have collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and even trapped some people in their homes. (Associated Press)
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A man stands on the porch roof of a house buried in snow in the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska, on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Kim Weibl)
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The bungee cord tied to Erin Langworthy, 22, of Perth, Australia, snaps during her jump from the Victoria Falls Bridge over the Zambezi River in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Australian Channel 9 via APTN)
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**FILE** A Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site operates near Burlington, Pa. Natural gas locked in dense rock deep beneath Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Ohio requires a powerful drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to release it. (Associated Press)
