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The chief coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center retired Chief Air Marshall Angus Houston gestures as he speaks to the media during a press conference about the on going search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Monday, April 7, 2014. Houston reported the towed pinger locator deployed from the Ocean Shield has detected two signals consistent with those emitted by an in flight back box recorder, in the northern part of the current search area in the southern Indian Ocean.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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This image provided by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre on Monday, April 7, 2014, shows a map indicating the locations of search vessels looking for signs of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. An Australian official overseeing the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane said underwater sounds picked up by equipment on an Australian navy ship are consistent with transmissions from black box recorders on a plane. (AP Photo/Joint Agency Coordination Centre) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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The chief coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center retired Chief Air Marshall Angus Houston gestures as he speaks to the media during a press conference about the on going search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Monday, April 7, 2014. Houston reported the towed pinger locator deployed from the Ocean Shield has detected two signals consistent with those emitted by an in flight back box recorder, in the northern part of the current search area in the southern Indian Ocean.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith
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The chief coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center retired Chief Air Marshall Angus Houston gestures as he speaks to the media during a press conference about the on going search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia, Monday, April 7, 2014. Houston reported the towed pinger locator deployed from the Ocean Shield has detected two signals consistent with those emitted by an in flight back box recorder, in the northern part of the current search area in the southern Indian Ocean.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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National Edition Opinion cover for April 7, 2014 - The growing global storm (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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This June 2, 2010 photo shows marble-size Golden Delicious apple blossoms, in Armada Township, Mich. Michigan's heavy snowfall and bitter cold winter have damaged some fruit trees and vineyards, according to a leading state farm group. The late thaw is finally allowing fruit farmers to assess damage from the cold and heavy snow, the Michigan Farm Bureau said in a report Friday, April 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Todd McInturf)
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Claire Diaz-Ortiz, director of social innovation at the social media website, began tweeting to her 333,000 followers when her water broke in Buenos Aires, where she lives with her husband. (Claire Diaz-Ortiz)
