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Rio state Public Safety Director Jose Beltrame (center) talks with officers from the Pacifying Police Unit in Morro dos Macacos, where the unit recently set up its 13th post in a slum. (Associated Press)
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Members of the Pacifying Police Unit visit the Morro dos Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro. A city crackdown on gang activity in the slums has spurred a violent backlash. (Associated Press)
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The Outer Banks Bar in New Orleans, which once sheltered volunteers while they repaired surrounding working-class homes destroyed by Katrina, stands alone. The repaired houses have been leveled to make way for a $2 billion hospital district. (Associated Press)
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Erin Brady, left, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith walk the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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From left, Gabriel McNair, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani and Jim Guerinot walk the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Frances Gladney, left, and husband Smokey Robinson pose on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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In this July 2010 photo released by TLC, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin helps sextuplet Leah Gosselin as she cooks a hotdog on an open flame, in Coffee Creek, Alaska, during a taping of "Sarah Palin's Alaska." The Gosselin-Palin camping trip will air on Sunday, Dec. 12, at 9 p.m. EST on TLC. (AP Photo/TLC, Gilles Mingasson)
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Flags of the European Union were sewn in a Belgrade workshop in 2005 despite anti-Western violence by nationalists and Serbian leaders' pledge to shelve attempts to join the EU. Now, however, the country appears determined to shed its negative aura and focus on joining the Continent's club of responsible Western democracies. (Associated Press)
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Doug Hardman (left) shows off his facial hair with co-workers Ivan Davydov, Jeff Pesler, Matt Mignona, Geoff Hardman, Charles Degen, Todd Eddy and Zak MacDonald. (Associated Press)
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South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon speaks about the U.S.-South Korean free-trade agreement during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Contestant Samuel Koch, wearing spring shoes, attempts to jumps over a moving car, driven by his father, during the live broadcast of 'Wetten dass ?' (Bet it?), a top show of German TV channel ZDF in Duesseldorf, western Germany, Saturday Dec. 4, 2010. Koch failed during his attempt, crashed to the floor and was taken to a hospital. The show was immediately stopped. Further circumstances and what injuries Koch suffered are unknown at the moment. (AP Photo/ Hermann J. Knippertz/Pool)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 8, 2010, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk arrives to meet his South Korean counterpart, Kim Jong-hoon, at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. The United States and South Korea have reached an agreement on a free-trade deal sought by the Obama administration to boost American exports and create tens of thousands of U.S. jobs. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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A passenger rests at T1 terminal of El Prat Llobregat airport in El Prat Llobregat, near Barcelona, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Spain's air traffic authority closed several airports late Friday including Madrid's international hub due to a lack of air traffic controllers ahead of a holiday weekend, in what appears to be a covert strike. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Vineyards of white grapes are covered in snow in the Lavaux region on the shores of the Lake Geneva, in Aran, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces have been included into UNESCO's list of world cultural heritage sites in 2007. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)
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Children react during a snowball fight in Lyon, central France, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Heavy snow and subzero temperatures swept across Europe, killing at least eight homeless people in Poland, closing major airports in Britain and Switzerland, and causing delays to rail and road traffic across the continent. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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A man skies in the center of Lyon, central France, as snows falls, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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The Colby model at Coles Run Manor has a family room in the back of the home. The model is priced from $435,990.
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The home at 10111 Meadowneck Court in the Capitol View Park area of Silver Spring is on the market for $659,000.
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** FILE ** In this March 5, 2009, file photo, job seekers join a line of hundreds of people at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 7, 2010, NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks during the Indiana Sports Corporation annual meeting in Indianapolis. Emmert said in a statement on the NCAA's web site Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, that his organization will "work aggressively" with member schools to change bylaws and avoid repeats of Auburn quarterback Cam Newton's situation. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
