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Flint firefighters battle a fully-engulfed apartment building inferno early Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at Atherton East apartments in Flint, Mich. Several people were displaced after an apartment building was destroyed by the blaze. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
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Flint firefighters battle a fully-engulfed apartment building early Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at Atherton East apartments in Flint, Mich. Several people were displaced after an apartment building was destroyed by the blaze. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
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A gay rights activist holds a banner in front of a large clock showing the number of days left until the start of the Olympic games as police officers approach, left, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Russian gay rights activists protested the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi. Two activists unfurled banners reading “Berlin 1936 = Sochi 2014,” referring to the Olympic Games that were held in the capital of Nazi Germany. One-man pickets are legal in Russia and the two activists holding signs were spaced far enough apart that neither was arrested. (AP Photo/Elena Ignatyeva)
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A gay rights activist holds a banner in front of a large clock showing the number of days left until the start of the Olympic games as a police officer approaches, left, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. Russian gay rights activists protested the upcoming Olympic Games in Sochi. Two activists unfurled banners reading “Berlin 1936 = Sochi 2014,” referring to the Olympic Games that were held in the capital of Nazi Germany. One-man pickets are legal in Russia and the two activists holding signs were spaced far enough apart that neither was arrested. (AP Photo/Elena Ignatyeva)
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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2013 file photo Jim Champion, an Army veteran who has suffered from multiple sclerosis for 25 years, speaks about the importance of the medical marijuana bill, with his wife, Sandy, before Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs the bill in Chicago. As gun owners, they’re concerned about rules proposed by the Illinois Department of Public Health that, in effect, advise gun owners they'll be in violation of state and federal law if they’re approved for a medical marijuana card and don’t give up their firearms. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen, File)
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Israeli activists hold signs as they protest against Russia's human rights record and anti-gay law in front of Israel's President Shimon Peres' residence during the visit of Dmitry Kiselyov, head of Russia Today, Russia's largest news agency, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. The law bans pro-gay "propaganda" that could be accessible to minors. Activists view the law as forbidding almost any public expression of gay-rights sentiment. Hebrew sign, center, reads, "homophobe and racist not in the presidents' residence," referring to the visitor. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
