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Displaced people wade through mud as they get off a river barge from Bor, some of the thousands who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, in the town of Awerial, South Sudan Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area "is lined with thousands of people" waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River and that the gathering of displaced is "is the largest single identified concentration of displaced people in the country so far". (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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A man who arrived a number of days earlier helps a young newly arrived displaced boy from a river barge, some of the thousands who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, in the town of Awerial, South Sudan Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area "is lined with thousands of people" waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River and that the gathering of displaced is "is the largest single identified concentration of displaced people in the country so far". (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Displaced people who fled from recent fighting in Bor queue outside a clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) set up in a school building in the town of Awerial, South Sudan Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area "is lined with thousands of people" waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River and that the gathering of displaced is "is the largest single identified concentration of displaced people in the country so far". (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Those displaced who have enough money to pay the fare get on a bus heading to the capital Juba, some of the thousands who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, in the town of Awerial, South Sudan Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area "is lined with thousands of people" waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River and that the gathering of displaced is "is the largest single identified concentration of displaced people in the country so far". (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Local residents tend to their livestock in the town of Awerial which has received a sudden influx of thousands of displaced people who fled the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor by boat across the White Nile, in South Sudan Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. The international Red Cross said Wednesday that the road from Bor to the nearby Awerial area "is lined with thousands of people" waiting for boats so they could cross the Nile River and that the gathering of displaced is "is the largest single identified concentration of displaced people in the country so far". (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Karli Kauffman of Los Angeles, contemplates the death of the Rev. Eric Freed on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, outside St. Bernard Catholic Church in Eureka, Calif, where Freed was found slain in the rectory on New Year's Day. Gary Lee Bullock, 43, of Redway, Calif., was taken into custody by Humboldt County deputies in the killing of Freed, according to a statement by Eureka police. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
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File - In this Aug. 27, 2013 file photo, Sergio Garcia speaks at The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles news conference in Los Angeles. The California Supreme Court granted a law license on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, to Garcia, who is living in the United States illegally. Garcia, who graduated from law school and passed the state bar exam, can begin practicing law despite his immigration status. He arrived in the U.S. illegally 20 years ago to pick almonds with his father. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013 photo, Ke$ha arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Ke$ha has checked into rehab to treat an eating disorder. The "Tik Tok" singer says in a statement provided by her spokesman Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 that she'll be unavailable for the next 30 days while she seeks treatment for an undisclosed eating disorder. (Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP Images, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013 photo, Ke$ha arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Ke$ha has checked into rehab to treat an eating disorder. The "Tik Tok" singer says in a statement provided by her spokesman Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 that she'll be unavailable for the next 30 days while she seeks treatment for an undisclosed eating disorder. (Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP Images, File)
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A Boeing machinist with an already completed ballot walks past a line of several hundred colleagues waiting to receive their ballots on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Everett, Wash. The vote will determine Friday whether Boeing machinists will accept a contract that would concede some pension and health care benefits in order to secure assembly of the company's new 777X airplane in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Boeing machinists with completed ballots head to their polling place at a union hall, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Everett, Wash. The vote will determine Friday whether Boeing machinists will accept a contract that would concede some pension and health care benefits in order to secure assembly of the company's new 777X airplane in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Boeing Machinists are directed in to cast their ballots at a union hall Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Everett, Wash. Boeing machinists decide Friday whether to accept a contract that would concede some pension and health care benefits in order to secure assembly of the company's new 777X airplane in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Boeing machinists walk past statues commemorating striking workers as they prepare to vote at their union hall Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Everett, Wash. The vote will determine Friday whether Boeing machinists will accept a contract that would concede some pension and health care benefits in order to secure assembly of the company's new 777X airplane in Washington state. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2013, file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. There’s another quirk to the Obama administration’s new health insurance system: it lacks a way for consumers to quickly and easily update their coverage for the birth of a baby and other common life changes. It’s a reminder that the new coverage for many uninsured Americans comes with a third party in the mix: the feds. And the system’s wiring for some vital federal functions isn’t yet fully connected. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 photo, Bruce Stephenson, an environmental studies professor at Rollins College Winter Park, Fla., talks about Florida's growth. Sometime in 2014, Florida will surpass New York in population and become the nation’s third-most populous state.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
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In this Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 photo, the clear waters of Wekiva Springs are seen at the Wekiva Spring State Park in Apopka, Fla. Sometime in 2014, Florida will surpass New York in population and the state’s primary source of water from the Florida Aquifer is becoming smaller due to the growth in population. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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In this Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 photo, swimmers enjoy the clear waters of Wekiva Springs at the Wekiva Springs State Park in Apopka, Fla. Sometime in 2014 Florida will surpass New York in population and the state’s primary source of water from the Florida Aquifer is becoming smaller due to the growth in population. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cruz said he would renounce his Canadian citizenship by the end of 2013, but the Calgary-born Republican lawmaker is still a dual citizen. Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the tea party darling from Texas, said Saturday, Jan. 5, 2014 that lawyers are preparing the paperwork. Fraizer’s response comes after a Canadian immigration attorney said the process was simple and wondered about the delay. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2005 file photo, French comic Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala looks at a book "Blacks in the Nazi camps" by Serge Bile during a statement at La Main d'Or theater, in Paris. The Paris prosecutor's office said Thursday Jan 2, 2013, it is investigating threats against a comedian the French interior minister wants banned from the stage for what he says are racist and anti-Semitic performances. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
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FILE - In this May 13, 2009 file photo, controversial French comic Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala, known as Dieudonne, answers reporters as he heads for the interior Ministry to submit a list of candidates for the upcoming European elections, in Paris. The Paris prosecutor's office said Thursday Jan. 2, 2013, it is investigating threats against a comedian the French interior minister wants banned from the stage for what he says are racist and anti-Semitic performances. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)
