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Major League Soccer MVP Dwayne De Rosario and United are negotiating a contract that would keep the forward in D.C. beyond this season. (Associated Press)

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Pittsburgh's Ashton Gibbs (12) releases a 3-point shot over Villanova's Maalik Wayns (2) in the first half of an NCAA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy while celebrating his team's 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** New York's Super Bowl season got off to a rocky start when quarterback Eli Manning and the Giants were squeezed by the Redskins 28-14 in Week 1 of the 2011 season, the first of Washington's two wins over New York. (Associated Press)

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Super Bowl tickets were in big demand by both resellers and fans before the game Sunday in Indianapolis. (Associated Press)

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New York Giants players run onto the field before the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game against the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Maryland center Alex Len, right, goes to the basket against North Carolina forward John Henson, during the second half of an NCAA basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in College Park, Md. North Carolina won 83-74. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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An emergency worker in October 2011 looks over a restaurant in downtown Rio de Janeiro destroyed by an explosion that blew the bodies of three workers across the street. Accidents involving neglected infrastructure are causing growing concern about the city's readiness to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Winter Olympics. (Associated Press)

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Nicki Minaj (left) and M.I.A. perform during halftime of the Super Bowl game on Sunday. M.I.A., a British hip-hop artist, made an obscene gesture during the performance. (Associated Press)

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Madonna (center) performs with Nicki Minaj (left) and M.I.A. during halftime of the Super Bowl. Madonna wasn't the controversial one this time. (Associated Press)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy give a joint press conference after a French-German Cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters Feb. 4, 2012, at his Nevada caucus night victory celebration in Las Vegas. (Associated Press)

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New York Giants wide receiver Mario Manningham catches a 38-yard fourth-quarter pass on the go-ahead drive that gave the Giants the ultimate 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)