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This undated product image released by Facebook on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, shows Facebook Places. (AP Photo/Facebook) NO SALES. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE.
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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2010, file photo, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco looks on during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Cincinnati. Ochocinco was fined $25,000 by the NFL on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, for the timing of his tweets. The league said Ochocinco's messages appeared on his Twitter page during a prohibited time during the Bengals-Philadelphia Eagles preseason game on Friday. It said the Bengal player violated policies on electronic device possession and posting of social media messages. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)
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In this image released by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Dr. May Griffith displays a biosynthetic cornea that can be implanted into the eye to repair damage and restore sight in Ottawa, Canada, in 2005. Scientists have created a new kind of artificial cornea, inserting a sliver of collagen into the eye that coaxes its own natural corneal cells to regrow and restore vision. (AP Photo/Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)
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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)
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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)
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In this April 2010 photo released by scientist Indraneil Das shows a Microhyla nepenthicola male frog that was discovered in the jungle on Borneo island in Malaysia. One of the world's tiniest frogs, barely larger than a pea, has been found living in and around carnivorous plants on Borneo island, one of the scientists who made the accidental discovery said Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Indraneil Das)
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In this undated image provide by the journal Science, microbes degrade oil, indicated by the circle of dashes, in the deepwater plume from the BP oil spill in the Gulf, as documented in a study by Berkeley Lab researchers. The newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe, which is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered by scientists studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. (AP Photo/Science/AAAS) NO SALES.
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** FILE ** An advertisement for a Chinese Internet-security software brand is displayed at a computer mall in Beijing on Aug. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)
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The kitchen in the Westchester model at Maple Woods features 42-inch cabinets, granite counters and a center island.
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A billboard advertising emergency room wait times is seen along Interstate 64 near downtown Richmond, Va., Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. ER visits hit a new high of more than 123 million in 2008, up from 117 million a year earlier, says preliminary data released this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the dreaded wait for care will be, with estimates updated every few minutes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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The interior of 3Par headquarters is shown in Fremont, Caif., Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. Hewlett-Packard Co. is bidding $1.5 billion for data storage provider 3Par Inc., offering 33 percent more than what rival Dell Inc. agreed to pay for the company just a week earlier. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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FILE - This Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 image provided by NASA shows astronaut Alan Poindexter exercising on a bicycle ergometer on the space shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station. Astronauts can become as weak as 80-year-olds after six months at the International Space Station, according to a new study that raises serious health concerns as NASA contemplates prolonged trips to asteroids and Mars. (AP Photo/NASA)
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A June 2010 photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows Chief Scientist Rich Camilli, left, a WHOI environmental engineer, and co-principal investigator Chris Reddy, a WHOI marine chemist and oil spill expert, aboard the research vessel Endeavor in the Gulf of Mexico. Camilli is the chief author of a study released Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 in which scientists report the first conclusive evidence of an underwater plume from the BP spill. (AP Photo/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Cameron McIntyre)
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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010, file photo, Florida Marlins catcher Ronny Paulino (29) looks on during a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh. Paulino has been suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File0
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FILE - In this file photo made March 23, 2010, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse unveils the HTC EVO 4G smart phone during the CTIA wireless show in Las Vegas. Manufacturers are having a tough time satisfying the demand for gadgets, from smart phones to computer networking, because investment in chip production collapsed during the recession. This could mean shortages of hot electronic products into the holidays. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
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In a photo made Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 a mother dresses her baby after he was examined by doctors in order to receive a new vaccine at the Walter Reed Project Research Center in Kombewa in Western Kenya. For Africans wondering whether the malaria drugs they've bought are real, there may soon be a quick way of finding out: sending a text message. Across the continent, more than 30 percent of malaria medicines are estimated to be fake, and many look identical to the real thing. A new project called mPedigree lets consumers send in a code via text message that lets them check if their drugs are genuine(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
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A South Korean journalist looks at a computer screen showing an alleged North Korean Facebook account which carries content condemning "warmongers" South Korea and the U.S. in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Reclusive North Korea appears to have added Facebook to the list of social network services it has recently joined to ramp up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Boxes of Dell desktops computers on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. Dell Inc., releases quarterly financial results Tuesday, Feb. 15, after the market close.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Crews work on cars after practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Jeff Byrd 500 race at Bristol Motor Speedway Friday, March 18, 2011 in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Bill Lehr, (above) a federal government scientist, calculates some figures related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill while testifying on Capitol Hill during a House energy and environment subcommittee hearing.