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** FILE ** Vehicles make their way along structures destroyed by an earthquake which struck southern Iran in the city of Shonbeh, Iran, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Mohammad Fatemi)

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National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action executive director Chris W. Cox, left, greets former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin during the leadership forum at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting Friday, May 3, 2013 in Houston. (AP Photo/Steve Ueckert)

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the leadership forum at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting Friday, May 3, 2013 in Houston. (AP Photo/Steve Ueckert)

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the leadership forum at the National Rifle Association's annual convention on Friday, May 3, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Steve Ueckert)

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Andre Borschberg (left), Solar Impulse co-founder, CEO and pilot, greets pilot Bertrand Piccard at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix early on Saturday, May 4, 2013, after Mr. Piccard completed the first leg of the Solar Impulse aircraft's coast-to-coast flight. (AP Photo/Scuteri)

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The last seven South Koreans stationed at a jointly run factory park in North Korea pulled out Friday, May 3, silencing the complex for the first time since it was launched nine years ago in a seemingly distant era of reconciliation. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead addresses reporters at a press conference on April 5, 2013, at the state Capitol in Cheyenne. (Associated Press)

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South Carolina Republican politics: Sen. Tim Scott, Gov. Nikki Haley and former senator Jim DeMint. (photo from South Carolina Republican Party)

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Traffic passes on U.S. 550 as smoke billows from a wildfire burning in the Sandia Mountains near Bernalillo, N.M., on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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A helicopter drops water on a hotspot over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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A helicopter drops water on a hotspot over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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A helicopter drops water on a hotspot over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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A helicopter makes a water drop on flames as earth movers clear brush along a hillside in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. A Ventura County Fire Department spokeswoman said the wildfire that broke out Thursday morning near Camarillo and Thousand Oaks, 50 miles west of Los Angeles, had spread to over 6,500 acres — more than 10 square miles - forcing evacuations of nearby neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Flames and smoke rise from chemical storage tanks near a strawberry farm in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Flames and smoke rise from chemical storage tanks near a strawberry farm in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)