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Antoine Fesnell, right, prays as his daughters Nicole, 9, center, and Antoine, 6, look on during mass in the rubble of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Fesnell's wife died in the magnitude-7 earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010 and killed a government-estimated 300,000 people and left millions homeless. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Catholics pray in the rubble of the Notre Dame cathedral during mass in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 that killed a government-estimated 300,000 people and left millions homeless. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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People attend a mass in honor of those killed in the earthquake in the Fort National neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 which killed a government-estimated 300,000 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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People begin to gather for a mass in honor of those killed in the earthquake in the Fort National neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 which killed a government-estimated 300,000 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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People attend a mass in honor of those killed in the earthquake in the Fort National neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Sept. 26, 2010. Haiti was devastated by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 which killed a government-estimated 300,000 people. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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A rescue helicopter stands at the airport of town of Dzhezkazgan, in central Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The return of two Russian cosmonauts and an U.S. astronaut to Earth from the International Space Station that was scheduled for Friday has been pushed back by a day because of problems encountered while undocking, the head of the Russian space agency said. (AP Photo/Sergei Remezov, Pool)

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This July 2009 handout photo provided by the journal Science shows a three-week old Florida panther kitten in the Picayune Strand State Forest. In the quest to save the endangered Florida panther, their Texas cousins were the cat's meow. Fifteen years ago, Florida imported some wild panthers from Texas as fresh blood for the dwindling Florida cats. Now scientists have created an astonishingly in-depth family tree of today's Florida panthers, and found the program not only boosted the population _ it left a group of cats who are genetically hardier. (AP Photo/Science)

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A pilot whale is loaded onto a truck Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, to be transported to Rarawa Bay for release after a mass whale stranding at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand. Rescuers on Friday began moving the 24 survivors of a pod of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote northern New Zealand beach to a more sheltered area in an attempt to save them. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Richard Robinson)

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Abbott Laboratories manufacturing plant is shown in Sturgis, Mich., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it is recalling millions of containers of its best-selling Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts. Abbott says it uncovered the insects last week at the Sturgis manufacturing plant. (AP Photo/Sturgis Journal, Brandon Watson)

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Containers of recalled Similac products are removed from a shelf at a Walgreen's store, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Guilderland, N.Y. Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said it is recalling millions of containers of its Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts. The voluntary action affects up to 5 million Similac-brand powder formulas sold in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and some Caribbean countries. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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FILE - In this file photo taken Sept. 21, 2007, traffic passes a cellular tower along a stretch of Interstate 470 north of Lee's Summit, Mo. A Long Island township, in New York, has imposed restrictions on the placement of new cell towers that are among the toughest in the country, and one phone company said, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, it effectively bans new construction. (AP Photo/Dick Whipple, File)

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Authorities surround a Bank of America where a robbery may have turned into a hostage situation in Coral Gables, Fla. on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Coral Gables police were called to the bank near the University of Miami. The university sent an alert to students warning them to stay away from the area near the bank. Administrators reported the incident as a hostage situation. (AP Photo/Edouard H.R. Gluck)

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Bloomberg Jacob Lew, nominee to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, "lacked sufficient concern for the host of economic challenges confronting the Gulf Coast," a Louisiana senator said in explaining why she would hold up his nomination.

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Volunteer Kate Malcolm from Tutukaka, New Zealand comforts a whale after it was moved to a nearby stream to rest while it is decided how it will be attempted to release them at a mass Pilot Whale stranding at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on a remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them.(AP Photo/Richard Robinson)

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Volunteers Susan Crowther, left, and Justine Sanderson keep stranded whales moist while they wait to be transported from the beach to a nearby stream where they can rest while it is decided how it will be attempted to release them at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on the remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them. (AP Photo/Richard Robinson)

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Whales are transported from the beach to a nearby stream where they can rest while it is decided how it will be attempted to release them at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on the remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them. (AP Photo/Richard Robinson)

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A whale is transported from the beach to a nearby stream where it can rest while it is decided how it will be released at Spirits Bay in the Far North, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on the remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them.(AP Photo/Richard Robinson)

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In this photo released by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, dead whales are removed from the beach at Spirits Bay in the North Island of New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. At least 40 out of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on the remote northern New Zealand beach have died, and more whales are joining them on land.(AP Photo/New Zealand Department of Conservation)

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In this photo released by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, a dead whale lies in the sand at Spirits Bay in the North Island of New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. At least 40 out of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on the remote northern New Zealand beach have died, and more whales are joining them on land. (AP Photo/New Zealand Department of Conservation)