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    Left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. (AP Photo)
    Left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., in ruins on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Monday, May 20, 2013. Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999. (AP Photo)

    A tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, on May 20, reaching wind speeds of up to 200 miles per hour, flattening...

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    Activists of India's right-wing Shiv Sena shout anti-China slogans and burn the effigy of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a protest against his visit to India on May 19, 2013. Since Li Keqiang arrived on Sunday, various locations in New Delhi have witnessed protests by many Tibetan groups. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)

    Chinese Premier’s Visit Sparks Protests in India

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    White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough applauds during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Washington, McDonough knew of the IRS targeting of conservative groups, but didn't tell President Obama. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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    Detroit Red Wings players celebrate Detroit Red Wings center Gustav Nyquist's, of Sweden, goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

    Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, Take 2-1 Series Lead 10:43 PM ET

    Africa

    FILE : In this image taken from video, South African President Jacob Zuma, left, sits with the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela is filmed Monday April 29, 2013, more than three weeks after being released from hospital. Mandela was treated in hospital for a recurring lung infection. South African President Jacob Zuma visited the former leader on April 29, but Mandela does not appear to speak during the televised portion of the visit, as he sits in an armchair, his head propped up by a pillow and with his cheeks showing what appear to be marks from a recently removed oxygen mask, although Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela “in good shape and in good spirits”. After the encounter at Mandela’s home, Zuma cheerily said the 94-year-old was up and about, in good spirits and doing well. (AP Photo/SABC TV) SOUTH AFRICA OUT

    South Africa: Mandela Name Pulled Into Politics

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    U.S. flags wave in front of the General Motors (GM) world headquarters complex in Detroit, Mich. in this file photo. GM is still indebted to U.S. taxpayers for $20.2 billion under the auspices of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

    US Treasury Unloading GM Stock

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    Pressure Mounting on Vietnam to Improve Human Rights

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    This image from video provided by E. Wayne Ross shows an Anatolian Balloons Company hot air balloon crashing near Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia in central Turkey, Monday May 20 2013. Two hot air balloons collided in mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey on Monday, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said. One Brazilian tourist was killed while 24 other people on board were injured. (AP Photo/E. Wayne Ross)

    Fatal Balloon Collision in Turkey Leaves Two Tourists Dead (+Video)

    International

    A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 19, 2013. North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

    Seoul: North Korea Tests of Short-range Weapon

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    In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New York. Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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    Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

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    David Pomerantz, executive vice president of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, demonstrates a new app for Alzheimer's caregivers on Feb. 28, 2013, in New York. Tech startups will have a chance to network during Internet Week New York from May 20–27. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)

    Internet Week Puts Tech Startups in the Spotlight

    Riders depart on a ferry in the rain from Figment NYC, a free public art event on Governors Island, with the Manhattan skyline in the background on June 11, 2011 in New York City. Governors Island will open for the 2013 season on Memorial Day weekend. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

    Governors Island Announces Summer Schedule

    Falun Dafa practitioners perform on waist drums during a parade in Manhattan’s Chinatown on May 18, 2013. (Matthias Kehrein/The Epoch Times)

    NYC Grand Parade Reveals History of Falun Dafa

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    White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough applauds during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Washington, McDonough knew of the IRS targeting of conservative groups, but didn't tell President Obama. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

    Obama Aides Knew of IRS Targeting; Obama Not Told

    This photo provided by KFOR-TV shows homes flattened outside Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/KFOR-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT

    Plaza Towers Elementary School: 24 Children Reportedly Killed in Tornado

    A screenshot of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Facebook shows the python.

    19-Foot Python Killed by Florida Man With Knife

    Jodi Arias wipes tears away as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, reads his "victim impact statement" to the jury on Thursday, May 16, 2013, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)

    Judge Postpones Jodi Arias Hearing

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    A screenshot of NTD Television Asia Pacific's website. The broadcaster hopes to negotiate a new satellite contract with Chunghwa Telecom, but the latter has remained silent; many suspect the Chinese regime's influence. (Screenshot via The Epoch Times)

    Support Grows for NTD Television to Keep Broadcasting Into China

    Image from surveillance camera of the hotel showed that the principal took 2 girls to hotel room on early morning of May 9. (Screenshot)

    Parents in China’s Hainan Province Accuse School Principal of Molesting Daughters

    Protesters hold up a banner about pollution, comparing their situation with that of communist officials. "My child doesn't have a special supply of clean air, water or food, my child doesn't have money to go abroad, but my child needs to be healthy too!" (Weibo.com) This is what saying on the red banner.

    Kunming Residents Rally Against Petrochemical Plant

    Workers are silhouetted at a construction site of a residential project in Rizhao city in east China's Shandong province, May 14, 2013. Party leader Xi Jinping has pledged to make the economy more productive but have yet to make clear how far they will go in curbing the dominance of state industry and making other changes reform advocates say are required. (AP Photo/AL.com, China Out)

    Slower Chinese Growth Adds to Pressure on Leaders

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    Activists of India's right-wing Shiv Sena shout anti-China slogans and burn the effigy of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a protest against his visit to India on May 19, 2013. Since Li Keqiang arrived on Sunday, various locations in New Delhi have witnessed protests by many Tibetan groups. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)

    Chinese Premier’s Visit Sparks Protests in India

    Pakistani brothers, who fled their home with their family from Pakistan's tribal region of Mohmand Agency, due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, sleep on a wooden cart left on a roadside, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, early Monday, May 20, 2013. As temperatures rise, many Pakistanis are sleeping outdoors to escape the heat trapped in their homes. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

    Pakistan’s Presumptive PM Calls for Taliban Talks

    FILE -- In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 78, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s election overseers say they will bar physically weak hopefuls from running in next month presidential election, a direct hint at Rafsanjani. Iran's Constitution doesn't set any age limit for presidential candidates. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

    Iran Election Overseers May Bar Former President

    In this Saturday, May 18, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria. The town of Qusair has been besieged for weeks by regime troops and pro-government gunmen backed by the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. The siege is part of a withering offensives forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have been pushing in recent weeks to regain control of the towns and villages along the Lebanese frontier. (AP Photo/Qusair Lens)

    Report: 23 Hezbollah Members Killed in Syria

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    U.S. flags wave in front of the General Motors (GM) world headquarters complex in Detroit, Mich. in this file photo. GM is still indebted to U.S. taxpayers for $20.2 billion under the auspices of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

    US Treasury Unloading GM Stock

    A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

    Markets Solid Despite Fed Policy Speculation

    Andrew Mason, founder and CEO of Groupon, attends his company's IPO at Nasdaq, in New York in this file photo. Former Groupon CEO Mason announced several new ventures Friday, May 17, 2013, including indulging his inner rock star with an album of “motivational business music.” (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

    Ex-Groupon CEO Working 9 to 5 on Business Album

    The performance of five tech companies and the S&P 500 shows that Yahoo! trumps its competitors since the much anticipated Facebook IPO one year ago.

    Mayer Outperformed Zuckerberg Since IPO

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    People relax along the East River in lower Manhattan during warm weather on April 9, 2013 in New York City. For the first time since October, temperatures are expected to rise above 70 degrees this week in New York and surrounding areas. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    Heat-related Deaths in Manhattan Projected to Rise 20 Percent by 2020′s

    NOAH'S ARCHEOLOGY: The story of a Great Flood is present throughout many ancient cultures. But did it really happen? (photos.com)

    Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood, Did it Really Happen?

    A simulation of the explosion on the Moon. The explosion, detected by astronomers recently and which happened on March 17th, is the biggest detected in eight years, the entirety of a program under which astronomers watch out for explosions on the Moon's surface. One of the goals of the program is to detect space debris that could be headed toward Earth. (Screenshot/YouTube)

    NASA Captures Big Explosion on Moon (+Video)

    In this April 27, 2013 photo provided by the Three Ring Ranch, Ann Goody, curator of Three Ring Ranch in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii inspects an endangered Hawaiian hawk after the bird was found shot and brought to her sanctuary.(AP Photo/Three Ring Ranch,Norman Goody)

    Endangered Hawaiian Hawks Found Shot on Big Island

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    Sean McNall and Rachel Botchan appear in the J. M. Barrie one-act “Rosalind.” (Al Foote III)

    Theater Review: ‘This Side of Neverland’

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    Brady Bunch Reunion at Kings Island

    This publicity image released by CBS shows Robin Williams, left, and Sarah Michelle Gellar in a scene from the pilot episode of "The Crazy Ones," a new CBS comedy premiering in the fall of 2013. (AP Photo/CBS, Richard Cartwright)

    Robin Williams CBS: New Williams Comedy Coming to CBS

    Actor Leonardo DiCaprio listens to questions from journalists during a press conference for the film The Great Gatsby at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

    DiCaprio’s ‘Gatsby’ Brings 1920s Glamor To Cannes

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    Detroit Red Wings players celebrate Detroit Red Wings center Gustav Nyquist's, of Sweden, goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs Western Conference semifinal game in Detroit, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

    Red Wings top Blackhawks 3-1, Take 2-1 Series Lead

    San Diego Chargers rookie linebacker Manti Te'o, right, runs a drill during Chargers training camp Monday, May 20, 2013, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

    Te’o Off-limits To Media But Not Maxim Party

    Sergio Garcia, of Spain, left, shakes hands with Tiger Woods at the conclusion of the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

    Tiger: No Sergio Truce in Future Tournament

    (Real Madrid's coach, Jose Mourinho of Portugal, reacts during a March news conference at GSP stadium in Nicosia. Real Madrid says Monday May 20, 2013, coach Jose Mourinho will leave at end of season. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

    Real Madrid Coach Leaving After 3 Years, ‘Insufficient Season’


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