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A home on Chevy Chase Drive is photographed Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, after it was heavily damaged when a tornado struck Hattiesburg, Miss., the prior evening. (AP Photo/AL.com, Mike Brantley)
Crews work to clear debris and restore power Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, the day after an evening tornado ripped through the University of Southern Mississippi campus and surrounding areas in Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP Photo/AL.com, Mike Brantley)
Crews work to clear damage, downed trees and restore power Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, the day after an evening tornado ripped through the University of Southern Mississippi campus and surrounding areas in Hattiesburg, Miss. Pictured is Shawn May. (AP Photo/AL.com, Mike Brantley)
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan speaks at a news conference after the U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting on North Korea's nuclear test on Tuesday morning. at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Left is South Korean Ambassador Kim Sook. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice speaks at a news conference after the U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting on North Korea's nuclear test on Tuesday morning at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
The back of the Alfa Romeo '2012 Disco Volante', inspired by the 60-year-old C52 'Disco Volante' prototype Touring Superleggera is seen at the concept cars exhibition within the 28th International Automobile Festival, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
The front of the Alfa Romeo '2012 Disco Volante', inspired by the 60-year-old C52 'Disco Volante' prototype Touring Superleggera is seen at the concept cars exhibition within the 28th International Automobile Festival, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Participants perform in a hula hoop competition in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most people dancing with hula hoops, at Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Nearly 5,000 Thai contestants celebrated in full swing after having set a new world record for the most people dancing with hula hoops simultaneously in one place. Guinness World Records adjudicator Seyda Subasi-Gemici said Tuesday that 4,483 people had swung hula hoops to dance music for seven minutes without interruption.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Participants perform in a hula hoop competition to break the Guinness World Record for most people dancing with hula hoops, at Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Nearly 5,000 Thai contestants celebrated in full swing after having set a new world record for the most people dancing with hula hoops simultaneously in one place. Guinness World Records adjudicator Seyda Subasi-Gemici said Tuesday that 4,483 people had swung hula hoops to dance music for seven minutes without interruption.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Participants perform in a hula hoop competition to break the Guinness World Record for most people dancing with hula hoops, at Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Nearly 5,000 Thai contestants celebrated in full swing after having set a new world record for the most people dancing with hula hoops simultaneously in one place. Guinness World Records adjudicator Seyda Subasi-Gemici said Tuesday that 4,483 people had swung hula hoops to dance music for seven minutes without interruption.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Participants perform in a hula hoop competition to break the Guinness World Record for most people dancing with hula hoops, at Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Nearly 5,000 Thai contestants celebrated in full swing after having set a new world record for the most people dancing with hula hoops simultaneously in one place. Guinness World Records adjudicator Seyda Subasi-Gemici said Tuesday that 4,483 people had swung hula hoops to dance music for seven minutes without interruption.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, right, joined by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the potential effects of the looming cuts to the defense budget. Calling the possible cuts "particularly tragic" because they are avoidable," Carter urged lawmakers to put aside their partisan differences and head off the reductions, known as sequestration, and also pass a defense budget for the current fiscal year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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