Pictures
Below are a few pictures from the last year or so. For more recent pictures, click here.
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Mardi Gras reveler Mike Turpin, whose night still isn't over, reacts as a front loader collects beads and other debris left behind by revelers on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans early Ash Wednesday.
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Rain falls on oil sheen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil well leak.
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Vessels assisting in the capping of the Deepwater Horizon oil well float on the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana coast.
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Captain Michael Nguyen stands on his commercial fishing boat in Venice, La., nine days after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.
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Visitors try to stay dry as rain falls on a monument for Hurricane Katrina victims who lived in St. Bernard Parish before a memorial service to commemorate the storm's fifth anniversary in Shell Beach, La.
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Jeff Jerome, top left, curator of the Poe House and Museum, and Jeannette Marxen stand watch at a window in Westminster Hall, which overlooks the grave of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore, as they wait to see if the mysterious "Poe Toaster" will return after a two-year hiatus to leave cognac and roses upon the writer's grave on the anniversary of his birth.
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Republican presidential hopeful and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.
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Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back William Gay, left, holds an American flag next to Mike Martinez, who lost his legs while serving with the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, before a football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.
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Members of the Notre Dame football team walk out of a tunnel to the field before a game against Maryland in Landover, Md.
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Maryland wide receiver Tony Logan is tackled by West Virginia linebacker Jared Barber in the second half of a football game in College Park, Md.
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Tennessee defensive end Chris Walker (84) reacts as members of the LSU football team celebrate running back Stevan Ridley's last-second, game-winning touchdown in Baton Rouge, La.
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Duke center Elizabeth Williams attempts to shoot over Maryland defenders in College Park, Md.
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Baltimore Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith races against children from Baltimore's Goodnow Police Athletic League Center after training camp in Owings Mills, Md.
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Maryland defensive back Anthony Green, center, celebrates with fans after Maryland's 32-24 win over Miami in College Park, Md.
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Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy holds the Vince Lombardi trophy after the Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, Texas.
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