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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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Ecuador's Cristian Benites, left, fights for the ball with Chile's Arturo Vidal during a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Quito, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.
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Peru's soccer team players arrive at the airport in Luque October 12, 2008. Peru will play Paraguay in a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match October 15.
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DENVER - OCTOBER 12: Quarterback David Garrard #9 of the Jacksonville Jaguars escapes being sacked as he breaks the tackle of Kenny Peterson #90 of the Denver Broncos during NFL action at Invesco Field at Mile High on October 12, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. The Jaguars defeated the Broncos 24-17.
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Omnialuo's designer Zheng Luo acknowledges applause after presenting her Spring 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week September 12, 2008.
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In this image released by Ghostlight Records, Patti Lupone's CD, "Patti Lupone at Les Mouches," is shown. The album is a digitally restored concert recording of LuPone's 1980 solo show at the New York club Les Mouches. The CD will be released Nov. 11 by Ghostlight Records.
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Geraman Timo Ball is pictured during his game mens singles final at the European Table Tennis Championships against Belarussian Vladimir Samsonov in St. Petersburg on October 12, 2008. Ball won 4-2.
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Thousands of Roman Catholic devotees follow the image of Our Lady of Nazareth (bottom) at port area during the 'Cirio de Nazare' (Nazareth Candle) celebrations in Belem, northern Brazil, on October 12, 2008. Near two million pilgrims participated in Brazil's biggest Catholic procession.
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Reverend Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye Bakker are shown at their first press conference 01 May 1987, in Palm Springs, California since Bakker was forced out of PTL (Praise The Lord) church. Tammy Faye Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker, helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then watched it collapse in disgrace, died 20 July, 2007, at her home near Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 65. Messner had battled colon cancer since 1996 that more recently spread to her lungs
Television evangelists Jim Bakker and wife Tammy Faye Bakker talk to a television audience in this Aug. 20, 1986, file photo. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker Messner and her then husband Jim Bakker are shown in an Oct. 24, 1987 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, wife of fallen PTL ministry leader Jim Bakker, sings "On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand" in front of the Federal Courthouse in Charlotte, N.C.,as her laywer George T. Davis looks on in this Oct. 5, 1989 file photo, after her husband was found guilty on 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker and her then-husband, television evangelist Jim Bakker, talk to their TV audience iat their PTL ministry near Fort Mill, S.C., in this Aug. 20, 1986 file photo. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker and her then-husband, television evangelist Jim Bakker, talk to their TV audience iat their PTL ministry near Fort Mill, S.C., in this Aug. 20, 1986 file photo. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker, wife of former PTL evangelist Jim Bakker, appears on the syndicated television program "Crook & Chase" in this Aug. 24, 1987 file photo in Nashville. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
This image made from television and released by CNN shows Tammy Faye Messner as she speaks to host Larry King, by satellite link, during a taping of "Larry King Live," Thursday, July 19, 2007. Messner, who suffers from inoperable cancer, said she trusts God with her life. Messner was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. She has said doctors have since stopped treating it. Messner divorced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud. The couple had founded a Christian retreat in Fort Mill, S.C., and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
This image made from television and released by CNN shows Tammy Faye Messner as she speaks to host Larry King, by satellite link, during a taping of "Larry King Live," Thursday, July 19, 2007. Messner, who suffers from inoperable cancer, said she trusts God with her life. Messner was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. She has said doctors have since stopped treating it. Messner divorced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud. The couple had founded a Christian retreat in Fort Mill, S.C., and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
This image made from television and released by CNN shows Tammy Faye Messner as she speaks to host Larry King, by satellite link, during a taping of "Larry King Live," Thursday, July 19, 2007. Messner, who suffers from inoperable cancer, said she trusts God with her life. Messner was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. She has said doctors have since stopped treating it. Messner divorced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud. The couple had founded a Christian retreat in Fort Mill, S.C., and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
This image made from television and released by CNN shows Tammy Faye Messner, right, as she speaks to host Larry King, by satellite link, during a taping of "Larry King Live," Thursday, July 19, 2007. Messner, who suffers from inoperable cancer, said she trusts God with her life. Messner was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. She has said doctors have since stopped treating it. Messner divorced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud. The couple had founded a Christian retreat in Fort Mill, S.C., and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
A portrait of Ted Haggard hangs in the world prayer center on the campus of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo. in this 2006 file photo. Haggard moved Wednesday from his longtime home in Colorado Springs to Phoenix, where the disgraced minister will join the same church that helped fallen televangelist Jim Bakker. Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals last year, after a former male prostitute alleged a three-year cash-for-sex relationship.
TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 23: Glenny Bakker, Amy Nixon, Cristine Keshen and Sahnnon Kleibrink of Canada celebrate after defeating Norway in the bronze medal match of the women's curling between Norway and Canada during Day 13 of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on February 23, 2006 at the Pinerolo in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Glenny Bakker;Amy Nixon;Cristine Keshen;Sahnnon Kleibrink
TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 13: Glenys Bakker and Amy Nixon of Canada sweep after Christine Keshen delivered the stone on during the preliminary round of the women's curling between Sweden and Canada during Day 3 of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2006 at the Pinerolo in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Glenys Bakker;Amy Nixon;Christine Keshen
