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San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich directs his team during the second half in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Spurs can't ease... San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich directs his team during the second half in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Immigration bill... FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. At the same time, several officials said the White House has made it known to Leahy that it would prefer postponing a showdown over the rights of same sex spouses until a vote in the full Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Parents face tou... This aerial view shows an entire neighborhood destroyed by Monday's tornado, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Okla. residents ... A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)
Arias speaks out... Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea in court on Tuesday for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed to live. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
North Korea send... High-ranking North Korean party and military official Choe Ryong Hae, second left, prepares to depart for China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Pyongyang airport, North Korea Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The trip by Choe, a vice marshal who is director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, is the highest-profile visit by a North Korean official to neighboring China this year and takes place at as Beijing is under pressure to rein in Pyongyang’s provocations. (AP Photo/ Kim Kwang Hyon)
Spurs blow late ... San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker (9), of France, goes up for a shot against the Memphis Grizzlies defense during the first half in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Singer Kellie Pi... This May 13, 2013 photo released by ABC shows country singer Kellie Pickler and her partner Derek Hough performing on the celebrity dance competition series "Dancing with the Stars," in Los Angeles. Pickler is one of four celebrities competing in the finals Monday, May 20. A winner will be announced on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Taylor)
10 Things to Kno... Jodi Arias addresses the jury on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the penalty phase of her murder 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 in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)
Senate panel app... Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Search for Okla.... Justin Stehan salvages photographs from his tornado-ravaged home Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP PHOTOS: Devas... A soldier walks past the wreckage left when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds.(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Cavaliers win NB... Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert congratulates his son Nick Gilbert after the team won the NBA basketball draft lottery, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
FBI ID's Benghaz... FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out offices after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. has identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists _ but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian criminal court, the process the Obama administration prefers, U.S. officials said. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)
Power of Moore t... In this Tuesday, May 21, 2013 aerial photo, emergency responders make their way down a street of damaged homes following Monday's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin)
Jodi Arias asks ... Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in PhoenixZ. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)
Pentagon wants $... FILE – In this March 30, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
Teachers credite... Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul Hellstern)
Face-chewing vic... Doctor Urmen Desai, left, talks to reporters as Dr. Wrood M. Kassira, center, and Dr. Renaud Saint-Vil, right, look on during a news conference in Miami, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The doctors gave an an update on the progress of Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami. The attack left Poppo blind, but the doctors say he's been working with an occupational therapist to learn how to take care of himself. The doctors say Poppo also has learned to play guitar and practices daily. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
IRS official to ... former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The pope and the... In this image made from video provided by APTN, Pope Francis lays his hands on the head of a young man on Sunday, May 19, 2013, after celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and shook, and then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him. The television station of the Italian bishops’ conference said it had surveyed exorcists, who agreed Francis either performed an exorcism or a prayer to free the man from the devil. The Vatican was more cautious Tuesday, saying Francis “didn’t intend to perform any exorcism. But as he often does for the sick or suffering, he simply intended to pray for someone.” (AP Photo/APTN)
More tornadoes f... An American flag blows in the wind at sunrise atop the rubble of a destroyed home a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
The 50th Super B... In this artist drawing provided by the San Francisco 49ers, the proposed 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. is shown. NFL owners will vote on the sites of the 50th and 51st Super Bowls on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at their spring meetings. The San Francisco area, where the new stadium is being built in Santa Clara, and South Florida are competing for the the 50th edition, to be held in February 2016. The loser in that bidding will go against Houston to host the 51st game the following year.(AP Photo/San Francisco 49ers) NO SALES
AP photographer ... A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. The relationship between the woman and the child was not immediately known. A tornado as much as half a mile (.8 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
Car bomb, other ... In this photo taken on Monday, May 20, 2013, Ali Karim weeps over his daughter's coffin before her burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)
Top figures barr... In this picture taken on Saturday, May 11, 2013, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani waves to media as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, while his daughter Fatemeh, right, looks on, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. A hardline news website says Iran's election overseers have rejected a pair of powerful and divisive figures from running in next month's presidential election. Tasnimnews.com say Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president who still wields enormous influence, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confident of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been barred by the Guardian Council. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Government suppo... Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attends a meeting with small companies in central Madrid
Hamas rebuffs Ar... Palestinians hold a placard depicting senior Hamas leader Haniyeh during a rally in Nablus
Job market resil... People wait in line to meet a job recruiter at the UJA-Federation Connect to Care job fair in New York
Obama tells Mexi... U.S. President Obama delivers a speech during his visit to Mexico City
Hungary court al... Marton Gyongyosi, a leader of Hungary's third-strongest political party Jobbik, attends an interview with Reuters in Budapest
Column: The glob... U.S President Obama speaks beside Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto (not pictured) during a news conference after attending
Muslims in Myanm... Muslim men from Win Kite village look from behind the fence which residents built to protect their village from mob attacks
Taking sides in ... Massarwa attends a remand hearing at court near Tel Aviv
Dozens dead as A... Smoke rises after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs
EU sees deeper e... People walk past the shop window of a jewelry store in central Barcelona
Prosecutor in Bh... Security officials inspect the damaged car, which prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfikar was travelling in, when he came under attack by u
Obama blesses Me... U.S. President Obama alights from Air Force One as he begins his visit to Mexico City
Engineer who war... File picture shows people rescuing garment workers trapped under rubble at the Rana Plaza building after it collapsed, in Savar
Analysis: TPG-Ax... An electronic display identifies the post that trades SandRidge Energy stock on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Exclusive: At Te... File picture shows the burning remains of a fertilizer plant after an explosion at the plant in the town of West, near Waco, Tex
North Korea coul... A North Korean nuclear plant is seen before demolishing a cooling tower in Yongbyon
Analysis: Doubli... U.S. President Barack Obama nominates Pritzker and Froman at White House in Washington
U.S. seeks North... An undated still image of a video footage shows a portrait of U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae
States balk at m... President Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal is released and distributed to Senate staff members on Capitol Hill in Washington
FBI releases pho... The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest
Gaddafi's son Sa... Still image taken from video of Saif al-Islam, son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, sitting behind bars in Zintan
U.S. rethinking ... U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel and British Defense Secretary Hammond hold a joint news conference at the Pentagon in Washington
Obama rounds out... U.S. President Barack Obama announces new nominees at the White House in Washington
Analysis: Canadi... Cranes stand at various condominium developments in Toronto
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