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This week in pictures (photo gallery)

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Anne Murray tries to keep her face out of the muddy waters as she is carried by her husband, Sean Murray, during the 2012 North American Wife Carrying Championship Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 in Newry, Maine. The duo placed tenth with a time of 1:07.46. The event, inspired by Finnish folklore, features men carrying women on their backs in whatever way they can while negotiating an obstacle course featuring hurdles, sand traps and a water hazard. (AP Photo/The Lewiston Sun-Journal, Amber Waterman)
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Utah State wide receiver Travis Van Leeuwen, left, dives for a touchdown against the San Jose State defense in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Darryl Bush)
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A fan is tossed in the air after a Rutgers touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Syracuse at High Points Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, N.J., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Rutgers won 23- 15. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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This image provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria as he jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, Baumgartner shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever
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Felix Baumgartner, left, of Austria, celebrates with Art Thompson, Technical Project Director, after successfully jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon at a height of just over 128,000 feet above the Earth's surface, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in Roswell, N.M. Baumgartner landed in the eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from his capsule 28,000 feet (8,534 meters), or 24 miles (38.6-kilometer), above Earth (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The space shuttle Endeavour sits in a strip mall as a Hawaiian Airlines jet approaches a runway at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Endeavour's 12-mile road trip kicked off shortly before midnight Thursday as it moved from its Los Angeles International Airport hangar en route to the California Science Center, its ultimate destination, said Benjamin Scheier of the center. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Spectators gather to watch the space shuttle Endeavour make its way down Manchester Blvd. in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Endeavour's 12-mile road trip kicked off shortly before midnight Thursday as it moved from its Los Angeles International Airport hangar en route to the California Science Center, its ultimate destination. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney kisses wife Ann as he leaves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belmont, Mass., Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse in La Crosse, Wis., Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)
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Northern lights (aurora borealis) illuminate the sky over Potter Marsh, foreground, and in the distance, Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 shortly after midnight. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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Duke University biochemist Mardee Delahunty, left, greets Nobel Prize winner Robert Lefkowitz at the parking deck near Lefkowitz' office at Duke in Durham, N.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka of Stanford University School of Medicine won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger or the flavor of food. Such studies are key for developing better drugs. (AP Photo//Ted Richardson)
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San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey makes a diving catch on a foul ball hit by St. Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday during the fourth inning of Game 1 of baseball's National League championship series Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Los Angeles Lakers center Robert Sacre (50) and Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans, right, collide at the basket during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)
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A view of sail boats taking part in the 44nd edition of the traditional "Barcolana" regatta in the gulf of Trieste, north-eastern Italy, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. The Barcolana is an annual sailing race in the Gulf of Trieste with hundreds of participants which is described by the organizers as "everybody's regatta." In foreground, the "Faro della Vittoria" (Victory Lighthouse) (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini)
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This Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 photo made available by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows a giant eyeball from a mysterious sea creature that washed ashore and was found by a man walking the beach in Pompano Beach, Fla. on Wednesday. No one knows what species the huge blue eyeball came from. The eyeball will be sent to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg, FL. (AP Photo/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Carli Segelson)
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Army Pfc. Derek Southard, center, is hugged by his mother Shawn Southard, left, and his sister Jaylee Hepner, right, during a welcome home ceremony for soldiers from the Army's 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 at Fort Stewart, Ga. Overall about 2,200 soldiers from Fort Stewart
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back LeGarrette Blount (27) dives over Kansas City Chiefs free safety Kendrick Lewis (23) for a touchdown as cornerback Brandon Flowers (24) and wide receiver Roscoe Parrish (18) watch during the second half of an NFL football game in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Tampa Bay won 38-10.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Border patrol agents carry the casket of agent Nicholas Ivie during Ivie's funeral at the UCCU Center at Utah Valley University in Orem on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. Agent Ivie, a Provo, Utah native, was killed in a shooting at the Arizona-Mexico border October 2nd. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Francisco Kjolseth) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; MAGS OUT
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St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Carlos Beltran catches a fly ball that was hit by Washington Nationals' Jayson Werth in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League division baseball series on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Fire Rescue officials work to remove a victim from the collapsed parking garage at the Miami Dade College West campus in Doral, Fla. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2012 . A section of a parking garage under construction at a community college collapsed killing one worker and trapping two others in the rubble, officials said. At least 10 other workers were hurt when the roof of the five-story concrete garage fell, creating a pancake-style collapse on the campus of Miami-Dade College, officials said. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a sentencing hearing Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Washington Nationals' Ian Desmond, top, slides home past St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, bottom right, to score on a single by Jordan Zimmermann during the second inning of Game 2 of the National League division baseball series, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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This time exposure photo shows the Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifting off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. The rocket is carrying supplies to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
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Posted 10/15/12

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