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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies through Brevard County skies in this view from Melbourne after its liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Sunday, March 1, 2015. The rocket is carrying a pair of commercial communications satellites. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Bailey)A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flies through Brevard County skies in this view from Melbourne after its liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Sunday, March 1, 2015. The rocket is carrying a pair of commercial communications satellites. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Bailey)
A caisson carries the remains of U.S. Army Air Force Tech Sgt. Charles Johnston, and airman missing from World War II, Monday, March 2, 2015, during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Johnston died on April 10, 1944 when his B-24 was shot down over New Guinea. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
A caisson carries the remains of U.S. Army Air Force Tech Sgt. Charles Johnston, and airman missing from World War II, Monday, March 2, 2015, during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Johnston died on April 10, 1944 when his B-24 was shot down over New Guinea. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/photos-week-17/?page=2#ixzz3VJIPzDU2 Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

 

Couples from around the world celebrate after a mass wedding ceremony at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Some 3,800 South Korean and foreign couples exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows in the Unification Church's mass wedding arranged by Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Couples from around the world celebrate after a mass wedding ceremony at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Some 3,800 South Korean and foreign couples exchanged or reaffirmed marriage vows in the Unification Church’s mass wedding arranged by Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial founder of the Unification Church. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
The Villarica volcano erupts near Pucon, Chile, early Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The Villarica volcano erupted Tuesday around 3 a.m. local time (0600 GMT), according to the National Emergency Office, which issued a red alert and ordered evacuations. (AP Photo/ Aton Chile)
The Villarica volcano erupts near Pucon, Chile, early Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The Villarica volcano erupted Tuesday around 3 a.m. local time (0600 GMT), according to the National Emergency Office, which issued a red alert and ordered evacuations. (AP Photo/ Aton Chile)
Indian Hindu widows play with colored powder as part of Holi celebrations at the Pagal Baba Ashram in Vrindavan, India, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The widows, many of whom at times have lived desperate lives in the streets of the temple town, celebrated the Hindu festival of colors at the ashram. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Indian Hindu widows play with colored powder as part of Holi celebrations at the Pagal Baba Ashram in Vrindavan, India, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The widows, many of whom at times have lived desperate lives in the streets of the temple town, celebrated the Hindu festival of colors at the ashram. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
People follow the coffin of Boris Nemtsov during a farewell ceremony at the Sakharov center in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
People follow the coffin of Boris Nemtsov during a farewell ceremony at the Sakharov center in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
U.S Rapper Snoop Dogg poses with models at the end of Etam's ready-to-wear fall-winter 2015/2016 fashion collection presented in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
U.S Rapper Snoop Dogg poses with models at the end of Etam’s ready-to-wear fall-winter 2015/2016 fashion collection presented in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Thai Buddhist monks pray and gather at Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province to participate in Makha Bucha Day ceremonies Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Makha Bucha, a religious holiday that marks the anniversary of Lord Buddha's mass sermon to the first 1,250 newly ordained monks 2,558 years ago.(AP photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thai Buddhist monks pray and gather at Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province to participate in Makha Bucha Day ceremonies Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Makha Bucha, a religious holiday that marks the anniversary of Lord Buddha’s mass sermon to the first 1,250 newly ordained monks 2,558 years ago.(AP photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Chinese paramilitary policemen march past a woman and a child near Tiananmen Square in Beijing Wednesday, March 4, 2015. China's military budget will grow by about 10 percent in the coming year, a legislative spokeswoman said Wednesday, despite slowing economic growth that fell to 7.4 percent last year and is expected to further decline in 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Chinese paramilitary policemen march past a woman and a child near Tiananmen Square in Beijing Wednesday, March 4, 2015. China’s military budget will grow by about 10 percent in the coming year, a legislative spokeswoman said Wednesday, despite slowing economic growth that fell to 7.4 percent last year and is expected to further decline in 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
In this photo provided by passenger Amber Reid, passengers are evacuated after a Delta plane skidded off the runway while landing at LaGuardia Airport during a snowstorm, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in New York. Authorities said the plane, from Atlanta, carrying 125 passengers and five crew members, veered off the runway at around 11:10 a.m. before crashing through a chain-link fence and coming to rest with its nose perilously close to the edge of an icy bay. (AP Photo/Amber Reid)
In this photo provided by passenger Amber Reid, passengers are evacuated after a Delta plane skidded off the runway while landing at LaGuardia Airport during a snowstorm, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in New York. Authorities said the plane, from Atlanta, carrying 125 passengers and five crew members, veered off the runway at around 11:10 a.m. before crashing through a chain-link fence and coming to rest with its nose perilously close to the edge of an icy bay. (AP Photo/Amber Reid)
The Smithsonian Institution Building, known as The Castle, is visible behind Mia Molnar, 6, of Tampa, Fla., who plays in the snow on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2015. The U.S. federal government said its offices in the Washington area will be closed Thursday because of a new round of winter weather expected in the region. The Office of Personnel Management said non-emergency personnel in and around Washington were granted excused absences for the day. Emergency employees and telework-ready employees were expected to work. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
The Smithsonian Institution Building, known as The Castle, is visible behind Mia Molnar, 6, of Tampa, Fla., who plays in the snow on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2015. The U.S. federal government said its offices in the Washington area will be closed Thursday because of a new round of winter weather expected in the region. The Office of Personnel Management said non-emergency personnel in and around Washington were granted excused absences for the day. Emergency employees and telework-ready employees were expected to work. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
[u'In this Friday, March 6, 2015 photo, members of a mob raise their hands to take photographs of a man, top center, accused of rape after he was lynched and hung in the city landmark Clock Tower in Dimapur, in the northeastern Indian state of Dimapur. Several thousand people overpowered security at Dimapur Central Prison in Nagaland on Thursday, and seized the rape suspect, whom they also accused of being an illegal migrant from Bangladesh. They pelted him with stones and beat him to death, said police Constable Sunep Aier. (AP Photo/Imojen I Jamir)', u'In this Thursday, March 5, 2015 photo, members of a mob raise their hands to take photos of a man, top center, accused of rape after he was lynched and hung in the city landmark Clock Tower in Dimapur, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. Several thousand people overpowered security at Dimapur Central Prison in Nagaland on Thursday, and seized the rape suspect, whom they also accused of being an illegal migrant from Bangladesh. They pelted him with stones and beat him to death, said police Constable Sunep Aier. (AP Photo/Imojen I Jamir)']
In this Friday, March 6, 2015 photo, members of a mob raise their hands to take photographs of a man, top center, accused of rape after he was lynched and hung in the city landmark Clock Tower in Dimapur, in the northeastern Indian state of Dimapur. Several thousand people overpowered security at Dimapur Central Prison in Nagaland on Thursday, and seized the rape suspect, whom they also accused of being an illegal migrant from Bangladesh. They pelted him with stones and beat him to death, said police Constable Sunep Aier. (AP Photo/Imojen I Jamir)’, u’In this Thursday, March 5, 2015 photo, members of a mob raise their hands to take photos of a man, top center, accused of rape after he was lynched and hung in the city landmark Clock Tower in Dimapur, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. Several thousand people overpowered security at Dimapur Central Prison in Nagaland on Thursday, and seized the rape suspect, whom they also accused of being an illegal migrant from Bangladesh. They pelted him with stones and beat him to death, said police Constable Sunep Aier. (AP Photo/Imojen I Jamir)
Smoke and flames erupt from the scene of a train derailment Thursday, March 5, 2015, near Galena, Ill. A BNSF Railway freight train loaded with crude oil derailed around 1:20 p.m. in a rural area where the Galena River meets the Mississippi, said Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Sgt. Mike Moser. (AP Photo/Telegraph Herald, Mike Burley)
Smoke and flames erupt from the scene of a train derailment Thursday, March 5, 2015, near Galena, Ill. A BNSF Railway freight train loaded with crude oil derailed around 1:20 p.m. in a rural area where the Galena River meets the Mississippi, said Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Moser. (AP Photo/Telegraph Herald, Mike Burley)
In this photo taken, Wednesday morning, March 4, 2015, a red-shouldered hawk perches on a utility line as fog covers the Shenandoah Valley landscape in Rockingham County, Va. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Nikki Fox)
In this photo taken, Wednesday morning, March 4, 2015, a red-shouldered hawk perches on a utility line as fog covers the Shenandoah Valley landscape in Rockingham County, Va. (AP Photo/Daily News-Record, Nikki Fox)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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