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The U.S. Postal Service in 2010 issued a 44-cent first-class stamp honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. (AP Photo/U.S. Postal Service)

In this photo taken Sunday, July 25, 2010, Will Hamilton of Fairfield, Iowa checks out the cockpit of Spooky, a military AC-47 gunship, on display at the Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill. Nearly 40 DC-3s and C-47s descended on the airport in what is billed as "The Last Time" the iconic planes will be grouped together in such numbers. The fleet is scheduled to fly to the Oshkosh Airshow Monday, July 26. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Newspapers, Alex T. Paschal)

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In this photo taken Sunday, July 25, 2010, a skydiver drops in on the Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill., as DC-3 Duggy, the flying ambassador for the National Aviation Hall of Fame Educational Outreach program circles overhead. Nearly 40 DC-3s and C-47s descended on the airport in what is billed at "The Last Time" the iconic planes will be grouped together in such numbers. The fleet is scheduled to fly to the Oshkosh airshow Monday, July 26. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Newspapers, Alex T. Paschal)

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In this photo taken Friday, July 23, 2010, Gracelyn Abell, 3, of Tampico, Ill., hides from the sound of approaching aircraft beneath the wing of an AC-47 "Spooky" gunship as the planes arrive for the weekend's "The Last Time" fly-in at Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill. The event is a celebration of the 75 anniversary of the DC3/C-47 aircraft. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Newspapers, David Rauch)

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In this photo taken, Friday, July 23, 2010, lightning strikes near a DC-3 at the Whiteside County Airport in Rock Falls, Ill. The aircraft was there for the weekend's "The Last Time" fly-in. Many of the DC-3/AC-47s to assemble have been in use for 75 years and played a pivotal in World War II. The event is a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the DC3/C-47 aircraft. (AP Photo/Sauk Valley Newspapers, David Rauch)

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This photo taken July 19, 2010 shows Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe responding to a question during an interview in Irving, Texas. Beebe is being hailed as "The Savior Of The Big 12" for keeping together his conference last month. But, who is this guy? And how the heck did he pull it off, especially after he seemed lost during the wild week of negotiations? (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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The gardener's home is part of a tour of the newly restored slave cabins at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens near Charleston, S.C. The state once had thousands of slave cabins, and historian Joe McGill is trying to encourage local efforts to save the ones that are left. (Associated Press)

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The pack -- including Alberto Contador of Spain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey -- cycles up the Champs-Elysees in Paris during the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race on Sunday, July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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The Michigan State Police Underwater Recovery Team gets ready to search for missing passengers and a crewman from a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Ludington, Mich. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Romain Blanquart)

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Residents of New York's Lower East Side neighborhood escape the heat in one of the city's designated cooling centers in New York, Saturday, July 24, 2010. More than 190,000 New Yorkers have visited cooling centers since the summer's first heat wave on June 28, the city said in a statement. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Katy Dunn and Ben Clark, both of Richmond, make their way back over to pick up Alexander Vandenesse from the fountain in Boat Lake in Byrd Park, Saturday, July 24, 2010, in Richmond, Va. The three said they hadn't been to the lake since they were children and that it brought back memories for them. Record highs are expected both Saturday and Sunday. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Eva Russo)

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A bomb disposal robot brings a carton for inspection by U.S. Army bomb disposal expert Staff Sgt. Craig Cohen, of Gracey, Ky., during clearance operations by the 723rd Explosives Ordinance Disposal unit near COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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A U.S. medical evacuation Blackhawk helicopter takes off carrying soldiers wounded by a hidden bomb during a patrol by the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division near COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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A resident of Bell, Calif,. holds up a placard calling for the ouster of city officials during a special city council meeting, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Bell, Calif. Council members emerged from an hours-long closed session at midnight Friday and announced that they'd accepted the resignations of Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia and Police Chief Randy Adams. Rizzo was the highest paid at $787,637 a year, nearly twice the pay of President Barack Obama, for overseeing one of the poorest towns in Los Angeles County. Spaccia makes $376,288 a year and Adams earns $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Mayor Oscar Hernandez, far left, greets people waiting in line for food at Bell Food Station in Bell, Calif., Thursday, July 22, 2010. The City Council in this small Los Angeles suburb is meeting Thursday to consider firing the police chief and two top administrators over their huge salaries, including Chief Administrative Officer Robert Rizzo who makes more than $787,000 a year, nearly twice the salary of President Barack Obama. Revelations about the pay in Bell has sparked anger in this blue-collar town that is one of the poorest in Los Angeles County. The council also will consider firing Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia, who makes $376,288 a year, and Police Chief Randy Adams, whose annual salary of $457,000 is 50 percent more than that of Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. City officials, including Hernandez, have defended the salaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)