Spring Break 2013

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Spring Breakers play on the beach in Cancun, Mexico, on March 22, 2010. Thousands of American students enjoy the spring break by going to Mexican beaches.

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Patrick Cole, left, and Meldon Starkey, both students at Iowa State, toss around a football on Singer Island in Riviera Beach on Monday, March 14th, 2011. They are in town for Spring Break, taking in the beach as well as some St. Louis Cardinals spring training baseball in Jupiter.

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College students dance on Coca-Cola Beach behind the Isla Grande Beach Resort on South Padre Island, Texas. Students at the popular spot just off the southern tip of Texas said they were avoiding the short drive to Mexico.

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(L-R) Liantnys Scott, 19, and Rudy Howard, 19, take to the waves during their spring break at Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009. Scott is from Venezuela, Howard is from Colombia. Both are students at Lone Star in Houston.

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Nicole Ruggiero, 21, of New Jersey, asked Jerry Calabrese, of Plantation, to pose for a photo with her of him using the metal detector over her body on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Lawrence Corbin from Detroit, Michigan drinks tequila at a welcome party during Spring Break in Cancun, Mexico, Saturday March 9, 2002.

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Spring Breakers cross a busy A1A at Cortez Street to get to Fort Lauderdale Beach.

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Students on Spring Break fill the beach at South Padre Island, Texas.

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Playing cards Young ladies play cards in their hotel room during Spring Break 1959.

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Tattoo artist Kolo Narvaez, 33, right, tattoos an orchid on the thigh of Indiana University student Andrea Wilson, March 18, 2010, in Miami Beach, Florida. Spring break brings a heavy amount of traffic to tattoo and piercing parlors. The increase of business can amount to the tripling of income of many artists.

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This photo taken Feb. 25, 2010 shows a monkey climbing on young woman who was on spring break, at the beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico. Mexico's spring break king the Caribbean resort of Cancun is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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A spring break reveler gets a swig of margarita at the Mr. Frogs nightclub in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico lat night Thursday, March 18, 2010.

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Laura Rubenstein, of the Indiana University cheerleading team, is thrown up and caught on Fort Lauderdale Beach while enjoying Spring Break on Monday, March 15.

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And the winner is... Jessie Kowalski from San Antonio, Texas, center, won the women's dance contest held at Coca-Cola beach behind the Radisson Resort on South Padre Island, Texas. This was the second day of National Lampoon's Greek Games.

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A Spring Breaker shows off during a contest at the Howard Johnson on A1A in Fort Lauderdale.

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Spring breakers enjoy Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Large crowds pack the beach on Singer Island in Riviera Beach as Spring Break begins on Monday, March 14, 2011. Beautiful weather coupled with no school resulted in crowded beaches all along the coast.

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People dance among foam during spring break at a nightclub in Cancun, Mexico late Friday. Mexico's spring break king, the Caribbean resort of Cancun, is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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A truck flying the Dixie flag drives down Daytona Beach during spring break, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Vicky Perez, 19, from left, Lindsey Matute, 18, and Heather Smith, 19, play in the surf during spring break on South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, March 18, 2010. Perez and Matute attend Miami-Dade College and Smith is a student at the University of Miami.

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Fort Lauderdale still draws a crowd during Spring Break though the city has turned the beach into more of a family-friendly destination.

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Purdue University students (l to r) Kathleen Delaney, 21, Kevin Brooks, 21, and Marcie Hulpa, 21, hang out on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and SR A1A on Monday, March 14, 2011 during Spring Break. The students were eager to find rival Indiana University students on the beach.

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Crystal Stevenson, 22, from the University of Indiana, relaxes on the beach at South Padre Island, Texas, while Tony Bickenstaff, 24, from Eastern Illinois University, applies suntan oil to her during the annual collegiate Spring Break.

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Tattoo artist Stoney Eddie, right, places a stencil on Jake Greenbaum, 19, of Chicago, Ill., who is having his first tattoo, while enjoying spring break with his brother in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Fla., Saturday, March 20, 2010.

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Spring Breakers, mostly U.S. college students, cheer during a wet T-shirt contest in Cancun, Mexico.

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Spring Breakers play on the beach in Cancun, Mexico, on March 22, 2010. Thousands of American students enjoy the spring break by going to Mexican beaches.

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Catching rays A group of friends start their day at the beach during Spring Break 1982.

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Spring breakers frolic for photographs during Spring Break at Daytona Beach on Wednesday, March 9, 2010.

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Just relaxing Young people relax by a pool on Fort Lauderdale Beach in 1935.

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Under the watchful eyes of Beach Patrol Captain Rich Gardner (standing left) and Beach Patrol Officer Cara Gittner, spring breakers from Virginia pour out their booze onto the sand during Spring Break at Daytona Beach on Wednesday, March 9, 2010.

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From left, Radek Talaga, 21, of Chicago, Brandon Simon, 24, and Austin Grelle, 22, both of Indiana, check out the scene on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Jordan Maranda dives to catch an empty cup used in the game "wang" while still keeping his drink steady on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Spring Breakers from Purdue University in Indiana party on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A. The group was on the lookout to tease students from their rival school, Indiana University.

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(L-R) Cassidie Mims, 17, plays volleyball with her aunt Tanya Christians, 25, (both of Grand Junction CO), during their spring break at Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Kole Paxton, 19, of Bloomington IL plays with the sand, while enjoying his spring break at Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Jenny Headley, 22, of New Jersey, lies under the sun at Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Spring break revelers dance at the Mr. Frogs nightclub in Cancun, Mexico late Thursday, March 18, 2010.

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Students on Spring Break cheer at the beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico Monday March 1, 2010. Mexico's spring break king the Caribbean resort of Cancun is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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Spring Breakers play on the beach in Cancun, Mexico, on March 22, 2010. Thousands of American students enjoy the spring break by going to Mexican beaches.

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A spring break reveler hangs from her feet at the Mr. Frogs nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, late Thursday, March 18, 2010.

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These cold beers are the casualties of a bust by the Beach Patrol during Spring Break at Daytona Beach on Wednesday, March 9, 2010.

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Spring Break revelers dance at the beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico Monday March 1, 2010. Cancun, Mexico's spring break king, is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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Spring Break has hit Fort Lauderdale Beach.

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Up to their necks High school student Brittany Syphers, 17, right, puts the finishing touches on fellow students she and her friends buried up to their necks on Daytona Beach, during spring break from Twin Lakes High School in Monticello, Ind. After putting sunglasses on the talking heads everyone produced a camera for a photo.

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Nick Jones, 22, a Geography major at Northern Illinois University shakes his stuff during the Hot Body contest at the Howard Johnson on A1A in Fort Lauderdale. Jones won the contest, and a free $100 bar tab.

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People dance among foam during spring break at a nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, late Friday. Mexico's spring break king, the Caribbean resort of Cancun, is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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Spring breakers frolic for photographs during Spring Break at Daytona Beach on Wednesday, March 9, 2010.

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Spring Break revelers dance at the beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico Monday March 1, 2010. Cancun, Mexico's spring break king, is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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Tattoo artist Kiki applies a portrait of Bob Marley tattoo on Desai Smith, of Bermuda, a student of J.F. Drake State Technical College of Alabama, as he enjoys spring break in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Fla., Saturday, March 20, 2010.

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Thousands of college students gather by the stage on Coca-Cola Beach behind the Isla Grande Beach Resort on South Padre Island, Texas. Students at the popular spot just off the southern tip of Texas said they were avoiding the short drive to Mexico.

Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel

Spring Break Presidente beer promotion at Ocean Deck Restaurant & Beach Club in Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Panama City Beach Spring Break revelers set a new Guinness World Record for World's Largest Bikini Parade, as 450 participants took part on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

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Spring breakers enjoy Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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People dance among foam during spring break at a nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, late Friday. Mexico's spring-break king, the Caribbean resort of Cancun, is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine-flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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Students have fun during Spring Break 2010 at the Cocobongo nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday March 2, 2010. Mexico's spring break king the Caribbean resort of Cancun is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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Spring breakers enjoy Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Spring Breakers play on the beach in Cancun, Mexico, on March 22, 2010. Thousands of American students enjoy the spring break by going to Mexican beaches.

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Spring Break Presidente beer promotion at Ocean Deck Restaurant & Beach Club in Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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From left, Jenn Headley, 22, Samantha Lompado, 22, and Amanda McMaster, 21, of New Jersey, catch some sun on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Panama City Beach Spring Break revelers set a new Guinness World Record for World's Largest Bikini Parade, as 450 participants took part on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

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FAU student Schuyler Williams does a 'beer bong' with help from Indiana University student Megan Welihan, bottom right, as Ian Chance, left, helps support Williams in his gravity defying effort during spring break on Fort Lauderdale Beach, March 18, 2010, in Fort Lauderdale.

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Enjoying beach volleybal Megan Valicevic, of Texas, right, hits a shot as Jason Barvels of Minnesotta, front left, tries to block it, during a pick-up game of beach volleyball at Bonita Beach in Bonita Springs, Florida. Other players are, from back left to right, Andy Secor, of Minnesotta, Cary Coburn, of Bonita Springs, and Dave Kinst, also of Bonita Springs.

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Spring Break Presidente beer promotion at Ocean Deck Restaurant & Beach Club in Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Fort Lauderdale Police Alcoholic Beverages and Tabacco Unit were crawling the beach to find spring breakers in violation on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and SR A1A on Monday, March 14, 2011.

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Spring Breakers from Kentucky walk south on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Spring breakers from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., soak up last minute rays outside the Key West Interntional Airport, in Key West. The students had another 20 minutes of sunning before catching their flight home.

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Spring Breakers Ramon Lorenzo, 24, and Sofia Vivero of Washington, D.C., cuddle on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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(L-R) Cassidie Mims, 17, and aunt Tanya Christians, 25, both of Grand Junction CO, play volleyball during their spring break at Daytona Beach, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Amanda McMaster, 21, of New Jersey, hangs out with friends during Spring Break on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Marcos Acosta, 19, left, and Danny Fernandez try to help each other cross a ropes course as part of a bonding and team-building exercise for FIU students who are going on an alternative Spring Break. They will work for the Salvation Army, feeding workers who are clearing Ground Zero, the site where the twin towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed on Sept. 11.

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U.S. Spring Breakers stand drinking and dancing inside a jacuzzi at a bar in Cancun, Mexico. Thousands of college and high school students visit Cancun each year during the six-week Spring Break period.

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Spring Breakers check out a contest at the Howard Johnson on A1A in Fort Lauderdale.

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Spring-breakers, mostly from Canada, enjoy themselves at the beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico Wednesday March 4, 2009. The U.S. State Department and universities in the U.S. are warning college students headed for Mexico for some spring-break partying of a surge in drug-related murder and mayhem south of the border.

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Heading to the beach College students cross A1A as they head to the beach during Spring Break 1982.

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Enjoying refreshments College students chat on Fort Lauderdale Beach while they enjoy refreshments during Spring Break 1984.

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Students cheer from a balcony at the Howard Johnson on Fort Lauderdale beach.

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Panama City Beach Spring Break revelers set a new Guinness World Record for World's Largest Bikini Parade, as 450 participants took part on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

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Back in '67 If you were in Fort Lauderdale in 1967, you may remember this scene during Spring Break at the beach.

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Thousands of college students gather by the stage hoping for free goodies as loud music and beer flow on Coca-Cola Beach behind the Isla Grande Beach Resort on South Padre Island, Texas. Students at the popular spot just off the southern tip of Texas said they were avoiding the short drive to Mexico.

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In this March 20, 2008 file photo spring breakers take part in a dance contest during MTV spring break activities in Panama City Beach, Fla.

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Toniann Andries, 20, left, and Kelly Sturgeon, 20, both of Kentucky, toss a football on Fort Lauderdale Beach with friend Christine Stieler, 20, not pictured, at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Ernie Spreitzer, 27, of Boca Raton and Denise Lafaman, 25, of Coral Springs play a game of "wang" against friends Jordan Maranda and Nina Torres, not pictured, during Spring Break on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A. The object of the game is to throw a Frisbee between two bars of rebar with plastic cups on top. You get points for throwing in the middle and for knocking cups to the ground.

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View of the area surrounding the Elbo Room Bar on Fort Lauderdale Beach, during Spring Break 1983.

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People dance among foam during spring break at a nightclub in Cancun, Mexico, late Friday. Mexico's spring break king, the Caribbean resort of Cancun, is rebounding quickly from last year's triple blow to its tourism industry caused by the country's swine flu epidemic, drug violence and a global economic crisis.

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Bilal Saleh, 23, of Detroit checks out the Spring Break scene on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Bilal Saleh, 23, and Michael Fawaz, 23, both of Detroit, catch some sun on Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A.

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Virgina Tech University students party on their balcony at a resort in Panama City Beach, Fla. Frank Guglielmi, the father of a college student who died from a balcony fall joined the nation's doctors Thursday, March 7, 2002, to decry alcohol-soaked Spring Break promotions such as all-you-can drink specials and "booze cruises." The American Medical Association issued a Spring Break alert accusing the tourism and alcohol industries of fostering binge and underage drinking through such enticements.

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A spring breaker from Virginia is handcuffed by Beach Patrol Captain Rich Gardner during Spring Break at Daytona Beach on Wednesday, March 9, 2010.

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A young woman crosses A1A while holding an inner tube, during Spring Break 1971.

Israel Leal, Associated Press

Spring-breakers, mostly from Canada, enjoy themselves at the beach in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico Wednesday March 4, 2009. The U.S. State Department and universities in the U.S. are warning college students headed for Mexico for some spring-break partying of a surge in drug-related murder and mayhem south of the border.

AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano

A U.S. Spring Breaker, center, dances during a wet T-shirt contest in Cancun, Mexico. Cancun's Spring Break kicked off Saturday.

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A couple walk Fort Lauderdale Beach at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A during Spring Break.

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Where the girls are Bathing beauties pose for a photo in 1925 on Fort Lauderdale Beach.

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Students form the University of North Texas bury their classmate Andrea Aguirre in sand and shape her into a mermaid during spring break on South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, March 18, 2010. From top left are Jose Martinez, Marcos Alonzo, Arnoldo Hurtado and Crique Dozal.

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Panama City Beach Spring Break revelers set a new Guinness World Record for World's Largest Bikini Parade, as 450 participants took part on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.