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Finally, undeniable photographic evidence arrives of plans for mass layoffs at AOL's doomed Dulles, Va. campus. In a parking garage, pallets of shrinkwrapped moving boxes are stacked up, awaiting deployment a week from today, when the firings are reportedly scheduled. Call it an act of technic cleansing, as CEO Randy Falco prepares to relocate the company's headquarters from geek-heavy Dulles to advertiser-friendly New York next spring. As AOL's Internet-access business shrinks, so, too, must its staff — but one would have hoped Falco was capable of a bit more subtlety. Would a tarp to cover the boxes really cost that much? (Photo by marc.redtilde.com)