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FILE - In this undated photo, Ye Meng Yuan poses for photos in a classroom in Jiangshan city in China's Zhejiang province. The parents of the 16-year-old girl who died after being struck by two San Francisco Fire Department rigs at the scene of the Asiana Airlines plane crash at San Francisco airport in July have filed a legal claim against the city. A precursor to a lawsuit the claim says firefighters knowingly abandoned Ye Meng Yuan "in harm's way" after the crash and that the fire department failed to train its employees to avoid hitting victims at disaster scenes. (AP Photo/CHINATOPIX, File) CHINA OUT
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FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. The 911 dispatch recordings from the fiery derailment show initial confusion about the cargo on board. The recordings show that a member of the train crew first told emergency dispatchers in Fargo that it was hauling ethanol. The substance actually was highly flammable crude oil from western North Dakota. Eighteen cars on the 106-car oil train derailed and several exploded and burned. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)
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A barricade blocks a multi zone residential and commercial street, permitting limited vehicle access on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 in New York. Area residents living in the the shadow of the World Trade center have filed a lawsuit against city plans to build a security perimeter around her neighborhood, they say would permanently restrict street access, create congestion and health hazards, among their concerns. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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A police barricade line street near the World Trade center site, permitting limited vehicle access on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 in New York. Area residents living in the the shadow of the World Trade center have filed a lawsuit against city plans to build a security perimeter around her neighborhood, they say would permanently restrict street access, create congestion and health hazards, among their concerns. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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A police vehicle sits near a mechanical barricade blocking a street near the World Trade center site, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 in New York. Area residents living in the the shadow of the World Trade center have filed a lawsuit against city plans to build a security perimeter around her neighborhood, they say would permanently restrict street access, create congestion and health hazards, among their concerns. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Deborah Petti, a management consultant, stands outside her home, center, a 12-story century old brownstone building, during an interview on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in New York. Petti and other residents of the area, living in the shadow of the World Trade, left center, have filed a lawsuit against plans to build a security perimeter around her neighborhood, that she said would restrict street access, create congestion and health hazards, among their concerns. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper arrives to deliver his annual State of the State speech during a joint session of the Colorado Legislature, at the Capitol, in Denver, Thursday Jan. 9, 2014. Hickenlooper harkened back to a year of tragedy, massive wildfires and historic floods during the address, telling lawmakers that "Colorado does not break," imploring them to collaborate to improve the economy and pour funding into education. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Gov. John Hickenlooper delivers his annual State of the State speech during a joint session of the Colorado Legislature at the Capitol Thursday Jan. 9, 2014, in Denver. Hickenlooper harkened back to a year of tragedy, massive wildfires and historic floods during the address, telling lawmakers that "Colorado does not break," imploring them to collaborate to improve the economy and pour funding into education. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Colo. Gov. John Hickenlooper delivers his annual State of the State speech during a joint session of the Colorado Legislature, at the Capitol, in Denver, Thursday Jan. 9, 2014. Hickenlooper harkened back to a year of tragedy, massive wildfires and historic floods during the address, telling lawmakers that "Colorado does not break," imploring them to collaborate to improve the economy and pour funding into education. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Smoke rises from the remains of a rural Marathon County home near Wausau, Wis., after it was destroyed by an explosion and fire, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Marathon County sheriff's officials say it's not known whether anyone was home at the time of the explosion and fire shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday. (AP Photo/Daily Herald Media, Dan Young) NO SALES
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FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, the Rim Fire burns near Yosemite National Park, Calif. Researchers based at UC Davis’ Tahoe Environmental Research Center, the University of Nevada, Reno and three other universities began working as the Rim Fire was still smoldering last summer. The effort was to gauge how the massive blaze affected water clarity, algae nutrients, light transmission and the aquatic food web at lakes close to the flames and others downwind that were smoked out for weeks. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service, File)
