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An Air India Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" performs a demonstration flight during the first day of the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris, on Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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A firefighter douses hot spots as crews continue battling the Black Forest wildfire on Saturday, June 15, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colo. The fire, which exploded Tuesday amid record-setting heat and tinder-dry conditions, has destroyed hundreds of homes and killed two people. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo)

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Five-year-old Drew Storen sits on the lap of his father Mark, a sportscaster. Baseball and other sports were a major part of their lives as Drew was growing up and on his way to becoming a relief pitcher for the Nationals.

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Passengers leave an Egyptair aircraft at Glasgow Prestwick Airport in Scotland after it was diverted while en route from Cairo to New York on Saturday, June 15, 2013. It is reported that BBC employee Nada Tafik, who was on board the plane, said she found a note in a toilet apparently threatening to start a fire. The plane was escorted to Prestwick by Typhoon fighters from RAF Leuchars, near St. Andrews on the east coast of Scotland. (AP Photo/Andrew Milligan, Press Association)

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Pakistani volunteers carry the lifeless body of a victim of a bomb blast from the wreckage of a bus, in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, June 15, 2013. A bomb tore through a bus of female university students in southwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing several, officials said. (Associated Press)

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A firefighter keeps watch over a controlled burn at the Black Forest Section 16 Trailhead Thursday, June 13, 2013, near Colorado Springs, Colo. Little more than 36 hours after it started in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, the blaze surpassed last June's Waldo Canyon fire as the most destructive in state history. That blaze burned 347 homes and killed two people. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Michael Ciaglo)

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Steve Roper and his son Ely, 9, bring their dog, Maverick, out with them as they survey tree damage in the Cloverly neighborhood in Silver Spring after severe storms came through the region, bringing on heavy rain and winds. Ominous storm clouds darkened the sky over the region (below). Steve Roper and his son Ely, 9, bring their dog, Maverick, out with them as they survey tree damage in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Swirling morning storm clouds can be seen on Interstate 66, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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An AmeriCorps volunteer firefighter assigned to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Woodland Fire Crew, helps contain a spot fire in an evacuated area of forest, ranches and residences, in the Black Forest wildfire area, north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. According to officials, at least 360 homes have been burned, and 38,000 people have been evacuated since the fire began earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)