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Metro officers and officials investigate the scene where an escaped male chimpanzee was shot and killed by a Metro officer, seen below the blue tent, on Ann Road just east of Jones Boulevard in North Las Vegas on Thursday, July 12, 2012. The chimpanzee, along with another female chimpanzee, escaped from a private residence near the scene. Metro police subdued and captured the female and shot and killed the male.
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Washoe County Sheriff's Office This HH-1H Huey helicopter, the jewel of the Regional Aviation Enforcement Unit in Washoe County, Nev., failed to act during the Pinehaven wildfire last week because of a tangle of federal rules.
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Classic Communities Cos. is building single-family homes at Triton Woods in Edgewater. The Drum Point model, with 2,685 square feet, is priced from $542,900.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center right) and an unidentified woman applaud a performance by North Korea's new Moranbong band in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday, July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks July 10, 2012, to volunteers working at the Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado in Colorado Springs, Colo., to distribute food to those affected by recent wildfires. (Associated Press)
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People watch the flames shoot up from a freight train that derailed and some cars burst into flames, early Wednesday morning July 11, 2012, in Columbus Ohio. Lt. Terry Bush says the accident happened at about 2 a.m. Wednesday in a mixed-use part of the city, and people living in one-mile radius of the blast have been evacuated. (AP Photo/Andrew Spear)
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A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River in 2010 as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc., is trapped by booms. Federal investigators said Tuesday that the Canadian company should be held responsible. (Associated Press)
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A client looks at herself on a mirror after having her hair combed at a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Before Haiti's devastating January 2010 earthquake dozens of independent hair stylists braided and colored hair in the capital's Iron Market, the commercial hub of downtown Port-au-Prince. The earthquake damaged the landmark Iron Market and the hairstylists moved their activities to the streets, where they resumed their businesses not long after the disaster. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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A woman gets her hair combed by hairdressers on a street in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After Haiti's devastating January 2010 earthquake, dozens of independent hair stylists that braided and colored hair in the capital's Iron Market moved their activities to the streets, where they resumed their businesses not long after the disaster. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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A hairdresser combs a client's hair at a wooden street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After Haiti's devastating January 2010 earthquake, dozens of independent hair stylists that braided and colored hair in the capital's Iron Market moved their activities to the streets, where they resumed their businesses not long after the disaster. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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A mannequin head is displayed at a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After Haiti's devastating January 2010 earthquake, dozens of independent hair stylists that braided and colored hair in the capital's Iron Market moved their activities to the streets, where they resumed their businesses not long after the disaster. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
