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ASSOCIATED PRESS Smoke rises from the Track Fire burning near Raton, N.M., on Monday. The fire has charred about 2,700 acres and has forced the closure of Interstate 25 near the New Mexico-Colorado border.
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A police officer wears a mask while manning a checkpoint as smoke from the Wallow Fire fills the air near Springerville, Ariz., on June 11, 2011. (Associated Press)
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San Jose Earthquakes' Steven Lenhart celebrates after scoring a goal against the Columbus Crew during the second half of a game earlier this season. Lenhart scored three times and assisted once in the Earthquakes' 4-2 win over D.C. United. . (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
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Robert Lock (center) and Fred Campbell, both of Alpine, Ariz., load horses into a trailer in Luna, N.M., on June 10, 2011, as they prepare to return to Alpine during the Wallow fire. The major wildfire in Arizona's eastern mountains burned out of control early Friday after charring more than 603 square miles of timber, destroying dozens of structures and keeping thousands of evacuees away from their homes. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks during the dedication of Boeing Co.'s $750 million final assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C., on Friday, June 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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A firefighter sets a backfire Thursday in an effort to contain the Wallow Fire along Highway 260 near Eagar, Ariz. A spot fire at the edge of the larger blaze prompted the few residents left in Springerville and neighboring communities to flee. (Associated Press)
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In 1964, after Alaska was shaken by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake, Crescent City was hit hardest by the tsunami surges, which included a 21-foot wave that flooded the town and killed 11 people. (Photo provided by Del Norte, Calif., Historical Society)
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Sunken and damaged boats litter a basin at Crescent City the day after a powerful earthquake sent a tsunami across the Pacific Ocean. The surge of water broke up docks and bounced boats around the basin like billiard balls. (Associated Press)
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Residents of Crescent City, Calif., regularly practice evacuations in case of a tsunami. On March 11, their diligence paid off, though the tidal surge from Japan sank 16 boats in the harbor. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Many Americans trying to sell their homes are having to make some adjustments. Nearly 25 percent of the nation's 74.5 million homeowners have negative equity in their homes, and another 25 percent are nearing that point. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Passengers walk past a Delta Air Lines Boeing 747 at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, one of Delta's hubs, in Romulus, Mich., in January 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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The Wallow fire burns towards Eagar, Ariz., north of Greer, Ariz., on June 8, 2011. The fire in eastern Arizona that already forced thousands from their homes headed Wednesday for a pair of transmission lines that supply electricity to hundreds of thousands of people as far east as Texas. (Associated Press/The Arizona Republic)
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Farmer Mario Walter mulches thousands of salads on his field in Nieder-Erlenbach near Frankfurt on June 8, 2011. After an outbreak of E. coli that has killed at least 25 people and sickened hundreds in Europe, salads and other vegetables can hardly be sold in Germany. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Flames engulf the former Alice Mills Rubber Manufacturing Plant in Woonsocket, R.I., on Tuesday night. The eight-alarm fire at the historic mill, built in 1889, forced evacuations and left hundreds without power, officials said. The blaze means a rethinking of development plans for the site, now owned by American Wood Pellet Co., which the city hopes will bring much-needed jobs to the city of 43,000.
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Tens of thousands of Sudanese are fleeing from the contested north-south border region of Abyei. The top U.S. official in the region warned of a humanitarian crisis over the north's invasion. (Associated Press)
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Smoke rises from debris as foreign journalists on a tour sponsored by the Libyan government take photographs next to a damaged truck at the Hadba agricultural area outside Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Libyan officials claim the area was a target of a NATO airstrike Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Firefighter Rigoberto Torres, of Orange Cove, Calif., walks along the road while watching a flame during the Wallow fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Springerville, Ariz., on June 7, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Lightning strikes over the Puyehue volcano, more than 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, on Monday, June 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Francisco Negroni, Agencia Uno)
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Jerry Kinney (reflected in the mirror), 73, lights a cigarette as smoke plumes from the Wallow fire fill the sky in Luna, N.M., on Monday, June 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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** FILE ** The first Air France Airbus A380 flight prepares for landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia in this file photo from June 2011. The double-decker plane is 238 feet long, 79 feet tall and has a wing span of 261 feet. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
