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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)
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The water level of the Missouri River continues to rise in Sioux City, Iowa, on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Cities and towns up and down the Missouri River in Nebraska and Iowa are inspecting flood walls and piling up sandbags to prepare for a deluge of water the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will release later this month. (Jim Lee/Sioux City Journal)
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** FILE ** A U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane lifts off in March 1995. (AP Photo/McDonnell Douglas, File)
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Students at the Cinderella Ball let loose on the dance floor with friends and family at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 5, 2011. This was the sixth annual Cinderella Ball, where students with life-threatening illnesses or disabilities came together to celebrate. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Members of the United States Marines dance with students at the Cinderella Ball at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 5, 2011. This was the sixth annual Cinderella Ball, where students with life-threatening illnesses or disabilities came together to celebrate. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Students at the Cinderella Ball let loose on the dance floor with friends and family at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 5, 2011. This was the sixth annual Cinderella Ball, where students with life-threatening illnesses or disabilities came together to celebrate. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Students at the Cinderella Ball try on comical sunglasses and hats before entering a photo booth at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 5, 2011. This was the sixth annual Cinderella Ball, where students with life-threatening illnesses or disabilities came together to celebrate. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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A student shares a laugh with her mother and a staff member at the Cinderella Ball at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 5, 2011. This was the sixth annual Cinderella Ball, where students with life-threatening illnesses or disabilities came together to celebrate. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Military police investigate a partially submerged DHL cargo plane, which crashed just off the coast of Libreville, Gabon, on June 6, 2011. (Associated Press)
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An SUV drives through heavy smoke in Greer, Ariz., on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Crews used controlled backfires early Sunday to blunt the advance of a major wildfire near mountain communities in eastern Arizona, a blaze termed "absolutely frightening" by the state's governor. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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U.S. Marines dance with students at the Cinderella Ball at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington on Sunday. Students with life-threatening illnesses or disabilities came together to celebrate the sixth annual dance. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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A farm in Luna, N.M., sits below the smoke column from the Wallow fire near the New Mexico-Arizona state line on Friday, June 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Arizona Republic, Jack Kurtz)
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North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer (left) speaks as Commissioners Tony Clark (center) and Brian Kalk listen on Friday, May 13, 2011, at the North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., during a meeting to discuss an oil spill by TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone oil pipeline in southeastern North Dakota the week before. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel)
