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Pat Crain of Riverkern, Calif. sees her destroyed home for the first time after the Bull fire swept through the area Monday evening, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, in Riverkern. (AP Photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie)

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U.S. Forest Service firefighter, Brant Machado, with the Fulton Hotshots, lights a backburn along Sierra Highway, near Riverkern, Calif., Tuesday, July 27, 2010. A fire in Sequoia National Forest has destroyed six homes, charred eight square miles and forced the evacuation of 122 juvenile offenders attending a forestry camp near the California town of Kernville. (AP Photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie)

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Pakistani rescue workers search for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane crash, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people on board crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)

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A Pakistan army helicopter searches for survivors of a plane crash at the crash site in Islamabad, Pakistan in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid rain Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)

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Pakistani rescuers surround the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people on board crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)

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Pakistanis search for survivors after a passenger plane crash in The Margala Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad on July 28, 2010. A Pakistani airliner carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames into densely wooded hills above Islamabad during heavy rain and poor visibility, leaving little sign of survivors. (UPI/Sajjad Ali Qureshi)

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Pakistani rescue workers examine the site of a plane crash in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official said all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo)

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Pakistani rescuers surround the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)

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Relatives mourn the deaths of their family members killed in a plane crash, outside a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

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Pakistani rescuers surround the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo)

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Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)

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Pakistani rescue workers examine the site of a plane crash in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed Wednesday into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather, killing dozens of people and stoking fears nobody could have survived the disaster. (AP Photo)

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Volunteers push the dead body of a passenger on a stretcher at a local hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid rain Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

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A Pakistani man mourns the death of his family member who was killed in a plane crash at Karachi airport in Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)

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Oil spews from a wellhead in Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, after it was struck by a tugboat. A crew capable of capping the well is expected onsite later Tuesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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A landslide sweeps aside buildings in the village of Wangong in Hanyuan county in Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan province in this Tuesday, July 27, 2010, file photo. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

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A business jet damaged in a landing lies at Wittman Regional Airport on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, in Oshkosh, Wis. NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was in series but stable condition after walking away from the crash. (AP Photo/Oshkosh Northwestern, Anthony Wahl)

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In this undated photo released by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in Tokyo, Japan's shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' tanker M. Star is shown. The Japanese shipping company said Wednesday, July 28, 2010, an explosion, suspected to be an attack, has damaged the oil tanker near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, causing one minor injury but did not cause an oil leak. (AP Photo/Mitsui O.S.K. Lines)

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The glow from a wildfire can be seen through the entrance to the small community known as Old West Ranch near the Mojave Desert town of Tehachapi, Calif., as residents were evacuated Tuesday July 27, 2010. More than 30 homes were lost in the small hill community of Old West Ranch and another 150 structures were threatened, firefighters said Tuesday. The area is about 70 miles north of Los Angeles. (AP Photo by Alex Gallardo)