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Flight attendants gather in front of their headquarters during a strike in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. German airline Lufthansa has canceled hundreds of flights at its budget unit Eurowings, affecting some 40,000 passengers, because of a strike by cabin crew. Poster reads: " Fan of phone calls on off-days".(Oliver Berg/dpa via AP)
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A firefighter looks at a damaged house in the small town of Visso in central Italy, Thursday, Oct 27, 2016, after a 5.9 earthquake destroyed part of the town. A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Grace Stratman leaves the Department of Motor Vehicles after she was unable to get her drivers license renewed due to a computer failure, in Carmichael, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. The Department of Motor Vehicles says a catastrophic computer failure is hampering operations at more than 100 field offices. The outage began Monday affecting offices around the state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this May 3, 2006, file photo, University of Iowa students walk past the Old Capitol building in Iowa City, Iowa a few days before the building was to open to the public for the first time since being heavily damaged in a fire on Nov. 20, 2001. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) **FILE**
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The western North Carolina mountains are seen from a lookout on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Areas of the western Carolinas are in severe to extreme drought, with officials worried about wildfires and wilting crops. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee is meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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In this Oct. 24, 2016 photo, piles of damaged furniture and building materials are piled in front of St. Francis House in St. Augustine, Fla. Hurricane Matthew inundated the house that serves as the area's only full time homeless shelter, putting dozens of people on the streets. The storm eliminated nearly a third of St. Johns County’s shelter capacity. (AP Photo/Jason H. Dearen)
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In this Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 photo, a woman is consoled by others as San Francisco Police guard a door after the fatal shooting of a man in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Kevin Joseph Epps, a San Francisco filmmaker and community activist, has been arrested on suspicion of homicide and being a felon in possession of a firearm. (Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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Detroit Red Wings center Frans Nielsen (51) advances the puck as Carolina Hurricanes left wing Viktor Stalberg (25) defends in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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People unload food and water boated in from the "Mission of Hope" charity after Hurricane Matthew swept through Jeremie, Haiti, on Oct. 8. (Associated Press)
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Corey Kluber struck out nine Cubs over six shutout innings. (Associated Press)
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Police from Roanoke, Salem and Roanoke County, as well as Virginia State Police and the Roanoke Sheriff's Office, responded to a fatal shooting at FreightCar America in Roanoke, Va., Tuesday morning, Oct. 25, 2016. Police say a man fatally shot someone and wounded several others inside the rail car manufacturing company in Virginia before apparently killing himself. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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The remains of a car that carried four college students and was involved in a fiery crash as a result of being struck head-on while driving on the northbound side of Interstate 495 sit at Marc's Towing company, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, in Wareham, Mass. Five people, including the four college students, died early Monday in a fiery crash caused by a woman driving the wrong way on a Massachusetts highway, state police said. (Faith Ninivaggi/The Boston Herald via AP)
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Georgia teen Rueben Nsemoh recently regained consciousness after a near-fatal concussion and surprised his parents by speaking fluent Spanish instead of English. (WSB-2 TV Atlanta screenshot)
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In this Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 photo, a vehicle sits in the driveway of a home after a fire involving multiple fatalities in unincorporated Duluth in Gwinnett County, Ga. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Investigators work the scene at 1120 Airport Road near Trion, Ga., where multiple people were killed in an overnight fire that engulfed a single wide trailer home in Trion, Ga. State officials say the fire was caused by an improperly installed wood stove. (Dan Henry/The Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
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The X-15 flight crew, left to right: Air Force Captain Joseph H. Engle, Air Force Major Robert A. Rushworth, NASA pilot John B. "Jack" McKay, Air Force Major William J. "Pete" Knight, NASA pilot Milton O. Thompson, and NASA pilot Bill Dana. First flown in 1959 from the NASA High Speed Flight Station (later renamed the Dryden Flight Research Center), the rocket-powered X-15 was developed to provide data on aerodynamics, structures, flight controls and the physiological aspects of high speed, high altitude flight. Three were built by North American Aviation for NASA and the U.S. Air Force. They made a total of 199 flights during a highly successful research program lasting almost ten years. The X-15's main rocket engine provided thrust for the first 80 to 120 seconds of a 10 to 11 minute flight; the aircraft then glided to a 200 mph landing. The X-15 reached altitudes of 354,200 feet (67.08 miles) and a speed of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7).
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Astronaut John Glenn gives ready sign during Mercury-Atlas 6 pre- launch training activities. Note the mirrors attached to his spacesuit. January 23, 1962
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., has a smile for the recovery crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge, after he is on board from a successful 22 orbit mission of the Earth in his Mercury spacecraft "Faith 7." Cooper is still sitting in his capsule, with his helmet off.
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Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. Glenn is in his pressure suit and is carrying the portable ventilation unit. February 20, 1962
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Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station no. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This picture, looking eastward, was taken by Astronaut John W. Young, commander. Duke is standing at the rim of Plum crater, which is 40 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep. The parked Lunar Roving Vehicle can be seen in the left background. April 21, 1972
