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In this frame from video provided by WABC-TV, firefighters work at the scene after an explosion in Paterson, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Multiple houses were destroyed in an explosion that occurred after neighbors reported the smell of gas and firefighters arrived to investigate. (WABC-TV via AP)
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A girl watches as authorities arrive to evacuate people from her house in Tabarre, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. The center of Hurricane Matthew is expected to pass near or over southwestern Haiti on Tuesday, but the area is already experiencing rain from the outer bands of the storm. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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The head of Iran's space agency, Mohsen Bahrami, speaks during a news conference at his office, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Speaking to reporters at the start of World Space Week, Bahrami said his country is interested in cooperating with NASA. Iran has long harbored ambitions to launch satellites to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation. The U.S. and its allies are concerned the same technology could be used to develop long-range missiles. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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The body of Ventura County Fire Engineer Ryan Osler is carried to a fire truck for his final trip during ceremonies Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Osler was killed in a an accident while on duty on Sept. 21, 2016. Hundreds of firefighters from around the state attended the services. (David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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Dubbed the "Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact," the legislation would authorize a group of oversight officials to devise and enforce Metro safety rules, conduct inspections, impose citations and order priority funding. (Associated Press)
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Lump of Coal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Lump of Coal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this February 2013 file photo, a Key deer forages for food in the National Key Deer Refuge in the Florida Keys. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File) **FILE**
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Farmer Tom Marston, of Pittsfield, N.H., listens during the Milk Producers Emergency Relief Fund Board meeting, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in Concord, N.H. The board is trying to see what can be done quickly as farmers struggle with low milk prices and drought conditions. Nineteen of the state's 120 dairies have closed in recent months. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2016, file photo, Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury claps after Jonathan Giles scored a touchdown against Stephen F. Austin during an NCAA college football game in Lubbock, Texas. It's time for Big 12 teams to get better prepared to see opposing backup quarterbacks. Texas Tech coach Kingsbury said Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, that the status of FBS total offense leader Patrick Mahomes is day-to-day. Mahomes left last week's 55-game against Kansas after going down hard on his right (throwing) shoulder. (Brad Tollefson/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP, File)
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In this Sept. 22, 2016 photo, Chuck Clairmont, North Dakota Safety Council executive director, looks over an artis rendering of the new NDSC building in Bismarck, N.D. (Will Kincaid/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
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The 2016 Dodge Durango has family written all over it. Quite utilitarian, the Durango has a big boy, assertive attitude and one trim even has a V8 engine to back it up. Of course, there is a V6 standard too. This year, a stop-start mechanism has been added to the base trim and higher trim levels have had some impressive standard features added. (Courtesy of Dodge).
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A woman shutters a window of her house before the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Santiago, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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People arrive with their belongings at a shelter prior the arrival of the Hurricane Matthew in Santiago, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Firefighters work to put out a massive fire that damaged a substantial number" of buses a terminal of Dousman Transport in Hartland on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
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San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, left, quarterback Colin Kaepernick, center, and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Fishermen sail on a boat at Port Royal in Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Hurricane Mathew, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Workers set up a board as protection against hurricane Matthew in an hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. Matthew briefly reached the top hurricane classification, Category 5, and was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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A worker hauls a board to use on a storefront window as protection against hurricane Matthew in Kingston, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean on a course that threatened Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. Matthew briefly reached the top hurricane classification, Category 5, and was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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In this Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 photo, pilots, crew members and spectators gather at the airfield for the Great Prosser Balloon Rally in Prosser, Wash. McKenna Secrist’s 16th birthday in July came with a hot air balloon pilot’s license instead of a driver’s license. Secrist joined more than a dozen hot air balloon pilots at the Great Prosser Balloon Rally, where they fired up their colorful conveyances at the Prosser Airport. (Shawn Gust/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)
