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Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto, right, claps with children of Naraha residents during an event in Naraha, Fukushima, northern Japan, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. The Japanese town of Naraha on Saturday lifted a 2011 evacuation order that sent all its 7,400 residents away after the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant was crippled by a tsunami and spread contamination. Naraha was the first among seven municipalities forced to empty entirely due to radiation contamination following the massive earthquake and tsunami that sent the reactors into meltdown. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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This undated photo released by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows a bullet hole in the windshield of a vehicle in Phoenix. Four vehicles traveling on the same freeway in the heart of Phoenix have been struck by gunshots in the last week, and the state police agency is appealing for information from the public as it conducts what it says is a robust investigation. (Arizona Department of Public Safety via AP)
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This photo taken April 23, 2015, shows the Colowyo Coal Mine near Craig, Colo. Federal regulators have recommended that the mine, which has been threatened with closure partly over its impacts on climate change, remain open for now. (Patrick Kelly/Craig Daily Press via AP)
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The Wrecking Crew -
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A protester yells at police outside the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department on Aug. 11, 2014, during a demonstration sparked by the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell speaks at an event at the Red Rock National Conservation area Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, near Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **
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Nine-month pregnant Aisha, from Ghana, holds the hand of her husband as she lies on a stretcher on the bridge of the Norwegian Siem Pilot ship, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. The Siem Pilot is carrying to the Italian Port of Cagliari hundreds of migrants rescued in several operations in the Mediterranean sea. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Maryland quarterback Perry Hills (11) looks to pass against North Carolina State safety Dontae Johnson (25) and linebacker Brandon Pittman, back left, during the first half of an NCAA football game, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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A surfer catches a large wave at Honolii Beach Park, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 near Hilo, Hawaii. Hurricane Ignacio is rapidly weakening and has moved farther away from the Hawaiian Islands, allowing forecasters to lift the tropical storm watches for the Big Island and Maui, but big and dangerous surf is expected through midweek. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) ** FILE **
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Category: SCIENCE & NATURE Question: What country has the third-most satellites in orbit?
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Category: ENTERTAINMENT Question: Who played the heavy in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window?
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Category: GEOGRAPHY Question: What's the largest Japanese island?
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Jeri, left, and Jen Nakano, both from Hilo, sit near the ocean Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, in Hilo, Hawaii. Hurricane Ignacio rapidly weakened and moved farther away from the Hawaiian Islands, allowing forecasters to lift the tropical storm watches for the Big Island and Maui. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones) ** FILE **
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This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at 01:00 AM EDT, shows a frontal boundary draped across the Rockies through the southwestern United States, producing showers and thunderstorms. There are two powerful hurricanes currently moving through the Pacific Ocean. In the central Pacific, east of Hawaii, is Hurricane Ignacio, which currently has sustained winds of 115 mph. Hurricane Jimena is to the southeast of Ignacio in the eastern Pacific which maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. (NOAA/Weather Underground via AP)
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This undated photo provided by Lion Heart Autographs shows a letter by one of the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic written six months after the disaster, which could fetch $4,000 to $6,000. (Lion Heart Autographs via AP)
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Andy Parker, whose daughter Alison was one of two journalists fatally shot in southwest Virginia, has vowed not to rest "until I see something get done" on gun control. (CNN)
