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Amy Adams' hand is covered with coal ash after she pulls it from the Dan River in North Carolina. She is campaign coordinator of Appalachian Voices, a grass-roots environmental organization concerned about toxic sludge. (Associated Press)
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Pete McKay, San Juan County commissioner in Colorado, looks at the site, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, where the Gold King Mine breach occurred, north of Silverton, Colo. Local officials in towns downstream from where millions of gallons of mine waste spilled into the San Juan River are demanding answers about possible long-term threats to the water supply. The 3 million gallons of mine waste included high concentrations of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals. Workers with the EPA accidentally unleashed the spill Wednesday as they inspected the abandoned mine site. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP)
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People kayak in the Animas River near Durango, Colo., on Thursday in water discolored by the Gold King Mine waste spill. (Associated Press)
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Turkeys stand in a barn on the Moline family turkey farm, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Manson, Iowa. The Moline farm is the first Iowa farm to restock after the bird flu outbreak that killed 48 million birds in 15 states. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **
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About 1 million gallons of wastewater from Colorado's Gold King Mine began spilling into the Animas River on Wednesday when a cleanup crew supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency accidentally breached a debris dam inside the mine. (Associated Press)
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference to provide an update of the Legionnaires' disease outbreak, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **
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A warning sign from the city is displayed in front of the Animas River as orange sludge from a mine spill upstream flows past Berg Park in Farmington, N.M., on Aug. 8, 2015. About 1 million gallons of wastewater from Colorado's Gold King Mine began spilling into the Animas River on Wednesday when a cleanup crew supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency accidentally breached a debris dam that had formed inside the mine. The mine has been inactive since 1923. (Alexa Rogals/The Daily Times via AP) **FILE**
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Ducks wade in the Animas River as orange sludge from a mine spill upstream flows past Berg Park in Farmington, N.M., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. About 1 million gallons of wastewater from Colorado's Gold King Mine began spilling into the Animas River on Wednesday when a cleanup crew supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency accidentally breached a debris dam that had formed inside the mine. The mine has been inactive since 1923 ( Alexa Rogals/The Daily Times via AP)
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In this May 12, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work the scene of a deadly train wreck in Philadelphia. Only a handful of railroads are close to meeting a deadline this year to install safety technology that can prevent many crashes, including derailments due to excessive speed like the deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia in May, according to a government report released Friday. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)
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Service dog Yolanda is being hailed a hero after she dialed 911 and saved her blind owner from a house fire in Philadelphia. (Red Paw via NBC10)
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U.S. Central Command's official investigation concluded that a rocket-launched grenade from a Taliban fighter standing near the landing zone clipped a rotary wing, sending the Ch-47 Chinook into a violent downward spin. It was the worst day for fatalities in the history of naval special warfare. (Associated Press)
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In this image made from video, people gather by two derailed trains in Harda in Madhya Pradesh state, India, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Two passenger trains derailed over a bridge in central India while crossing a track that was flooded by heavy monsoon rains, killing at a number of people, officials said Wednesday. (Photo via AP Video)
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In the Tunisia attack, a young man unfurled an umbrella, pulled out a Kalashnikov and opened fire on European sunbathers, killing more than two dozen people.
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This picture taken on Friday, July 31, 2015, shows the debris of the Embraer Phenom 300 jet that crashed near the end of the runway of Blackbushe Airport, while trying to land at the airfield about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of London. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA via AP)
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In this July 10, 2015, file frame from dashcam video provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Trooper Brian Encinia arrests Sandra Bland after she became combative during a routine traffic stop in Waller County, Texas. (Texas Department of Public Safety via AP, File)
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A car is is moved after crashing into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 31, 2015. Police say a person is in custody after a vehicle struck a barricade near the U.S. Capitol. Capitol Police say in a statement Friday morning that they're investigating after a vehicle hit the south barricade at the entrance to the Capitol grounds. Police say the driver, the only person in the vehicle, was taken into custody. (AP Photo/Alan Fram)
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"There's great danger with the illegals," Donald Trump said shortly after touring a section of the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, Texas. "We have a tremendous danger on the border with the illegals coming in." (Associated Press)
