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Glen Campbell raised money for research and awareness of Alzheimer's before the disease forced him off stage. (Associated Press)
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A New York National Guard Sikorsky Blackhawk UH-60 helicopter carries then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state lawmakers on a tour of flood-damaged areas in Binghamton and the Southern Tier, flying from the Greater Binghamton Airport in Johnson City N.Y., in this Sept. 9, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
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Coal is at the heart of the community in parts of northwest Colorado, and residents, business owners and elected officials are banding together — even boycotting beer brands — to fight a lawsuit that threatens to close a mine because of federal regulations. (Associated Press)
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The indigenous Kadazan-Dusun people claimed that a group of exhibitionist Western tourists so offended local animist spirits that they triggered a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that killed 18 climbers June 5 on Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2013, file photo, former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner arrives at the Annual Charity Day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners, in New York. A woman who was injured in a February 2015 traffic crash involving Jenner sued the Olympic gold medalist on Monday, June 8, 2015, in Los Angeles, seeking an unspecified amount to compensate her for the accident. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File)
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Claire Harrison, of Alpharetta, Ga., protests the Environmental Protection Agency during a July 29, 2014, rally in Atlanta in response to an EPA hearing on tougher pollution restrictions. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Dark storm clouds are seen over the White House in Washington on Oct. 15, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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As environmentalists and government regulators have pushed for "clean" coal and alternate energy sources to take over for America's dependence on coal, vocal opponents say that thousands of jobs would be lost. (Associated Press)
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Members of the media touch and photograph Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at Belmont Park on Sunday. The colt will rest, race again and have an avalanche of publicity and money-making opportunities. (Associated Press)
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National Edition News cover for June 6, 2015 - Golden Hammer: Federal government gives $10 million to 200 dead people (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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National Edition News cover for June 5, 2015 - EPA backs up water safety from fracking: The oil and gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, mobilizes thousands around the country both for and against the process, industry and some environmental. Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a draft report. (AP Photo)
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Medical workers, in white, stand as rescuers work on the capsized ship, center, on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei province Thursday, June 4, 2015. Rescuers cut into the upside-down hull of the river cruise ship and pulled out drowned passengers early Thursday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Rescuers work on the capsized ship, center, on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. The capsizing late Monday of the Eastern Star in the Yangtze River in southern China is on track to become the country's deadliest maritime disaster in seven decades. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A Russian Su-24 aircraft zooms by the destroyer USS Ross in the Black Sea. The jet was 1,640 feet from the ship at an altitude of 600 feet. (Image: U.S. Navy) ** FILE **
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Last month's fatal Amtrak wreck in Philadelphia sparked the usual knee-jerk demands for more federal spending. (AP Photo)
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers save a survivor, center, from the overturned passenger ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Rescuers pulled several survivors to safety after hearing cries for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship that went down overnight in a storm on China's Yangtze River, state broadcaster CCTV said. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP)
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Rescue workers stand on the ship that capsized on the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei province Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Baltimore erupted in violent face-offs with police during rioting this spring. The city is hoping federal taxpayers will help cover the costs of police, firefighters and other first responders, and the damage to city-owned property, which is estimated at $20 million. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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In this photo taken Tuesday, March 24, 2015, travelers walk toward the baggage drop area for Delta airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. This summer travel season, Delta plans to preload carry-on bags above passengers’ seats on some flights. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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In this Nov. 13, 2014, file photo, Southwest Airlines passengers board an early morning originator flight for departure from a gate at Love Field in Dallas. Southwest Airlines wants to reduce complaints that families can’t find seats together because flights are so crowded. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
