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FILE - In this Sunday, April 26, 2015, file photo, rescue workers remove debris as they search for victims of an earthquake in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu, Nepal. A strong magnitude earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley before noon Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings, officials said. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 18, 2015, file photo, fishermen work on their boats in the southern city of Aden, Yemen. Hundreds of families are trapped in their homes by weeks of fierce fighting in the center of the southern city of Aden, running short of supplies _ their only lifeline coming from volunteers making dangerous runs across the city’s harbor in rickety boats bearing food and medicine. (AP Photo/Yassir Hassan, File)
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Evacuated construction workers who were working at the Watergate wait outside the garage at the Watergate complex in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2015, after a construction incident. A fire department spokesman said firefighters were called to the scene were three stories of the garage apparently collapsed. The area was under construction at the time. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Parked cars are seen near a part of collapsed structure at the Watergate complex in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2015. District of Columbia rescuers were responding to a structural collapse in the garage at the Watergate complex where one person may be trapped. A spokesman said three stories of the garage apparently collapsed. The area was under construction at the time. (Minh Tran via AP)
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A Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Nepalese earthquake-affected victims salvage belongings from their damaged homes in Lalitpur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, April 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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National Edition News cover for April 30, 2015 - Riots threaten O’Malley’s bid for White House: Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, center, meets with residents Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Baltimore. Baltimore was a city on edge Tuesday as hundreds of National Guardsmen patrolled the streets against unrest for the first time since 1968, hoping to prevent another outbreak of rioting. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Whole Foods is defending its decision to serve lunch to National Guardsman patrolling the streets of Baltimore on Tuesday, despite an outcry from online commenters who argue the food should have gone to the local community. (Facebook)
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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, a plane flies over the mountains in south of the Strait of Hormuz as the trading dhows and ships are docked on the Persian Gulf waters near the town of Khasab, in Oman. The operator of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel boarded by Iranian forces as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz said Wednesday, April 29, 2015 that it has confirmed the crew is safe but that the company is still trying to determine why the ship was seized the previous day by the Islamic Republic. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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Jon "Bones" Jones has been stripped of his UFC light heavyweight title and suspended indefinitely in the wake of his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run accident in Albuquerque. (Associated Press)
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Joseph Harris of Maryland cooked on the Food Network's "All-Star Academy" under the guidance of chef Curtis Stone. (Food Network)
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Firefighters work to put out a fire at a store, Monday during unrest in Baltimore. "The response has been a little slow but it's not the disaster that we saw in Ferguson," said David Harris, a police accountability expert with the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. (Associated Press)
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A felony arrest warrant was issued Monday for UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones in a hit-and-run accident that broke the arm of a pregnant woman. (Associated Press)
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A child injured in Saturday's earthquake, is carried on a stretcher after being evacuated in an Indian Air Force helicopter at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. The death toll from Nepal's earthquake is expected to rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Rescue teams carry a body dug out of the collapsed Sitapyla church in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies over natural gas rigs in the waters of Mobile Bay off Dauphin Island, Ala., Sunday, April 26, 2015. Coast Guard crews are searching for five people missing in the water after a powerful storm capsized several sailboats participating in a regatta near Mobile Bay. (AP Photo/G.M. Andrews)
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People gather on an open space for security reasons at Basantapur Durbar Square, damaged in Saturday’s earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 26, 2015. The earthquake centered outside Kathmandu, the capital, was the worst to hit the South Asian nation in over 80 years. It destroyed swaths of the oldest neighborhoods of Kathmandu, and was strong enough to be felt all across parts of India, Bangladesh, China's region of Tibet and Pakistan. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Fans fill the aisles in the ballpark after being told not to leave for their own safety during the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox baseball game, Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Baltimore. The stadium was on lockdown after violence occurred after a march for Freddie Gray. Gray died April 19 after suffering a fatal spinal injury while in police custody. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)