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EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, center, listens as public magnet school students from MAST @ FIU Biscanye Bay Campus, Saad Masud, left, and Deanna Baumann explain how they are checking the salinity levels in water samples, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 in Miami Beach, Fla. McCarthy joined Democratic U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Sheldon Whitehouse on Thursday in a South Beach neighborhood that in recent years frequently was flooded by seasonal high tides. The city expects to spend up to $400 million over five years to add about 60 new storm water pumps to improve drainage and reduce flooding. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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This Sept. 26, 2014 photo shows the ingredients label on a can of Campbell's soup, in Philadelphia. “Artificial and natural flavors” have become ubiquitous terms on food labels, helping create vivid tastes that would otherwise be lost in mass production. As the science behind them advances, however, some are calling for greater transparency about their safety and ingredients. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather (31) leaves the field after losing to the Seattle Seahawks at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 6, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) eludes the sack from Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather (31) and outside linebacker Brian Orakpo (98) during fourth quarter action at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 6, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather (31) celebrates his second quarter sack with free safety Ryan Clark (25) against the Seattle Seahawks at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 6, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather (31) and outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (91) sack Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) in the second quarter at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 6, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather (31) leaves the field after losing to the Seattle Seahawks at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 6, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) eludes the sack from Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather (31) and outside linebacker Brian Orakpo (98) during fourth quarter action at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 6, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather (31) and outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (91) sack Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) in the second quarter at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 6, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins strong safety Brandon Meriweather (31) celebrates his second quarter sack with free safety Ryan Clark (25) against the Seattle Seahawks at FedExField, Landover, Md., Oct. 6, 2014. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
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The EPA, headed by Gina McCarthy, says strontium, which can reduce bone strength among those deficient in calcium, is the latest contaminant to be targeted under the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act. (Associated Press Photographs)
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Paul Williams, president of Historic Congressional Cemetery in Southeast, before the start of the Dead Man's 5k run on Octorber 4, 2014.
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Kool-Aid anyone?! A sighting of a charcter dressed as the Kool-Aid man ran through the WWII Memorial on Sunday, October 5, 2014. Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to the Washington Times.
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A balloon lifts off over the crowd in the early morning during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M. Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Organizers have equipped all 550 pilots with tablet computers capable of running a mapping application that will enable them to steer clear of the many restricted areas or prohibited zones like airport flight paths, the zoo and other locations. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Jim Thompson)
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Replacement: Rafael Soriano was signed as the Nationals' relief pitcher after Storen's struggles. Storen used his time in the minor leagues to improve his game.
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Women shade themselves from the sun in the Chinatown section of downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct 2, 2014. Rising temperatures, falling humidity levels and Santa Ana winds increased fire danger in drought-stricken Southern California on Thursday, and forecasters said the fall heat wave would push temperatures well above normal from San Diego to San Francisco. (AP Photo/ Nick Ut)
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Representatives of the North Texas Food Bank deliver food items to a unit at The Ivy Apartments Complex, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, in Dallas. Dallas County officials have ordered family members who had contact with the patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus to stay inside their home. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Dallas Emergency Management specialist Greg Guthrie works with others branches of government offices in the Office of Emergency Management, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, in Dallas. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has activated a city emergency management center after a patient was confirmed with the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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The burning of a farm in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864, detail from a contemporary field sketch by Alfred Waud
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National Commander of the American Legion Michael Helm at their national headquarters, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
