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National Edition News cover for October 12, 2014 - Golden Hammer: Taxpayers fund pumpkin patches, hay rides, fall festivals: Many of the pumpkins that are the cornerstones of festivals and events financed by tax dollars were grown with the assistance of pricey farm subsidies. (Associated Press)
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This Oct. 7, 2013, file photo shows the TMone call center building in Spearfish, S.D., which collapsed from the weight of snow from an early season blizzard. City leaders in Spearfish have approved building a $5.8 million facility to replace a city-owned call center that collapsed during a blizzard a year ago. (AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Kristina Barker, File)
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Inside the shelter at the top of Winstead Hill with a relief map showing the battle of Franklin in TN.
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Rising sea levels from melting glaciers, ice caps, and the oceans' thermal expansion could eventually flood the low-lying capital of Paramaribo. (Photo: Courtesy Government of Suriname)
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In 2000 the United States Geological Survey estimated that up to 15 billion barrels of recoverable oil might lie beneath the coastal waters of Suriname and neighboring Guyana. (Photo: Courtesy Staatsolie Public Relations)
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Many of the pumpkins that are the cornerstones of festivals and events financed by tax dollars were grown with the assistance of pricey farm subsidies. (Associated Press)
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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)
