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Onlookers view rocks and mud and downed power lines from a mudslide in the mountain community of Forest Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Crews cleared roads in an area where some 2,500 had been stranded after thunderstorms caused mountain mudslides in Southern California over the weekend, while authorities estimated that between six and eight homes were badly damaged and likely uninhabitable. One person was found dead in a vehicle that was caught in a flash flood. A group of campers spent the night at a community center near Forest Falls. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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** FILE ** Texas Parks & Wildlife Wardens patrol the Rio Grand on the U.S.-Mexico border in Mission, Texas. Texas is spending $1.3 million a week for a bigger presence from the Department of Public Safety along the border. (Associated Press)
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Oil men work on a new oil rig at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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National Edition Opinion cover for August 4, 2014 - When emergency strikes, the EPA is a wrong number (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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In this photo taken by cellphone and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, men search the rubble of buildings for survivors after an earthquake in Ludian County of Zhaotong City in southwest China's Yunnan Province. (AP Photo/Xinhua/Hu Chao)
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Illustration on the importance of coal generated electricity to American life by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
MQ-8B
NUMBER 4. MQ-8 FIRE SCOUT is an unmanned autonomous helicopter developed by Northrop Grumman for use by the United States Armed Forces. The Fire Scout is designed to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness, aerial fire support and precision targeting support for ground, air and sea forces. The initial RQ-8A version was based on the Schweizer 330, while the enhanced MQ-8B was derived from the Schweizer 333. The larger MQ-8C variant is based on the Bell 407. (Photo Illustration)
MQ-8B
NUMBER 3. MQ-8 FIRE SCOUT is an unmanned autonomous helicopter developed by Northrop Grumman for use by the United States Armed Forces. The Fire Scout is designed to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness, aerial fire support and precision targeting support for ground, air and sea forces. The initial RQ-8A version was based on the Schweizer 330, while the enhanced MQ-8B was derived from the Schweizer 333. The larger MQ-8C variant is based on the Bell 407. (Photo Illustration)
MQ-8B
NUMBER 3. MQ-8 FIRE SCOUT is an unmanned autonomous helicopter developed by Northrop Grumman for use by the United States Armed Forces. The Fire Scout is designed to provide reconnaissance, situational awareness, aerial fire support and precision targeting support for ground, air and sea forces. The initial RQ-8A version was based on the Schweizer 330, while the enhanced MQ-8B was derived from the Schweizer 333. The larger MQ-8C variant is based on the Bell 407. (Photo Illustration)
