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**FILE** Rafael Moure-Eraso (left), chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, speaks Jan. 5, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn., about a CSB report regarding three accidents over the first five months of 2011 at the Hoeganaes Corp. plant in Gallatin, Tenn. The report said Hoeganaes Corp. officials were aware that the iron dust it created could explode but did little to lessen the dangers. At right is Johnnie Banks, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigator-in-charge for the case. (Associated Press)
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Fireworks debris still litter areas near the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall after the July 4th weekend, Washington, D.C., Monday, July 7, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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File-This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a wolverine. A top federal wildlife official says there's too much uncertainty about climate change to prove it threatens the snow-loving wolverine, overruling agency scientists who warned of impending habitat loss. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, File)
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Autograph of Washington Nationals relief pitcher Drew Storen, who gets compliments from fans on his unique signature. (Zac Boyer/The Washington Times)
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Terrifying moment when two passenger planes nearly collided at El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain. An Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340 is seen crossing the runway as a Russian airline UTair Boeing 767 is just several feet from touching down.
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Terrifying moment when two passenger planes nearly collided at El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain. An Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340 is seen crossing the runway as a Russian airline UTair Boeing 767 is just several feet from touching down.
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Kasey Kahne, front left, Paul Menard (27) and Reed Sorenson (36) are among the cars that crashed coming out of the backstretch going in to turn 3 during the NASCAR Sprint cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Ron Sanders)
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A crew passes traffic backed up on a stretch of State Route 18 after rockslide blocked the road in the Southern California community of Snow Valley, enroute to Big Bear Lake on Saturday, July 5, 2014. Randy Naquin of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said he had no reports of damage from the widely felt small earthquake on Saturday. (AP Photo/The Sun, Rick Sforza) MANDATORY CREDIT; LA TIMES OUT; VENTURA COUNTY STAR OUT; RIVERSIDE PRESS ENTERPRISE OUT; THE VICTOR VALLEY DAILY PRESS OUT
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In this Tuesday, July 2, 2014 photo, dark clouds loom over a partially damaged cornfield east of Colona, Ill. A round of severe thunderstorms Monday damaged area crops and dumped a record amount of rain. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week that most of Illinois’ corn crop is in great shape. But some farmers in western and central Illinois suffered extensive damage from the storms. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Todd Mizener) QUAD CITY TIMES OUT
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National Edition News cover for July 4, 2014 - Perry shows ‘less secure’ border to lawmakers: Texas. Gov. Rick Perry shakes hands with Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Sgt. Johnny Hernandez after touring the McAllen Border Patrol station with Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steve McCraw on Monday June 23, 2014, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Gabe Hernandez)
