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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers work at a tourist site in Zhangzha in Jiuzhaigou county in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing people and knocking out power and phone networks. (Zheng Lei/Xinhua via AP)
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Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame performs at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. (Erica Bruce / Special to The Washington Times)
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A house on Montana's Crow Indian reservation where three people were shot and killed last week has burned to the ground, officials said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.The fire destroyed the one-story house in the town of Lodge Grass where tribal officials have said a dispute linked to methamphetamine last Friday prompted the killing of three people who entered the home. (Larry Mayer /The Billings Gazette via AP)
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Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame performs at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. (Erica Bruce / Special to The Washington Times)
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A motorists drives through floodwaters on West Mount Houston Road near Interstate 45 North, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Houston. Torrential rains have brought more flooding to the Houston area as emergency officials urge motorists to stay home until the water recedes. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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In this image taken from video on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal accident in Bridport, Vt. The four occupants of the car, who died, were not wearing seat belts. Vermont public safety officials on Tuesday, Aug. 8, urged drivers to buckle up and said state police would be more visible after a spike in fatal crashes in recent days have killed eight people. Seven of the eight killed were not wearing seat belts. (Jaime Brassard/WPTZ-TV via AP)
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Alexis Obregon drives his ATV through high water on West Mount Houston Road, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Houston. Torrential rains have brought more flooding to the Houston area as emergency officials urge motorists to stay home until the water recedes. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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In this image taken from video on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal accident in Bridport, Vt. The four occupants of the car, who died, were not wearing seat belts. Vermont public safety officials on Tuesday, Aug. 8, urged drivers to buckle up and said state police would be more visible after a spike in fatal crashes in recent days have killed eight people. Seven of the eight killed were not wearing seat belts. (Jaime Brassard/WPTZ-TV via AP)
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In this Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 photo, emergency personnel work at the Owens-Illinois glass plant in Zanesville, Ohio. Authorities said tons of molten glass spilled from a ruptured tank at the Ohio plant, oozing like lava from a small hole that quickly grew several feet wide. (Chris Crook/Times Recorder via AP)
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FILE - In this June 14, 2017, file photo, Green Bay Packers safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (21) applauds during an NFL minicamp practice, in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers are stacked at the safety position, giving them depth and flexibility to match up with more spread or pass-oriented offenses. Morgan Burnett and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix might be one of the best starting tandems in the league. (Adam Wesley/The Post-Crescent via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, file photo, passenger jets stack up over Reagan National Airport, in Washington. Following widespread outrage over a passenger who was violently dragged off an overbooked plane, U.S. airlines are bumping customers at the lowest rate in at least two decades. The Transportation Department said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, that just one in every 19,000 passengers was kicked off an overbooked flight in the first six months of this year. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
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FILE - In this July 28, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government on Saturday, July 29, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. A U.S. official says American intelligence agencies have assessed that North Korea has developed a nuclear warhead that could be fitted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. The official says the Defense Intelligence Agency assessment, first reported by The Washington Post on Aug. 8, says North Korea has made a miniaturized nuclear warhead, but that it would still have to hurdle other technical issues before it could successfully deliver such a weapon. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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FILE - In this July 27, 2017 file photo, an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper removes a ground spike in front of the fire ball ride at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio. The Dutch manufacturer of a thrill ride that broke apart and killed an 18-year-old man at the Ohio State Fair says excessive corrosion on a support beam led to a “catastrophic failure.” A statement on KMG’s website dated Friday, Aug. 4, says the company officials visited the accident site and conducted metallurgical tests. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
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A man slips into a flooded area of Studemont Street near Interstate 10, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Houston. Torrential rains have brought more flooding to the Houston area as emergency officials urge motorists to stay home until the water recedes. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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A flooded vehicle is submerged along Studemont Street near Interstate 10, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Houston. Torrential rains have brought more flooding to the Houston area as emergency officials urge motorists to stay home until the water recedes. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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This Wednesday, June 26, 2017 photo shows the entrance of the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India. The last reigning maharaja's grandson, Gaj Singh, was only 4 when his father died in a plane crash in 1952, making him sole owner of the Umaid Bhawan Palace and other family properties, including the ancestral Mehrangarh Fort. (AP Photo/Vineeta Deepak)
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FILE - In this July 28, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea was the main concern cited in the "white paper" approved by Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, less than two weeks after the North test-fired its second ICBM. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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Pallbearers from the U.S. Forest Service load the body of Brent Witham into a Forest Service Sherpa in Missoula, Mont., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, for transport to California for memorial services. Witham, a firefighter with the Vista Grande Hotshot crew in California, died Aug. 2 when he was struck by a falling tree while assigned to the Lolo Peak fire . (Kurt Wilson /The Missoulian via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2016, file photo, Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle (84) catches a pass as Minnesota Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo (34) defends during the second half of an NFL football game in Minneapolis. The Vikings have finally stopped looking for a strong safety: Sendejo has played well enough over the years to keep it. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2001 file photo, workers and heavy machinery continue the cleanup and recovery effort in front of the remaining facade of 1 World Trade Center at ground zero in New York.The remains of a man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified for the first time nearly 16 years after the terror attacks, the New York City medical examiners' office announced Monday Aug.7, 2017. Medical examiners use DNA testing and other means to try to match bone fragments to the 2,753 people killed by the hijackers who crashed airplanes into the trade center's twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001. Remains of 1,641 victims have been identified so far.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)
