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Texas Dept. Public Safety Honor Guard members escort the casket into the memorial service for former Texas Governor Mark White at Second Baptist Church, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 in Houston. White, who battled kidney cancer, died Saturday at age 77. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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This December 2013 photo provided by Monica Charette shows her late daughter, Cassidy Charette, who was killed in an October 2014 hayride crash in Mechanic Falls, Maine. The family has settled a lawsuit against the farm owner who operated the Halloween attraction, the family lawyer said Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. (Monica Charette via AP)
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Clouds hang over the beach in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Franklin, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. A weakened Tropical Storm Franklin chugged across Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday, dumping heavy rain after coming ashore on the Caribbean coast.(AP Photo/Israel Leal)
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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 1992, file photo, rows of damaged houses sit between Homestead and Florida City, Fla. Almost 25 years after Hurricane Andrew struck south of Miami, a new insurance underwriters' analysis says the city's vulnerability to another Category 5 hurricane has grown exponentially. (AP Photo/Mark Foley, File)
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FILE - This file photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Donald Trump’s threat to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea might have been written by Pyongyang’s propaganda mavens, so perfectly does it fit the North’s cherished claim that it is a victim of American aggression. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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Rescue workers assist an injured woman onto a hospital bed in the aftermath of an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county in southwestern China's Sichuan province Wednesday Aug. 09, 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. (Chinatopix Via AP)
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In this May 11, 2017, file photo, cars enter Naval Base Guam near Hagatna, Guam. Security and defense officials on Guam said on Aug. 9, 2017, that there is no imminent threat to people there or in the Northern Mariana Islands after North Korea said it was examining its operational plans for attack. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)
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In this May 11, 2017, file photo, cars enter Naval Base Guam near Hagatna, Guam. Security and defense officials on Guam said on Aug. 9, 2017, that there is no imminent threat to people there or in the Northern Mariana Islands after North Korea said it was examining its operational plans for attack. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)
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Tourists stand outside of a hotel after being evacuated following an earthquake in Ruo'ergai in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 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. (Chinatopix via AP)
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, medical personnel treat an injured man at the People's Hospital 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. (Liu Kun/Xinhua via AP)
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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)
