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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)
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FILE - In this March 28, 2017, file photo, a train near hauls coal mined from Wyoming's Powder River Basin near Bill, Wyo. he Interior Department has scrapped an Obama-era rule aimed at ensuring that coal companies don't shortchange taxpayers on huge volumes of coal extracted from public lands, primarily in the West. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File)
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Randy Davis, manager at the Circle Food Store, mops the floor after the store flooded from the past weekend's torrential rains, in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Jomel Walker, center, helps his parents Joann Walker left, and Wallace Walker, throw out soggy furniture from their Crown And Glory Beauty Salon, in the aftermath of the past weekend's flooding, in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file photo, EU flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Kathy Brison of the Belgian food safety agency said Sunday Aug. 6, 2017, that Belgian food safety authorities began investigating possible pesticide contamination in eggs in early June, several weeks before the public was made aware of a food safety scare now affecting several European countries. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, FILE)
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A building inspector assesses damage at Woodcraft shortly before the business was condemned in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. The National Weather Service says three tornadoes struck northeast Oklahoma, including an EF2 twister that caused heavy damage and injured at least 30 people near midtown Tulsa. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
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A worker clears debris from TGI Fridays in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
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In this Aug. 3, 2017 photo, a vehicle makes its way on North drive in front of South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D. High speeds and heavy traffic on the road leading to the state's largest prison have Sioux Falls and the state Department of Corrections looking at ways to improve safety. The city painted a bike lane and narrowed driving lanes along North Drive this spring and will use traffic counters to judge if speeds drop enough to create safer conditions. (Briana Sanchez/The Argus Leader via AP)
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In this Aug. 3, 2017 photo, vehicles move on North drive in front of South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D. High speeds and heavy traffic on the road leading to the state's largest prison have Sioux Falls and the state Department of Corrections looking at ways to improve safety. The city painted a bike lane and narrowed driving lanes along North Drive this spring and will use traffic counters to judge if speeds drop enough to create safer conditions. (Briana Sanchez/The Argus Leader via AP)
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In this Aug. 3, 2017 photo, vehicles make their way on North drive in front of South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D. High speeds and heavy traffic on the road leading to the state's largest prison have Sioux Falls and the state Department of Corrections looking at ways to improve safety. The city painted a bike lane and narrowed driving lanes along North Drive this spring and will use traffic counters to judge if speeds drop enough to create safer conditions. (Briana Sanchez/The Argus Leader via AP)
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In this July 2013, Oregon driver's license photo released by the Powell County Sheriff's Office shows Mark William Collins. Collins was shot by Powell County sheriff's deputy last Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, after deputy officers and witnesses said Collins drove on the wrong way on the interstate, ran a vehicle off the road, rammed a patrol car and tried to ram another vehicle from behind. Collins was shot as he sped toward a deputy in his van north of Deer Lodge, Mont. Collins remained hospitalized in intensive care in Missoula, Mont., on Monday, Aug. 7, but apparently didn't suffer any life-threatening injuries. No charges have been filed. (Powell County Sheriff's Office via AP)
