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"A blind spot [on public health] anywhere in the world is a risk to us," says Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin introduces the new Russian Ice Hockey Olympic team uniform at "Sokolniki" Ice Palace in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Thomas Bach, vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), attends a report session during the 125th IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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**FILE** Japanese Coast Guard members sail alongside activists' fishing boat on Aug. 18, 2013, warning the activists away from a group of disputed islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan. Nearly two dozen Japanese nationalist activists and fishermen have sailed to a small group of islands at the center of a territorial dispute with China. They were closely monitored by Japan’s Coast Guard, but there were no Chinese patrols in the area and no incidents were reported. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, photo, the skeletons of trees burned in the Yellowstone fires of 1988 tower above their offspring seeded by the very flames that destroyed their elders, in a forested area between Norris and Canyon junctions in Yellowstone National Park. (AP Photo/Jackson Hole News&Guide, Bradly J. Boner)
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FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate told the Arizona governor his agency had provided a Fire Management Assistance Grant in June, but that he had to reject a request for aid under a program for individuals and households.
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Quarterback Robert Griffin III will wear a brace on his reconstructed knee Monday night as the Washington Redskins open their season against the Philadelphia Eagles. (Associated Press)
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Members of the Tokyo 2020 delegation celebrate after Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympic Games during the 125th IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures during a news conference at the 125th International Olympic Committee session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo are competing to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Ivan Fernandez)
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Spain's delegation attends the IOC session during the Madrid 2020 bid presentation at2wl;d the 125th International Olympic Committee session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo are competing to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer aboard a Minotaur V rocket appears after a rollout at NASA's Wallops Island test flight facility in Wallops Island, Va., Thursday Sept. 5, 2013. The LADEE spacecraft is set to launch from Wallops Island Friday evening. (AP Photo/NASA, Patrick Black)
