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Number 8 — Redskins defensive coordinator. RG3 is the man. If the 'Skins lose, it's the fault of the defense. Right, Jim Haslett?

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Oprah Winfrey (left) and Forest Whitaker appear in "The Butler." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Co., Anne Marie Fox)

The outgoing Marine Corps mascot, Sgt. Chesty XIII, right, nuzzles the incoming Marine mascot, Private First Class Chesty XIV, following the Eagle Globe and Anchor pinning ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2013. The English bulldog has been the breed of choice for the Marine mascot since the 1950s, with each being named Chesty in honor of the highly decorated Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller. (DoD photo by Sgt. Mallory S. VanderSchans, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

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**FILE** "Chesty" the Marine Corps mascot is introduced during the evening parade that President Obama is watching at the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington on July 24, 2009. (Associated Press)

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Scorched earth: Ground crews depend on air tankers to help fight blazes such as the giant Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, one of California's largest wildfires ever. Story, A7. (Associated Press)

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A military C-130 drops a load of fire retardant on a wildfire near Pine, Colo., on Wednesday, June 19, 2013. A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado and elsewhere in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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In this citizen journalism image which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrians inspect the rubble of damaged buildings due to heavy shelling by Syrian government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Aug. 26, 2013. (Associated Press/Aleppo Media Center)

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, facing a secession movement, said "when I think of Colorado, it means all of our diverse communities and people." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)