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Media executive Barry Diller speaks with reporters at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 12, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Homes burn as the Yarnell Hill Fire approaches Glenn Ilah on Sunday, June 30, 2013, near Yarnell, Ariz. The fire started Friday and picked up momentum as the area experienced high temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions. It has forced the evacuation of residents in the Peeples Valley area and in the town of Yarnell. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski)
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Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II says his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, would follow President Obama’s policies on energy issues and would approve regulations that would close coal plants. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Major General George Gordon Meade Equestrian Monument by H. K. Bush-Brown, dedicated in 1896. (image from the Gettysburg Foundation)
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Employees work at a Shuanghui International pork processing plant in Henan province. The sale of Smithfield Foods to China's Shuanghui International is under scrutiny in Washington because of national security concerns about a Chinese company owning an important U.S. food producer.
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In this undated photo provided by Maritime New Zealand, the yacht Nina, center, is tied at dock at a unidentified location. Searchers said Thursday, June 27, 2013, they have grave concerns for seven people aboard the American schooner that has been missing for three weeks between New Zealand and Australia. (AP Photo/Maritime New Zealand)
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President Obama pauses during a speech on climate change at Georgetown University on June 25, 2013, in Washington. (Associated Press)
