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An AmeriCorps volunteer firefighter assigned to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, Woodland Fire Crew, helps contain a spot fire in an evacuated area of forest, ranches and residences, in the Black Forest wildfire area, north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, June 13, 2013. According to officials, at least 360 homes have been burned, and 38,000 people have been evacuated since the fire began earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Steve Roper and his son Ely, 9, bring their dog, Maverick, out with them as they survey tree damage in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Pedestrians run for cover in Rosslyn as severe storms move through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Jose Torres, center, surveys damage to his truck from a large branch which fell outside his house in the Cloverly neighborhood when severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Scott Edwards with Montgomery County Highway helps clean up fallen trees in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Scott Edwards with Montgomery County Highway, right, helps a crew clean up fallen trees in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Jose Torres, center, surveys damage to his truck from a large branch which fell outside his house in the Cloverly neighborhood when severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Scott Edwards with Montgomery County Highway helps clean up fallen trees in the Cloverly neighborhood after severe storms came through the region bringing heavy rain and winds, Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A slurry bomber flies over homes as it prepares to drop fire retardant on the Black Forest fire northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. The fire has consumed an estimated 7,500 acres and forced the evacuation of thousands of people. (AP Photo/BryanOller)
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Staffers at the George W. Bush Presidential Center tweeted this photo celebrating George H.W. Bush's birthday.
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Stephen Hadley, Bob Gates and Condi Rice celebrate George H.W. Bush's birthday with these splashy socks.
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** FILE ** Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks in front of a poster for his documentary film on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," during the Japanese premier in Tokyo, In this Monday, Jan. 15, 2007 file photo. (Associated Press)
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Dave Dunlap watches from the bed of his truck as a wildfire crosses Black Forest Road near his home Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Black Forest Fire was one of at least three significant wildfires burning in Colorado amid gusty winds and record-breaking hot, dry weather. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock)
