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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey listens to a briefing on a northern Arizona wildfire at a command center set up at Bradshaw Mountain Middle School on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Dewey, Ariz. Crews made considerable progress Thursday fighting an Arizona forest fire that shut down youth summer camps, forced thousands from their homes and came dangerously close to consuming a town. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Gov. Doug Ducey speaks to local government officials about the northern Arizona wildfire at Bradshaw Mountain Middle School on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Dewey, Ariz. Crews made considerable progress Thursday fighting an Arizona forest fire that shut down youth summer camps, forced thousands from their homes and came dangerously close to consuming a town. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks with Jean Wilson, a 71-year-old evacuee from the community of Pine Flats at the fire's evacuation center on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Prescott Valley, Ariz. Crews made considerable progress Thursday fighting an Arizona forest fire that shut down youth summer camps, forced thousands from their homes and came dangerously close to consuming a town. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascherat speaks during a news conference at an evacuation center on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Prescott Valley, Ariz. Crews made considerable progress Thursday fighting an Arizona forest fire that shut down youth summer camps, forced thousands from their homes and came dangerously close to consuming a town. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey tours the fire's evacuation center in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Thursday, June 29, 2017. Crews made considerable progress Thursday fighting an Arizona forest fire that shut down youth summer camps, forced thousands from their homes and came dangerously close to consuming a town. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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FILE - In this July 25, 2012, file photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown waits for the start of a news conference to announce plans to build a giant twin tunnel system to move water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farmland and cities, at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Environmental and fishing groups have filed challenges Thursday, June 29, 2017, seeking to block Brown's ambitious plan to build a pair of massive water tunnels in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2016, file photo, water flows through an irrigation canal to crops near Lemoore, Calif. Environmental and fishing groups have filed challenges Thursday, June 29, 2017, seeking to block California Gov. Jerry Brown's ambitious plan to build a pair of massive water tunnels in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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In this June 21, 2017, photo, crews battle a brush fire in Gooding County, Idaho. Fire officials say quick responses by ranchers and others in Idaho to more than 20 wildfires sparked by lightning have kept the small fires from becoming major blazes like those that scorched the region in recent decades. About 10 wildfires remained active Wednesday, June 28, in grass and brush in southern Idaho, with one of the largest just north of the Utah border. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)
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In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, firefighters work to control a wildfire along Lightner Creek Road west of Durango, Colo. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has declared a disaster emergency to add resources for crews battling a wildfire in the southwest part of the state. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP)
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A structure burning on Lightner Creek Road west of Durango, Colo., on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, quickly spread into the surrounding forest, creating the Lightner Creek Fire and burning an estimated 100 acres. (AP Photo/Durango Herald,Jerry McBride)
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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017, AT 1:00 A.M. CDT.- Pearl Lake General Manager Bob Severson stands in front of Pearl Lake's new Pearl Lake Park Model being built. With the tiny house movement continuing to grow, Pearl Lake building custom-made 400-square-foot homes. Its first one featured barnwood decor and its next one will be attached to an 1800s school house. The one shown, under construction, will be a model available for sale. (Hillary Gavan /The Beloit Daily News via AP)
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FILE - In this May 11, 2015 file photo, nuclear waste is stored in underground containers at the Idaho National Laboratory near Idaho Falls, Idaho. Federal officials say testing of a small-scale version of a key component of this eastern Idaho radioactive waste treatment facility that has so far failed to operate is making progress at finding a solution. The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday, June 28, 2017, that results from testing at Hazen Research near Denver, Colo., will be used during planned tests at the Idaho facility later this year. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster is brought to the Port Of Los Angeles Wednesday, June 28, 2017 after launching 10 Iridium satellites into orbit Sunday. The booster landed on a SpaceX drone ship off the coast of Mexico. (Daily Breeze/SCNG/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster is brought to the Port Of Los Angeles Wednesday, June 28, 2017 after launching 10 Iridium satellites into orbit Sunday. The booster landed on a SpaceX drone ship off the coast of Mexico. (Daily Breeze/SCNG/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo, University of Minnesota scientist Christine Salomon checks fungus samples in the Soudan mine, in Soudan, Minn. Salomon is one of dozens of researchers across the country looking for a way to stop white nose syndrome, a fungal disease decimating bat populations. Salomon is testing bacteria which might inhibit the growth of the fungus causing the disease. (Dan Gunderson/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo, University of Minnesota scientist Christine Salomon checks fungus samples in the Soudan mine, in Soudan, Minn. Salomon is one of dozens of researchers across the country looking for a way to stop white nose syndrome, a fungal disease decimating bat populations. Salomon is testing bacteria which might inhibit the growth of the fungus causing the disease. (Dan Gunderson/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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Strong winds Wednesday night June 28, 2017, brought a tree crashing down onto play equipment in Ottumwa Park in Ottumwa. Several tornadoes were reported in the region. (Matt Milner/The Ottumwa Courier via AP)
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In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, Dee Ossian stands next to her tornado-damaged home Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Farragut, Iowa. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
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Robert Raines is attended to by medical personnel after being run over in a Walmart parking lot in North Carolina, June 28, 2017. He is charged with felony breaking and entering, larceny and misdemeanor damage to property. (WLOS-13 ABC North Carolina screenshot)
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In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, Mike Carlin, who has worked at the Oscar Mayer plant for 23 years, talks about the plant closure after finishing up his shift at the Kraft Oscar Mayer headquarters and plant in Madison, Wis. The last cold cuts are rolling off the line at Oscar Mayer in Madison, ending nearly 100 years of production at the plant on Thursday. (Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
