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The iconic "Poo Pond," a waste retention pond at the Kandahar Air Field known for its odor, was slated to close mid-2013. However, the pond, shown here in this May 17, 2013, photo, will remain open until the airfield's residents no longer need a place to discard waste, including that from portable toilets. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)
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President Obama greets people on the apron as he arrives on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Okla., en route to the Moore, Okla., to see the response efforts to the severe tornadoes and weather that devastated the area. He will also visit with the families affected as well as first responders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin greets President Obama as he arrives on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Okla., en route to Moore, Okla., to see the response efforts to the severe tornadoes and weather that devastated the area. He also will visit with the families affected as well as first responders. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Damaged rail cars lie on the ground near Rockview, Mo., on Saturday, May 25, 2013. Authorities say a highway overpass collapsed when derailed rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after two freight trains collided. (AP Photo/KFVS, Michael Mohundro)
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** FILE ** New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, talks to Carla Pilla, of Seaside Heights, N.J., while Robert Hilton, left, executive director of the Jersey Shore Convention and Visitor's Bureau, holds a sign, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Christie cut a ribbon to symbolically reopen the state's shore for the summer season, seven months after being devastated by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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President Obama shakes hands with the Marine at the base of the steps of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on May 24, 2013. Obama forgot to salute the Marine as he boarded so he came back out to shake hands with the Marine. The president is traveling to Annapolis to deliver the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** This Aug. 11, 2009, file photo provided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows Matt Durham, center, pulling in a large patch of sea garbage with the help of Miriam Goldstein, right, in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coastal pollution that harms marine life and gathers out at sea in what's become known as the great Pacific garbage patch. Now, California state lawmakers have introduced a law that if passed would require makers of plastic bottles, bags and packaging to replace plastics with more environmentally friendly alternatives. (AP Photo/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mario Aguilera, File)
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The forest people in “Epic” are daily combatants in a cosmic (or perhaps epic?) struggle between the forces of light and the forces of decay.
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A rescue worker with his search dog looks through the remains of a home in Moore, Okla. Residents were allowed to return to their homes for the first time Wednesday, with local officials confident there are no more victims buried beneath the rubble. (Dallas Morning News via Associated Press)
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** FILE ** This image released by NASA on Monday, May 20, 2013, shows a hole in a Martian rock drilled by the NASA rover Curiosity on May 19. It’s the second drilling by the spacecraft since landing in August 2012. Curiosity used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the rover's arm to capture this view of the hole in the rock, dubbed "Cumberland." The diameter of the hole is about 0.6 inch (1.6 centimeters), the depth about 2.6 inches (6.6 centimeters). In the coming days, Curiosity will transfer the rock powder to its onboard instruments to analyze the chemical makeup. (Associated Press/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
