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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson gives an interview to The Associated Press at the agency's headquarters in Washington on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Tiger Woods speaks to members of the media during a press conference at Congressional Country Club during the AT&T National on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)
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Tiger Woods speaks to members of the media during a press conference at Congressional Country Club during the AT&T National on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)
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Competing gasoline stations advertise gas at 3.199 and 3.323 per gallon in Oklahoma City on June 21, 2012. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, talks May 30, 2012, about the team's future during a news conference in Indianapolis. (Associated Press)
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Swimmers and a diver work to save sunken boats at Pass-a-Grille, Fla. Marina on June 26, 2012. High winds and heavy rains spawned by the approaching Tropical Storm Debby caused the damage. (Associated Press/Tampa Bay Times)
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Well-wishers leave candles at a vigil on June 25, 2012, at the site of the collapsed roof of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, Ontario, as rescue workers continue attempts to secure the building before searching for any survivors. (Associated Press/The Canadian Press)
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Walgreen's pharmacy manager Sarah Freedman stands June 26, 2012, in her store in Washington. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday announced a $1.2 million pilot project to offer free rapid HIV tests at pharmacies and clinics in 24 cities and rural communities. (Associated Press)
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A woman cries for her four children, whom she lost in a landslide in Bududa, Uganda, on Tuesday, June 27, 2012. Massive mudslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of the country's east, killing scores of people, officials said. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)
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**FILE** Protesters rally June 20, 2012, against hydrofracking as the legislative session winds down at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. A coalition of 100 environmental, health and community groups called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject any demonstration project for shale gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." (Associated Press)
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Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman signed for six-years and $100 million after missing 60 games last season because of abdominal surgery. (Associated Press)