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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)
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A home lifted from its foundation sits next to a flooded yard in St. Pete Beach, Fla., on Monday. Gov. Rick Scott has declared a statewide emergency as an estimated 35,000 homes and businesses have lost electricity due to the slow-moving storm. (Tampa Bay Times photographs via Associated Press)
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Jim Hall, 56, (left) and Dan Stephenson, 50, help an Imperial Estates neighbor salvage valuables from a home south of Brooksville, Fla., on Monday, after Tropical Storm Debby dumped heavy rain on the area. At least one person was killed Sunday by a tornado spun off by Debby in Florida. (Tampa Bay Times via Associated Press)
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Elvis Presley's crypt in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., was pulled from an auction due to fan outcry. (Associated Press)