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Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy signed the measure on paid sick leave into law Friday but didn't announce his action until Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Cleanup crews clear oil from alongside the Yellowstone River in Laurel, Mont., on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. The scenic waterway has risen above flood stage, raising fears that the surging currents will further spread crude from the previous week's oil spill. (Associated Press)
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Congress chose Yucca Mountain as the leading candidate for nuclear waste disposal. But opponents are concerned about contamination, and the Obama administration said it would not consider the site and would look for alternatives. It won a legal battle when a federal appeals court ruled last week against three states seeking to ship spent fuel to the Nevada site. (Associated Press)
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A Japanese soldier works in a sewer in an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Taro. Residents of the town held their annual evacuation drill on March 3 — eerily, just eight days earlier. March 3 is the anniversary of a 1933 tsunami. (Associated Press)
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First implemented in the 1950s, radar remains the basis of the technology used by more than 15,000 U.S. controllers to guide 50,000 flights a day. A new program would replace ground radar stations with satellite-based technology. (Associated Press)
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Ryan Adams has been recording with legendary rock producer Glyn Johns since the early spring and is rumored to be releasing a full-length record later this year. (Courtesy of Lost Highway Records)
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Spectators wave flags as the USS Constitution fires its cannons off Castle Island in Boston on its annual Fourth of July turn around Boston Harbor on Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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** FILE ** Kindergartners in Hyangsan, North Korea, eat food donated by the World Food Program in October 2006. (AP Photo/World Food Program)
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Demonstrators stand by a burning advertisement during clashes in central Athens last week after parliament approved more austerity measures needed to avert default that calmed markets but triggered a second day of riots. (Associated Press)
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Heavy rain falls over Copenhagen on Saturday, July 2, 2011, as the deluge threatens to overwhelm parts of the city. The rain caused huge traffic problems and flooded hundreds of homes. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Mogens Flindt)
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Activists boat "Audacity of Hope" is escorted by the Greek coast guard ship in town of Peramat, near Athens, Greece, Friday, July 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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Smoke and fire approach Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico on Thursday June 30, 2011. A raging blaze that has become one of the largest forest fires in New Mexico history left the leader of one Native American community with a sinking feeling Thursday as it burned through cultural sites and threatened an important water source for his people. (AP Photo/Natalie Guillén - The New Mexican)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Kelly Muters tastes chardonnay in the JCB Lounge at Raymond Vineyards in the Napa Valley. At left, bottles of sparkling wine are lined up inside a cave at Schramsberg Vineyards. The caves were dug by Chinese workers in the 1870s.
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**FILE** A Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park, Kan., is seen on June 22, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Eagles Landing, an 11-acre estate in Lorton with views of the Potomac River, is on the market for $5,374,000. The grounds include a carriage house with a three-car garage.
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The center-island kitchen in the Kentwell model is open to the breakfast area. The kitchen has granite counters and oak cabinets.
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The Washington Nationals expect their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night to go on as usual after an earthquake shook the area. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** An employee (left) of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park, Kan., greets an inspector from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, outside the clinic. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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A wildfire burns near Los Alamos, N.M., on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Thousands of residents calmly fled from the town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire that sent up towering plumes of smoke, rained down ash and sparked a spot fire on lab property where scientists 50 years ago conducted underground tests of radioactive explosives. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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** FILE ** The Obama administration recently decided to release 30 million barrels of oil from the country's emergency reserve as part of a broader international response to lost oil supplies caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
