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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)
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In this April 2010 photo released by scientist Indraneil Das shows a Microhyla nepenthicola male frog that was discovered in the jungle on Borneo island in Malaysia. One of the world's tiniest frogs, barely larger than a pea, has been found living in and around carnivorous plants on Borneo island, one of the scientists who made the accidental discovery said Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Indraneil Das)
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In this undated image provide by the journal Science, microbes degrade oil, indicated by the circle of dashes, in the deepwater plume from the BP oil spill in the Gulf, as documented in a study by Berkeley Lab researchers. The newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe, which is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered by scientists studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. (AP Photo/Science/AAAS) NO SALES.
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Fishermen and others gather at the beach in the fishing village of Popotla, Mexico, about 15 miles south of the U.S. border. Illegals are increasingly departing by sea from Popotla and elsewhere as land corridors are increasingly closed. (Associated Press)
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The owners have created a private double patio in the backyard. One section is covered with a trellis and foliage.
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Craftmark Homes is building 14 single-family homes on sites at Maple Woods in Highland, in Howard County. The homes have 2,994 to 5,571 finished square feet, with base prices from $754,900 to $936,900.
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Poultry farmer Barry Jones gathers eggs from some of his 700 hens in Franksville, Wis., that he sells at farmers markets during the summer.
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An unchecked boat crosses the San Miguel River to Colombia. Residents of river towns in Ecuador are complaining about the Colombian guerrilla fighters who come to seek supplies, prostitutes and a respite from the fighting across the river. (Kelly Hearn)
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A sick Pakistani's bed sits outside Tuesday for lack of room at a rural health center in a flood-affected district of Punjab province. Hundreds of health facilities have been damaged by flooding. (Associated Press)
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Pakistani flood victims line up for food in a camp set up for displaced people in Nowshera, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Recovering from the devastating floods still battering Pakistan will take at least three years, President Asif Ali Zardari said Monday, as the waters swept south after leaving millions homeless and submerging millions of acres of farmland. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, right, puts his arm around former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, left, as they conclude a press conference at the Agriculture Department in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Mrs. Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official ousted during a racial firestorm last month, declined Tuesday to return to the agency, though she said it was tempting. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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In this photo taken on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, truck drivers play cards in the shade of a truck jammed on an entrance ramp to the Beijing-Tibet Highway in Guoleizhuang township, in north China's Hebei province. The massive traffic jam that stretches for dozens of miles and hit its 10-day mark on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said. (AP Photo)
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A cleaner picks up waste on the roadside of a jammed section of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway in Huailai, in north China's Hebei province, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. The massive traffic jam that stretches for dozens of miles and hit its 10-day mark on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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A billboard advertising emergency room wait times is seen along Interstate 64 near downtown Richmond, Va., Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. ER visits hit a new high of more than 123 million in 2008, up from 117 million a year earlier, says preliminary data released this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Online, via text message or flashing on a billboard, some emergency rooms are advertising how long the dreaded wait for care will be, with estimates updated every few minutes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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An American Chemical Society report found home-brewed green or black tea contains more polyphenols, chemicals linked to fighting cancer, than bottled teas. (Los Angeles TImes)
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Biologist Emiliana Isasi-Catala and Guatopo National Park ranger Arturo Gonzalez check a camera trap. Ms. Isasi-Catala has captured videos and photographs of jaguars by using a collection of cameras with motion sensors set up in the Guatopo National Park forest. (Associated Press)
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Neil Cramond, BP's Gulf of Mexico marine authority, testifies Monday during hearings into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the resulting oil spill in the Gulf. (AP Photo/Melissa Phillip, Pool)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "We continue to see development ... in their ability to conduct operations," Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said of the Iraqi army.
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Trainloads of coal are sent to the Basin Electric Power Cooperative's Dry Fork Station power plant being built near Gillette, Wyo. The largest expansion of traditional coal plants in two decades represents an acknowledgment that highly touted "clean coal" technology is still a long way from becoming a reality. (Associated Press)
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Marty Snell of Black Hills Power monitors track operations of the Wygen III power plant in Wyodak, Wyo. Black Hills has spent $80 million on pollution controls for Wygen, but other coal plant efforts to curb greenhouse gases have lagged. (Associated Press)
