Environment

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The Trump administration says the press was kinder on President Obama's temporary ban on Iraqi immigrants versus President Trump's larger ban. (Associated Press)

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One of Chile's worst fire waves on record shows its vulnerability to terrorism. Forest fires intentionally set have resulted in over $200 million in damage and about a dozen deaths. Some investigators suspect anarchists and indigenous militants are to blame. (Associated Press)

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Dana J. Boente

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Stockton University biology students, from left, Francisca Ekekwe, Valkyrie Falciani and Danielle Ertz work with spores in sterilized tubes that will be studied for agriculture in low gravity at the International Space Station, in Galloway, N.J., Monday Jan. 30 2017. Their experiments using spores were chosen by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) to go to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Mission 11 of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). (Ben Fogletto/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

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Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt in ‘Rain Man’ - Best Actor (1988)

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George C. Scott as Gen. George S. Patton Jr. in ‘Patton’ - Best Actor (1970)

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Jack Nicholson as Randle McMurphy in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest’ - Best Actor (1975)

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Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin Dada in ‘The Last King of Scotland’ - Best Actor (2006)

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This Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, photo shows water in a wildlife area by Cullinan Ranch comes close to Highway 37 near American Canyon, Calif. California, under Gov. Jerry Brown, is a leader in fighting climate change. But climate experts say this winter's storms are underscoring how much work even California has yet to do to prepare for sea rise. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, photo, a field remains flooded along Highway 37 near Novato, Calif. California, under Gov. Jerry Brown, is a leader in fighting climate change. But climate experts say this winter's storms are underscoring how much work even California has yet to do to prepare for sea rise. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, photo, a pump removes water from a flooded are along Highway 37 near Novato, Calif. Ocean rise already is worsening the floods and high tides sweeping California this stormy winter, climate experts say, and this month's damage and deaths highlight that even a state known as a global leader in fighting climate change has yet to tackle some of the hardest work of dealing with it. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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This Jan. 14, 2017 photo provided by Fraser Shilling shows flooding along Highway 37 near Vallejo, Calif. Ocean rise already is worsening the floods and high tides sweeping California this stormy winter, climate experts say, and this month's damage and deaths highlight that even a state known as a global leader in fighting climate change has yet to tackle some of the hardest work of dealing with it. (Fraser Shilling via AP)

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This book cover image released by Amazon Publishing shows "The Trapped Girl," by Robert Dugoni. (Amazon Publishing via AP)

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Greenpeace demonstrators used a crane to hang a banner near the White House last week. It was one part of a multipronged strategy to combat the Trump administration's purported war against the science of climate change. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, environmental activists shout slogans while displaying placards and mock missiles during a rally at the Chinese Consulate to protest alleged military build-up by China on the disputed group of islands at the South China Sea, in the financial district of Makati, east of Manila, Philippines. In their statement, the protesters condemned the alleged China's installation of missile system across the disputed Spratlys group of islands and urged the Chinese government that "reefs not rockets should be proliferating in the ecologically-critical waters of the islands." (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, an environmental activist shouts slogans while displaying placard and a mock missile during a rally at the Chinese Consulate to protest alleged military build-up by China on the disputed group of islands at the South China Sea, in the financial district of Makati, east of Manila, Philippines. In their statement, the protesters condemned the alleged China's installation of missile system across the disputed Spratlys group of islands and urged the Chinese government that "reefs not rockets should be proliferating in the ecologically-critical waters of the islands." (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. The new U.S. administration is heating up rhetoric over the South China Sea with a promise to challenge China’s occupation of disputed islands. Beijing is responding cautiously , appealing for calm and direct negotiations involving claimants. Spicer said “the U.S. is going to make sure that we protect our interests there.” His comments came just weeks after President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, caused some consternation when he told his Senate confirmation hearing that the U.S. should deny China access to its seven man-made islands. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY JAN. 29, 2017- This photo taken Jan. 16, 2017 , shows Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Conservation Officer Sean Spencer checking out animal tracks near South Fork Park in Provo Canyon. Utah wildlife officers are on high alert for poachers as winter weather brings wildlife out of higher elevations and closer to populated areas. (Isaac Hale /The Daily Herald via AP)

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**