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Illustration on proposed government prosecution of climate change skeptics by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Kim Jong-un. (Associated Press)

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Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, Howard, Penny:

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Pam, Jim, Michael, Dwight, Phyllis:

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Japan's Ground Self Defense Force and U.S. military members load relief goods onto MV-22 Osprey which arrived in their Takayubaru vice camp in earthquake-hit Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Monday, April 18, 2016. U.S. airlifts were delivering water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southern Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for 10 people still reported missing. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)

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Rescue workers stand behind rubble after an earthquake in Portoviejo, Ecuador, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast on Saturday night. The magnitude-7.8 quake killed hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Carlos Sacoto)

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Houses are seen destroyed after an earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Saturday, April 16, 2016. A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan early Saturday, barely 24 hours after a smaller quake hit the same region. (Ryosuke Uematsu/Kyodo News via AP)

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This aerial view shows damaged houses in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan on April 15, 2016, a day after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake. More than 100 aftershocks from the first earthquake continued to rattle the region as businesses and residents got a fuller look at the widespread damage from the unusually strong quake, which also injured about 800 people. (Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)

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Protesters wave flags on March 24 outside the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina passed a law that bans cities and counties from passing anti-discrimination ordinances. (Associated Press)

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Stranded people gather outside a town hall of Mashiki, after an earthquake in Kumamoto, southern Japan, Thursday, April 14, 2016. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 has struck southern Japan, collapsing walls and a number of houses. (Kyodo News via AP)

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An Exxon sign at a mini-mart in Dormont, Pa. Exxon Mobil Corp. is fighting against government investigators who believe the company covered up knowledge of how fossil fuels contribute to climate change in this April 29, 2014 file photo. Exxon went to state court in Texas on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, to seek to quash a subpoena issued last month by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company says the investigation violates its constitutional rights to speak freely and to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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A painting depicting children eating ice cream is seen behind Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich as he eats chocolate ice cream during a visit to You Scream Ice Cream in Catonsville, Md., Wednesday, April 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Joint Space Exploration Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Coffee County of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director James Brown speaks to media in Enterprise, Ala., Saturday, March 26, 2014. Brown said four people were killed in an ambulance helicopter crash in southeast Alabama. (Jay Hare/Dothan Eagle via AP) ** FILE **

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Republican presidential candidte

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FILE - In this March 23, 2016, file photo, an aerial view is seen from a military plane carrying international journalists of the Taiwan-controlled Taiping island, also known as Itu Aba, in the Spratly archipelago, roughly 1600 kms. (1000 miles) in the South China Sea of southern Taiwan. Tensions in the South China Sea are rising, pitting China against smaller and weaker neighbors who all lay claim to a string of isles, coral reefs and lagoons, rich in fish and potential gas and oil reserves. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai, File)

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British biotech company Oxitec has genetically programmed male mosquitoes to produce offspring that die before adulthood. (Associated Press)

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An Oxitec technician inspects genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are a vector for transmitting the Zika virus. The pupae of the male mosquitoes are designed not to mature to the point of reproduction. Tests have been planned for part of Florida. (Associated Press Photographs)

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Attorney General Loretta Lynch told the Senate Judiciary Committee that her department has discussed pursuing civil charges against the "climate denial scheme," as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democrat, put it. (Associated Press)