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In this Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, file photograph, water flows through a series of retention ponds after a spill at the Gold King mine near Silverton, Colo. On Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency said that the 3 million gallon spill from the gold mine may have dumped more than 880,000 pounds of metals into the Animas River. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)
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Refugees walk toward the border with Serbia from the transit center for refugees near northern Macedonian village of Tabanovce, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **
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The Pentagon directive, "Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience," is in line with President Obama's view that global warming is the country's foremost national security threat, or close to it. (Associated Press)
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DS ARMS SA58 MINI OSW is built with a lightweight aluminum lower receiver and features either an 11- or 13-inch barrel with a three-prong Trident flash suppressor with a folding Para stock and a dual aperture rear sight. The OSW has a shortened gas piston system to accommodate the short barrel. 7.62mm NATO
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BUSHMASTER CARBON 15 Series feature carbon-fiber composite receivers, making them lighter than traditional ARs. More than just weighing less than aluminun, the composite material is also more corrosion resistant. The weapon can weigh as little 6.25 pounds unloaded and is optics ready with a Picatinny rail.
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Robert Redford stars as Dan Rather in "Truth" and Tom Hanks stars as James B. Donovan in "Bridge of Spies" now available on Blu-ray.
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Products labeled with Non Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) are sold at the Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins store in Los Feliz district of Los Angeles. The food industry is pressuring Congress to act before the state of Vermont requires food labels for genetically modified ingredients. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Illustration on the costs of green energy by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the costs of green energy by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Rancher Cliven Bundy declared that despite his sons Ammon and Ryan being arrested for their part in the takeover of a Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building that the occupation will continue. (Associated Press)
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National Edition Opinion cover for February 2, 2016 - Wounded Warrior waste (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Illustration on waste in three charitable organizations by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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St. Kateri reliquary. (Photo: Catholic News Agency website/Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Conservation Center)
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In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, file photo, marijuana plants with their buds covered in white crystals called trichomes are a few weeks away from harvest in the "Flower Room" at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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A makeshift roadside memorial for rancher Robert "LaVoy" Finicum stands on a highway north of Burns, Oregon. Mr. Finicum was killed Tuesday in a confrontation with the FBI and Oregon State Police. Four people occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge held their position Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Even Gov. Terry Branstad said fellow Iowans are likely to make up their minds who to vote for as late as Monday. (Office of Gov. Terry Brandstad)
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National Edition News cover for January 31, 2016 - A researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo's University, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. The Aedes aegypti is a vector for transmitting the Zika virus. The Brazilian government announced it will direct funds to a biomedical research center to help develop a vaccine against the Zika virus linked to brain damage in babies. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Former President George H.W. Bush visited the CIA on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of his swearing in as the Agency's director in 1976. (CIA)
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un issued his latest nuclear-program brag Wednesday, saying on state media that his country had developed a nuclear warhead. (Associated Press)
