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In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, Agnes Njoki, 17, takes a break with her daughter, Shantel Akinyi, 2, who accompanies her as she works scavenging for plastic at the garbage dump in the Dandora slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Men, women and children traipse through the murky sludge that weaves through mountains of garbage in Nairobi's notorious Dandora dump, hunting for anything that can be recycled to earn themselves enough for their daily bread - some of the poorest of Kenya's poor and those likely to be on Pope Francis' mind when he makes his first trip to Africa this week and brings his message of environmental stewardship and care for society's most marginal. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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A scene from "A Year and Change." (Vimeo)

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Laurie Perry

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Tunneling on: Miners like assistant Superintendent of the Ohio County Coal Company Lee Terrill are proud of their work and coal heritage.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced as part of his "See Something, Send Something" campaign a new mobile app that allows New Yorkers to alert authorities of potential threats. (YouTube/@NYS Executive Chamber)

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Princess offers a cruise to Alaska.

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Congress should reverse its vote in June to wind down the National Security Agency's "metadata" phone program, which collects the numbers, times and durations of all Americans' phone calls. "We need to rebuild that program. We need to rebuild the morale of our intelligence," he said.

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(Amazon)

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French lawmakers voted to extend the state of emergency declared after Friday's attacks for another three months to the lower house of Parliament on Thursday.

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In this photo taken Sept. 20, 2010. AquaBounty CEO Ron Stotish, the company that applied with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market genetically modified salmon, speaks to reporters in Rockville, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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"This is not my time," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced on Fox News, adding he was not ready to endorse one of his rivals. (Associated Press)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (Associated Press)

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redskins report cover

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Illustration on Hud’s ban on smoking inside public housing apartments by ALexander hunter/The Washington Times

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Cage-free chickens stand in a fenced pasture on the Francis Blake organic farm, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, near Waukon, Iowa. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Smoke rises over Sinjar, northern Iraq from oil fires set by Islamic State militants as Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, launch a major assault on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015. The strategic town of Sinjar was overran last year by the Islamic State group in an onslaught that caused the flight of tens of thousands of Yazidis and first prompted the United States to launch the air campaign against the militants. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen) ** FILE **

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National Edition Opinion cover for November 12, 2015 - Lying through their teeth and their maps (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)