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Illustration on the root cause of our dysfunctional government by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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An employee keeps an eye on the two boilers that generate steam to make power at the new Ameresco biomass power plant at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. (Associated Press)
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The Animas River flows with toxic waste from the Gold King Mine on Aug. 8, 2015, as seen from the 32nd Street Bridge in Durango, Colo., as the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train goes by. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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A loggerhead sea turtle rests in a tank on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at the sea turtle hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) ** FILE **
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More than 150 adult crocodiles, alligators and caimans were rescued this week from the Toronto home of a man who reported that he could no longer care for them, according to the Indian River Reptile Zoo that took in the animals. (CTV via ABC News)
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras listens during a parliamentary session in Athens on Aug. 14, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks during a news conference with U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (right), on Aug. 13, 2015, along the Animas River Trail in Berg Park in Farmington, N.M. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via Associated Press) ** FILE **
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In this Aug. 13, 2015 photo, a sandal lies among other debris washed ashore on the Indian Ocean beach in Uswetakeiyawa, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy who has apologized repeatedly for the spill, called the accident "a heartbreaking situation for the EPA," according to the Navajo Times. She met privately Thursday with top tribal officials. (Associated Press)
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A "get well soon" ballon floats in the contaminated waters of the Animas River flowing through Durango, Colo., Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. (Shaun Stanley/The Durango Herald via AP)
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Thai-owned cargo ship Silver Sea 2 is anchored off an Indonesian Navy base in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A massive refrigerated cargo ship believed to be loaded with slave-caught fish was seized by Indonesia's navy and brought to shore after The Associated Press informed authorities that it had entered the country's waters, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Syahrul Rizal)
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agents patrol along the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border. A report shows that immigration to the U.S. has recovered from its recession-caused lull and is surging back, led in part by a major jump in migrants from neighboring Mexico. (Associated Press)
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Huge explosions in the warehouse district of China's Tianjin municipality sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day, officials and witnesses said. (Xinhua via AP)
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In this July 30, 2015, photo, Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco Public Works, talks about the city's latest effort to clean up urine-soaked walls outside a Mission District transit station in San Francisco. San Francisco now has multiple public walls covered with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the offender. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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An Environmental Protection Agency contractor works on the cleanup in the aftermath of the blowout at the Gold King mine, which triggered a major spill of toxic wastewater, outside Silverton, Colorado. (Associated Press)
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This aerial photo shows Delacroix Island surrounded by fragmenting and eroding marshland and coastal waters in St. Bernard Parish, La., on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. The shrinking fishing community lies outside the the New Orleans area storm risk reduction system and is vulnerable to potential future storm surges. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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A NASA time exposure image of the Perseid meteor shower. (Fred Bruenjes)
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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, left, looks at a fish trap on the banks of the Animas River that is being held by Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Aquatic Biologist Jim White in the waters of the river contaminated last week by a massive mine blowout above Silverton, Colo. The Governor toured the area before giving an address to area residents regarding the status ofAnimas River Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. (Shaun Stanley/The Durango Herald via AP)
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National Edition News cover for August 12, 2015 - Regulators’ fumbling of NC coal ash spill frustrates consumers, raises fears of electric rate hike: FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2014 file photo, Amy Adams, North Carolina campaign coordinator with Appalachian Voices, shows her hand covered with wet coal ash from the Dan River swirling in the background as state and federal environmental officials continued their investigations of a spill of coal ash into the river in Danville, Va. A federal grand jury is convening Tuesday, March 18, 2014, as part of a widening criminal investigation triggered by the massive Duke Energy coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan River with toxic sludge. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
