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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015. The two-day summit addressed such issues as climate change, poverty and the fight against terrorism. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015. The two-day summit addressed such issues as climate change, poverty and the fight against terrorism. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015. The two-day summit addressed such issues as climate change, poverty and the fight against terrorism. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015. The two-day summit addressed such issues as climate change, poverty and the fight against terrorism. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Duke right-handed pitcher Michael Matuella delivers a pitch in a game during the 2014 season. (Courtesy of Duke Photography)
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National Edition News cover for June 8, 2015 - Investors, utilities fleeing energy source: As environmentalists and government regulators have pushed for “clean” coal and alternate energy sources to take over for America’s dependence on coal, vocal opponents say that thousands of jobs would be lost. (Associated Press)
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National Edition News cover for June 8, 2015 - Investors, utilities fleeing energy source: As environmentalists and government regulators have pushed for “clean” coal and alternate energy sources to take over for America’s dependence on coal, vocal opponents say that thousands of jobs would be lost. (Associated Press)
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As environmentalists and government regulators have pushed for "clean" coal and alternate energy sources to take over for America's dependence on coal, vocal opponents say that thousands of jobs would be lost. (Associated Press)
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The Environmental Protection Agency says coal's share of U.S. power generation will drop by nearly 25 percent over the next 15 years if proposed regulations go into effect as scheduled. The final version of the EPA's Clean Power Plan is expected to call for a 30 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. (Associated Press)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question during Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on June 2, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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MBTA Transit Police Lt. Gary Fredericks, center, speaks to a commuter on the Red Line subway in Boston, Thursday, July 7, 2005, after Massachusetts authorities raised security at mass transit stations to orange alert status in response to earlier bombings in London. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
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National Edition News cover for June 5, 2015 - EPA backs up water safety from fracking: The oil and gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, mobilizes thousands around the country both for and against the process, industry and some environmental. Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a draft report. (AP Photo)
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An Islamic State member rests along the Euphrates River in Raqqa, Syria. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Rescuers work on the capsized ship, center, on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. The capsizing late Monday of the Eastern Star in the Yangtze River in southern China is on track to become the country's deadliest maritime disaster in seven decades. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Gov. Jerry Brown's embrace of hydraulic fracturing has drawn the scorn of California's vocal environmental movement, which decries Mr. Brown as being too cozy with energy business interests. (Associated Press)
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Urban oil fields, such as one in tony Beverly Hills, are among the viable sources for development throughout the Golden State. Gov. Jerry Brown is bucking a liberal trend by backing fracking extraction. (Associated Press)
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) ** FILE **
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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A Russian Su-24 aircraft zooms by the destroyer USS Ross in the Black Sea. The jet was 1,640 feet from the ship at an altitude of 600 feet. (Image: U.S. Navy) ** FILE **
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Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives for a meeting at the Education Ministry in Athens, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Tsipras says Greece has submitted a proposal for an agreement with its creditors, as Athens seeks a deal that will to unlock desperately needed rescue money. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
