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The government declaring the northern long-eared bat a threatened species runs afoul of energy lobbies concerned that protecting its habitat will disturb resource development. (Associated Press)
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An American volunteer carries a South Vietnamese infant from a Saigon orphanage to the airport en route to the United States for adoption. More than 3,000 young Vietnamese children who were rescued during Operation Babylift in April 1975. (Associated Press)
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A Marine Corps helicopter sits in the sand where it made an emergency landing Wednesday, April 15, 2015 in Solana Beach, Calif. The CH-53E Super Stallion landed on the shore of this northern San Diego County town shortly after 11:30 a.m. after a low oil-pressure indicator light went on in the cockpit, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar said in a statement. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) ** FILE **
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, on Tuesday confronted ICE Director Sarah Saldana over her agency's record. (Associated Press)
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Oases: Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown is instituting statewide mandatory water reductions on residents. Republicans are striking back, saying such draconian policies will not save the Golden State from its drought. (Associated Press)
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Oases: Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown is instituting statewide mandatory water reductions on residents. Republicans are striking back, saying such draconian policies will not save the Golden State from its drought. (Associated Press)
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Rudy Mussi uses pumps to draws water from a slough to irrigate his farm land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Environmentalists blame agriculture for hogging the state's slim water reserves, but the California Department of Water Resources shows 48 percent is used for environmental purposes like protecting endangered species. (Associated Press)
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The Dark Knight runs into a Talon in the Blu-ray release of Batman vs. Robin. (Courtesy of Warner Home Video)
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Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks during during the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA) Leaders Forum in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles on April 13, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit led a run to Ground Zero, May 31, 2011. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall A. Clinton)
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Republican hopefuls for the 2016 presidential nomination took to the lecture at the NRA's annual meeting in Nashville. Gov. Scott Walker and Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz spoke, but Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was noticeably absent from the conclave. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Marine Corps' Infantry Officers’ Course at Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 21, 2012. (Image: Marine Corps)
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U.S. Army National Guardsman Will Stack posted a video on his recent traffic stop in South Carolina. The positive message has gone viral. His video has over 1 million shares on Facebook since April 8, 2015. (Image: Facebook, Will Stack)
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Amazon has pulled a controversial game app that had users throw food at an anorexic girl. (Amazon via New York Daily News)
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, talks with reporters at the National Rifle Association convention Friday, April 10, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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The Republican National Committee released its "Stop Hillary" ad Friday, April 10, 2015. (Image: Republican National Committee)
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A storm moves over U.S. 20 on Thursday in Belvidere, lll. At least one large tornado touched down Thursday night in central Illinois, causing significant damage. (Rockford Register Star via Associated Press)
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Rep. Michael Burgess, Texas Republican, tours Yucca Mountain in Nevada after newly published Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff findings appear to provide wiggle room for adopting rules to open a national nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert, if decision-makers want to go forward. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)
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Terence Wright, of North Charleston, South Carolina , pays his respects at the scene where Walter Scott was killed by a police officer Saturday, after a traffic stop in the city. Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager is being charged with Scott's murder. (Associated Press)
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National Edition Opinion cover for April 10, 2015 - Iran-North Korea nuclear cheating complicity (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)
