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The Fish and Wildlife Service issued an order June 9 listing as endangered the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. (msb.unm.edu)
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This June 2014 released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows Pacific walruses in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska. Researchers are trying to get a better handle on the size of the Pacific walrus population ahead of an expected decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on whether the animals need special protections. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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A model wears a Ray Rice jersey in a 2013 NFL commercial for women's apparel. (Screengrab from baltimoreravens.com)
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Breitling Energy CEO Chris Faulkner downplays the dangers of fracking brought forth by environmentalists. (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)
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Gloves and rubber boots forming part of the Ebola prevention gear for health workers at a clinic are set outside for the sun to dry them after being washed in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Border closures, flight bans and mass quarantines are creating a sense of siege in the West African countries affected by Ebola, officials at an emergency African Union meeting said Monday, as Senegal agreed to allow humanitarian aid pass through its closed borders. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)
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A fire burns on Wiseman Island in Jefferson, Oregon. Firefighters in Marion County say the state-owned island in the Santiam River is expected to burn for several days. Because firefighters cannot reach the site, the state Fish and Wildlife Department let it burn. (jefferson fire district via associated press)
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent peers out of the open door of a helicopter during a patrol flight near the Texas-Mexico border. (AP Photo)
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Texas Department of Safety Troopers patrol on the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, in Mission, Texas. Since illegal immigration spiked in the Rio Grande Valley this summer, the Border Patrol has dispatched more agents, the Texas Department of Public Safety has sent more troopers and Texas Gov. Rick Perry deployed as many as 1,000 guardsmen to the area. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Dr. Robert Sewell, above, writes of his son's life-threatening bout with the rare hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
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President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Illustration on the climate change debate by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency
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National Edition News cover for September 4, 2014 - Embarrassment for Greenpeace: HOLDING PATTERN: Pascal Husting, international program director for Greenpeace, is at the center of a scandal over commutes using a carbon-emitting airliner. Staff members say his special treatment undermines their message. (Associated Press)
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Environmental activists from Greenpeace demonstrate by holding images of landmarks in the water during the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico in 2010. Pascal Husting's weekly commute prompted a chorus of derision from Greenpeace opponents after "Flygate" was revealed in Dutch media this summer. It also has aroused the anger of members and donors. (Associated Press)
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HOLDING PATTERN: Pascal Husting, international program director for Greenpeace, is at the center of a scandal over commutes using a carbon-emitting airliner. Staff members say his special treatment undermines their message. (Associated Press photographs)
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A bird catches a snake in its beak on the Potomac River in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 3, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rockets propelled by RD-180 engines transport U.S. national security satellites to space. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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UNION SHOP: Volkswagen wants to implement labor policies, which have made Germany an economic powerhouse, at U.S. plants. (associated press)
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In this Wednesday, Aug 27, 2014 photo released Friday, Aug. 29 by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, agents of the Tule River Tribal Police Department inspect an illegal marijuana operation on the Tulare River Indian Reservation in Tulare County. No arrests were made in the raid, but officials say the illegal crop tapped into a major water supply used by the reservation to nourish thousands of plants. (AP Photo/California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Lt. Patrick Foy)
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President Barack Obama returns a Marine's salute as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, as he travels to Westchester County, N.Y., and Newport, R.I. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
