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In this May 21, 2014, photo, Biologist Rodrigo Cerqueira holds an armadillo, named Ana Botafogo in honor of the Brazilian dancer, at the Rio Zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The three-banded armadillo is in danger of extinction, largely because of deforestation and hunting in its habitat in the shrub lands of northeastern Brazil. Those risks in large part are why the armadillo was chosen as the World Cup mascot. Another is that when it's frightened, it rolls up into a ball small enough to fit into one hand, looking like a tan soccer ball. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping smile during a signing ceremony in Shanghai of a long-awaited, 30-year deal to buy Russian natural gas. (Associated Press)
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This April 26, 2014 photo, Pike are placed in a basket at the Pike Masters Invitational Championship in Pierre, S.D. Lake Oahe is experiencing a renaissance at least as far as northern pike angler Dale Lebeda is concerned. Thanks in large part to a severe drought and the resulting drop in the reservoir's water levels in the mid-2000s, followed by the eventual refilling of the lake, northern pike numbers like most other fish species numbers have sky rocketed. And that's just great for Lebeda, who would rather fish for big pike than anything else. (AP Photo/Capital Journal, Nick Lowrey)
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This April 26, 2014 photo, Dale Lebeda weighed three fish during the Pike Masters Invitational Championship in Pierre, S.D. Lake Oahe is experiencing a renaissance at least as far as northern pike angler Dale Lebeda is concerned. Thanks in large part to a severe drought and the resulting drop in the reservoir's water levels in the mid-2000s, followed by the eventual refilling of the lake, northern pike numbers like most other fish species numbers have sky rocketed. And that's just great for Lebeda, who would rather fish for big pike than anything else. (AP Photo/Capital Journal, Nick Lowrey)
