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Businessman Tom Steyer, a former hedge-fund manager turned climate-change hard-liner whose fortune stems in part from investments in the fossil-fuel industry, has pledged to donate $50 million and raise $50 million on behalf of four Democratic Senate and three gubernatorial candidates. (Associated Press)
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John Rheinbolt, of the Western Defense Systems private contractor, works on pulling pine needles and other ground clutter away from a home as the Slide Fire burns nearby on Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Kachina Village, Ariz. The fire, which has burned approximately 4,800 acres, is 3 to 3 1/2 miles away from the residential areas of Forest Highlands and Kachina Village, where the 3,200 residents remain under pre-evacuation warnings. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Bill Morse, the public information officer for the Southwest Area Type 1 Incident Management Team, talks about the Slide Fire burning nearby on Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Kachina Village, Ariz. The fire, which has burned approximately 4,800 acres, is 3 to 3 1/2 miles away from the residential areas of Forest Highlands and Kachina Village, where the 3,200 residents remain under pre-evacuation warnings. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sonny Gray delivers to a Tampa Bay Rays batter during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 22, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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A firetruck provides water for a crew on the ground as firefighters backburned near Funny River Road Wednesday May 21, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. Fire crews have been battling a wildfire that has grown to more than 44,000 acres in three days. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Rashah McChesney)
