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Actor Alec Baldwin promoted Spike TV's "One Night Only: Baldwin" roast by taking on the hybrid persona of George Washington and President Donald Trump. (YouTube, Spike)
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A team of smokejumpers with the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management gather their parachutes following a practice jump west of Albuquerque, N.M., on June 29, 2017. Federal agencies called for a boost in the number of resources in the Southwest due to the persistent fire danger, resulting in smokejumpers from Idaho and Montana being assigned to the region. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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In this Thursday, June 29, 2017 photo, firefighters work to control a wildfire south of Boise, Idaho. The blaze charred over 280 acres and was threatening several homes in the area. (Darin Oswald /Idaho Statesman via AP)
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Smoke lingers in the valley north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah., Friday, June 30, 2017. A wildfire has been burning in the area over the past two weeks. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Smoke lingers in the valley north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah., Friday, June 30, 2017. A wildfire has been burning in the area over the past two weeks. Fire managers lifted evacuations in Brian Head on Friday, with the blaze 20 percent contained (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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A section of the Winooski River floods a farm field in Marshfield, Vt., on Friday, June 30, 2017. The National Weather Service says heavy rain falling on saturated soil with more to come is causing some flooding and road closures in low-lying areas of northern Vermont and parts of upstate New York. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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A section of the Winooski River floods a farm field in Marshfield, Vt., on Friday, June 30, 2017. The National Weather Service says heavy rain falling on saturated soil with more to come is causing some flooding and road closures in low-lying areas of northern Vermont and parts of upstate New York. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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FILE--In this file photo taken June 13, 2017, the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant, right, stands adjacent to a dirt-covered rail tunnel, left, containing radioactive waste, amidst desert plants on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. This section of tunnel partially collapsed at the site, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, file)
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FILE - In this June 13, 2017, file photo, demolition work continues on the Plutonium Finishing Plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. A tunnel partially collapsed at the site on May 9, 2017, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, signs are posted by the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. This section of tunnel partially collapsed at the site, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, File)
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FILE - This May 9, 2017, file photo, provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, shows a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The U.S. Department of Energy says there is a high risk that a second tunnel filled with radioactive waste might collapse on the Hanford site. This section of tunnel partially collapsed at the site, forcing some 3,000 workers to seek shelter for a few hours. (U.S. Department of Energy via AP, File)
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Pastor Brad Atkins of First Baptist Church of Powdersville, South Carolina.
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FILE - This July 6, 2011, file photo shows a grizzly bear roaming near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. At least three different legal challenges were launched Friday, June 30, 2017, against the U.S. government's decision to lift protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area that have been in place for more than 40 years. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)
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Researchers and forensic experts produced this 3-D image of an Irishman who lived 500 years ago, based on a skull found at a burial site. (Rubicon Heritage)
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A straw-colored fruit bat hangs at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich. on June 12, 2017. The organization recently moved into a new, larger location for its new Bat Zone. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)
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Digital media specialist Amanda Greco stands in front of the female bat habitats at the new space for the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich. on June 12, 2017. The organization recently moved into a new, larger location for its new Bat Zone. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)
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Lord Nelson, left, and Autumn, great horned owls who live at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich., sit in their enclosure. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)
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Donated blood from a butcher in Durand, Mich., is stored for the common vampire bats at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich. on June 12, 2017. The organization recently moved into a new, larger location for its new Bat Zone. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)
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An Indian Flying Fox bat hangs at the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Mich. on June 12, 2017. The organization recently moved into a new, larger location for its new Bat Zone. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)
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A woman crosses a flooded street in heavy rain during a thunderstorm in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 30, 2017. A massive thunderstorm in the Moscow region has killed at least one and injured several people. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)
