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A wildfire burns near Los Alamos, N.M., on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Thousands of residents calmly fled from the town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire that sent up towering plumes of smoke, rained down ash and sparked a spot fire on lab property where scientists 50 years ago conducted underground tests of radioactive explosives. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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** FILE ** The Obama administration recently decided to release 30 million barrels of oil from the country's emergency reserve as part of a broader international response to lost oil supplies caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
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Demonstrators run away from tear gas during a demonstration in Athens. A general strike disrupted services across Greece. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
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The University of California San Diego's engineering institute at the Los Alamos National Laboratory is illuminated by flames behind it in Los Alamos, N.M., on Tuesday. Thousands of people were driven from their homes, but officials tried to dispel concerns about the safety of sensitive lab materials. (Associated Press)
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Darius Mason has lots of powerful weapons to battle some of Mars's indigenous species in the video game Red Faction: Armageddon.
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Floodwaters from the swollen Missouri River surround the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in Fort Calhoun, Neb., on Monday, June 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is taking only small steps to promote clean energy and protect the Chesapeake Bay, environmental activists say. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Debris from the Souris River surrounds a house in Minot, N.D. As the river hit its record-shattering peak and began a slow retreat, residents looked ahead to an arduous rebuilding job while continuing to deal with short-term obstacles such as sharing the homes of friends and relatives, traffic tie-ups and an advisory to boil drinking water. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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An aerial view of flooded homes in Burlington, N.D. Just 375 of the 4,000 homes in flooded areas were insured for floods, FEMA spokesman John Ashton said. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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The Souris River peaked with the highest level of water on record surrounding homes on 3rd St. N.W. on Monday, June 27, 2011 in Minot, N.D. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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CRITIC: Former Vice President Al Gore says President Obama has "failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change." (Associated Press)
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An Idaho couple's half-acre of land is at the center of a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency. Mike and Chantell Sackett were told in 2007 by the EPA that they couldn't develop their property because it was a federally designated wetland. (Pacific Legal Foundation photograph)
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Low-rise buildings are in the early stages of construction by Minmetals Land Ltd., the real estate development arm of China Minmetals Corp., China's largest metals trader, in Guangdong, China. Residents of Hallstatt, Austria, have mixed emotions about their village being copied.
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In this aerial photo, a Conoco gas station is surrounded by sand bags, the flood waters of the Souris River and an oil slick Friday, June 24, 2011, in Minot, N.D. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the Souris River is flowing over most levees in Minot as it surges past a 130-year-old record level. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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**FILE** In this photo from May 29, 2010, Shawn Cole (left), 12, of Hinsdale, N.H., and Peter Rosploch, 11, of Winchester, N.H., fish in the Connecticut River across from the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicken lasagna casserole can be be spooned into a sub roll or served over a bed of noodles or rice.
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Greek Presidential Guards march following the change of guard in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens on June 14, 2011, during a peaceful rally against plans for new austerity measures. A banner set up by protesters reads in Spanish "It won't pass," referring to the proposed 2012-2015 austerity program. (Associated Press)
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The fenced backyard of the home at 728 N. Barton St. in Arlington has a flagstone patio and space for gardening.
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Greenpeace International global chief Kumi Naidoo (left) and an unidentified acquaintance make their view known on a boat near an oil rig in the Davis Strait, off Greenland's west coast, on Friday. Greenpeace said Mr. Naidoo was making a third attempt to stop a Scottish oil company from deep-water drilling in Arctic waters. (Associated Press)
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Vietnamese protesters carry a banner with a slogan saying, "Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands belong to Vietnam," in Hanoi earlier this month. Protesters tell China to stay out of their waters after Beijing's increased activities around disputed areas. (Associated Press)
