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    Western wildfires: California fire grows, forces evacuations
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    Western wildfires: California fire grows, forces evacuations
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    Jun 25, 2015
    Wildfires are charging through several dry Western states, including a blaze in California that showed new life after burning for a week and forced so...
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    Searchers comb Alaska glacier for GIs killed in 1950s crash
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    Searchers comb Alaska glacier for GIs killed in 1950s crash
    MARK THIESSEN 
    Jun 24, 2015
    COLONY GLACIER, Alaska (AP) — Scientists and volunteers tethered in safety gear and ice cleats painstakingly scoured the frozen dirt and ice to see if...
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    Pipeline firm couldn’t reach staff at California spill site
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    Pipeline firm couldn’t reach staff at California spill site
    MICHAEL R. BLOOD 
    Jun 24, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — As thousands of gallons of crude oil from a ruptured pipeline spread along the California coast, its operator wasn't able to contac...
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    Western wildfires: Crews try to wrangle blazes in 4 state
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    Western wildfires: Crews try to wrangle blazes in 4 state
    The Associated Press 
    Jun 24, 2015
    Wildfires are sweeping through several dry Western states, including a massive blaze burning out of control in Northern California. A look at the late...
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    Oscar-winning ‘Titanic’ composer James Horner dead at 61
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    Oscar-winning ‘Titanic’ composer James Horner dead at 61
    ANDREW DALTON and SANDY COHEN 
    Jun 24, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — From the swelling-sea songs of "Titanic" to the space symphonies of "Apollo 13" to the bagpipes of "Braveheart," James Horner's sin...
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    Oscar-winning composer owns plane that crashed, killed pilot
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    Oscar-winning composer owns plane that crashed, killed pilot
    Jun 23, 2015
    VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A plane registered to Oscar-winning "Titanic" composer James Horner crashed in Southern California, but the identity of the pil...
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    Western wildfires: Firefighters battle blazes in 4 states
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    Western wildfires: Firefighters battle blazes in 4 states
    The Associated Press 
    Jun 23, 2015
    Wildfires are tearing through some hot, drought-stricken areas of the West. They include a massive blaze in a remote area and some smaller but dangero...
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    Cooler weather expected to aid fight against California fire
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    Cooler weather expected to aid fight against California fire
    CHRISTOPHER WEBER 
    Jun 22, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cooler weather Monday was expected to aid crews making progress against a huge forest fire in a remote area of the San Bernardino M...
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    Storm heads northeast after flooding Oklahoma, Arkansas
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    Storm heads northeast after flooding Oklahoma, Arkansas
    JIM SALTER 
    Jun 19, 2015
    ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tropical Depression Bill dumped up to 7 inches of rain on the Ozarks in southern Missouri overnight, causing flash floods that forced...
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    Pilot faulted in reality TV helicopter crash that killed 3
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    Pilot faulted in reality TV helicopter crash that killed 3
    ANTHONY McCARTNEY 
    Jun 19, 2015
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A helicopter pilot working on a reality television show was the likely cause of a crash that killed him and two other people, feder...
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    Remnants of Bill flood Oklahoma roads as storm trudges north
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    Remnants of Bill flood Oklahoma roads as storm trudges north
    CLAUDIA LAUER and JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS 
    Jun 18, 2015
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A powerful storm that made landfall in Texas this week trudged slowly northward through the nation's midsection Thursday, cau...
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    Authorities try to pinpoint cause of deadly balcony collapse
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    Authorities try to pinpoint cause of deadly balcony collapse
    KRISTIN J. BENDER and MARTHA MENDOZA 
    Jun 17, 2015
    BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Victims' loved ones made their way toward Berkeley from Ireland as investigators Wednesday tried to pinpoint the cause of a ba...
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    Teen felt something bump into his leg before shark attack
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    Teen felt something bump into his leg before shark attack
    EMERY P. DALESIO and EMILY MASTERS 
    Jun 17, 2015
    OAK ISLAND, N.C. (AP) — Hunter Treschl and his cousin were "playing around in the waves" at a North Carolina beach when he felt something bump into hi...
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    Runaway tiger kills man in Tbilisi after flood damages zoo
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    Runaway tiger kills man in Tbilisi after flood damages zoo
    MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI 
    Jun 17, 2015
    TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A tiger that broke loose after severe flooding at the Tbilisi Zoo mauled a man to death in the Georgian capital before being s...
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    Texas communities brace for another round of heavy rainfall
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    Texas communities brace for another round of heavy rainfall
    DAVID WARREN 
    Jun 16, 2015
    DALLAS (AP) — Tropical Storm Bill moved slowly over inland Texas on Tuesday, bringing another round of heavy rains to a state weary from recent deadly...
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    EU nations fail to bridge divide over refugee plan
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    EU nations fail to bridge divide over refugee plan
    LORNE COOK 
    Jun 16, 2015
    LUXEMBOURG (AP) — European Union nations failed to bridge differences Tuesday over an emergency plan to share the burden of the thousands of refugees ...
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    All lions, tigers accounted for in Tbilisi zoo flooding
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    All lions, tigers accounted for in Tbilisi zoo flooding
    MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI 
    Jun 16, 2015
    TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — All of the lions and tigers that were missing after severe flooding swamped Tbilisi's zoo have been found dead. One jaguar rem...
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    Balcony collapse in California kills at least 6 people
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    Balcony collapse in California kills at least 6 people
    KRISTIN J. BENDER and MARTHA MENDOZA 
    Jun 16, 2015
    BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A 21st-birthday party thrown by a group of visiting Irish college students turned tragic early Tuesday when the fourth-floor b...
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    NC beach town still cautious, on lookout after shark attacks
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    NC beach town still cautious, on lookout after shark attacks
    EMERY P. DALESIO and EMILY MASTERS 
    Jun 16, 2015
    OAK ISLAND, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina beach town was staying on lookout Tuesday, but people were still swimming in the ocean after two youths were ...
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    Search on for people, zoo animals missing in Georgia flood
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    Search on for people, zoo animals missing in Georgia flood
    MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI 
    Jun 15, 2015
    TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The death toll from flooding around Tbilisi Zoo in Georgia rose to 13 on Monday, while the search continued for 10 people stil...
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    Oswayo Valley golfers fall to Coudy in Home Opener
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    Oswayo Valley golfers fall to Coudy in Home Opener
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