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Topic: From the Wires (page 99)

Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, stand in a queue to cast their votes on the final day of polling in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 12, 2014. Millions of Indian voters wrapped up a mammoth national election Monday, braving the searing sun on the final day of polling with the Hindu nationalist opposition candidate seen as the front-runner for prime minister. With 814 million eligible voters, India has been voting in phases over six weeks, with results expected on Friday. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) (Bikas Das)

FILE - In this March 21, 2012, file photo, with oil pump jacks as a backdrop, President Barack Obama speaks at an oil and gas field on federal lands in Maljamar, N.M. The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say. The report, obtained by The Associated Press before its public release, highlights substantial gaps in oversight by the agency that manages oil and gas development on federal and Indian lands. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) (AP)

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This April 7, 2014, photo, shows a view of the Mane Garrincha stadium, in Brasilia, Brazil. The cost of building Brasilias World Cup stadium has nearly tripled, largely due to allegedly fraudulent billing, government auditors say. The spike in costs has made it the worlds second-most expensive soccer arena, even though the city has no major professional team. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (AP)

Ryan Bundy, son of the Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, rides an ATV into Recapture Canyon north of Blanding, Utah on Saturday, May 10, 2014, in a protest against what demonstrators call the federal government's overreaching control of public lands. The area has been closed to motorized use since 2007 when an illegal trail was found that cuts through Ancestral Puebloan ruins. The canyon is open to hikers and horseback riders. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Trent Nelson) (AP)

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This photo provided by Nancy Johnson shows what authorities say is a hot-air balloon that was believed to have caught fire and crashed in Virginia, Friday, May 9, 2014. Virginia State Police received calls of the crash shortly before 8 p.m., police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told a news conference. Geller said a pilot and two passengers were believed to be on board, and that police believe it was the gondola that caught fire. (AP Photo/Nancy Johnson) (AP)

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul address attendees during the Republican National Committee spring meeting at the Peabody hotel in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, May 9, 2014. Paul urged members to rethink policies on national security and drug prosecutions (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, William DeShazer) (AP)

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A man wears a narrow strip in the colors of Venezuela's flag over his mouth in protest of officials breaking up camps maintained by student protesters, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Hundreds of security forces broke up four camps maintained by student protesters, arresting more than 200 people in a pre-dawn raid. The camps of small tents were installed more than a month ago in front of the UN building and other anti-government strongholds in the capital to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (AP)

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Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) complains to an official in front of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) in the third quarter of Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Oklahoma City won 112-101. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (AP)

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A pro-Russian activist wearing police helmet shouts outside the regional interior ministry building in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Eastern Ukraine has for weeks been swept by a wave of turbulent protests as opponents of the interim government in Kiev occupy official buildings and demand a referendum on autonomy for their regions. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) (AP)

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