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In this Sept. 20, 2017 photo, Jody Fischer, director of flight operations for Weather Modification, Inc., a North Dakota-based cloud seeding business, adjusts flares used for a seeding on a plane outside the company headquarters in Fargo, N.D. Cloud seeding has been conducted in North Dakota for decades but some farmers believe it's making drought conditions worse. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has ordered a review of the program. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)

In parched North Dakota, cloud-seeding irks some farmersIn the parched Northern Plains, where the worst drought in decades has withered crops and forced some ranchers to begin selling off their herds, a cloud-seeding program aimed at making it rain would seem a strange target for farmer anger

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7 hurt when man drives into crowd outside N. Carolina clubA man is facing charges after authorities say he drove into a crowd outside a North Carolina nightclub

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Enbridge Line 3 pipeline debate shifts to public hearingsMinnesota kicks off public hearings this week on whether regulators should allow Enbridge Energy to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota

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FILE - This Sept. 6, 1957, file photo shows students and members of the National Guard outside Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., weeks before nine black students entered the school protected by members of the 101st Airborne. The 60th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine's enrollment is Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/William P. Straeter, File)

AP Was There: Paratroops with bayonets escort Little Rock 9AP Was There: Paratroops with bayonets escort Little Rock Nine to classes at Central High School

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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2017, file photo State Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, left, and Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, watch as the votes are posted for Stone's youth parole measure before the Senate, in Sacramento, Calif. The legislature approved the bill, AB1308, and if signed by the governor, would allow inmates who are under the age of 25, and who have served at least 15 years of their sentenced to be considered for parole. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California lawmakers look to free older and younger inmatesCalifornia lawmakers want to free more of the state's oldest inmates and more of those who were young when they committed their crimes

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Documents show mom feared son would be killed by his fatherCourt documents show the mother of a 6-year-old who authorities say was shot and killed by his father in an apparent murder-suicide in Massachusetts had feared several years ago that it would happen

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FILE - In this July 24, 2013, file photo, former Democratic U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner leaves his apartment building in New York. Weiner is to be sentenced Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, for sending obscene material to a 15-year-old girl in 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Weiner faces sentencing in latest chapter of sexting dramaAnthony Weiner faces sentencing in latest, most devastating, chapter of his sexting saga

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Rescue workers race against the clock to reach possible survivors trapped inside the office building on Alvaro Obregon Avenue in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, at sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday morning, causing street signs around the collapsed building to sway and rescue workers to evacuate the site temporarily. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)

Immigrants touched by Mexico quake, try to help from afarThe earthquake in Mexico has startled immigrant communities around the U.S. as people frantically try to connect with their loved ones, and figure out ways to send emergency help, money and goods.

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CORRECTS TO OMIT ANN COULTER- FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017 file photo, a fire set by demonstrators protesting a scheduled speaking appearance by Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos burns on Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus. Right-wing showman Milo Yiannopoulos is holding a "Free Speech Week" at the University of California, Berkeley with a planned lineup including conservative firebrands Steve Bannon. The university says it has no confirmation the headline acts will appear but is preparing strong security to head off any more violent protests at the liberal campus. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Right-wing firebrand vows to hold rally at UC BerkeleyRight-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos vows to hold a rally at the University of California, Berkeley after a student group that planned a week of events with him canceled

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Indiana University issues alert after shots fired by garageIndiana University says gunshots fired by robbery suspects near a parking garage on campus led to an alert warning of an active shooter

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Second video shows man punching officer before shootingA second video has emerged appearing to show a man throwing punches and scuffling with a California police officer before the man is shot dead outside of a store

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Classified US spy satellite launched from CaliforniaA U.S. spy satellite atop an Atlas V rocket blasted off on a classified mission Saturday night from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

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