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Up-close photos of collapsed I-5 bridge into Skagit River

Up-close photos of collapsed I-5 bridge into Skagit River

Doctors remove 40-lb hairball from tiger (GRAPHIC)

Doctors remove 40-lb hairball from tiger (GRAPHIC)

A 400-lb tiger named Ty, 17, underwent surgery in Clearwater Wednesday to remove a 40-pound hairball the size of a basketball.

Scenes of devastation from Oklahoma town

Scenes of devastation from Oklahoma town

The city of Moore, Okla., was hit by a mile-wide tornado Monday afternoon.

 
  • This infrared image provided by DigitalGlobe shows an aerial view of the Waldo Canyon Fire, June 28, 2012 in Colorado. The bright red areas denote healthy vegetation. This raging Colorado wildfire destroyed an estimated 346 homes this week, making it the most destructive fire in the state's history, officials said Friday June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)
  • A plane dumps retardant on the Rosecrest fire in the foothills above Herriman, Utah on Friday, June 29, 2012. Officials say the wildfire has burned at least two homes and threatens 200 more in the foothills around Herriman, southwest of Salt Lake City. No injuries are immediately reported. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Jeremy Harmon)
  • Helicopters work to help put out the Rose Crest Fire around Herriman, Utah Friday June 29, 2012. Officials say the fire has burned at least two homes and threatens 200 more in the foothills around Herriman, southwest of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Detrick)
  • Fire engulfs homes in the Rose Canyon area of Herriman, Utah Friday afternoon, June 29, 2012. Officials say the Rosecrest Fire has burned at least two homes and threatens 200 more in the foothills around Herriman, southwest of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Ravell Call)
  • An air tanker drops retardant on a fire after it engulfed homes in the Rose Canyon area of Herriman, Utah, Friday afternoon, June 29, 2012. Officials say the Rosecrest Fire has burned at least two homes and threatens 200 more in the foothills around Herriman, southwest of Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Ravell Call)
  • Families seek refuge from triple-digit temperatures under a pedestrian bridge while children play in the water at Cumberland Park in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, June 29, 2012. Nashville set an all-time record Friday with a high temperature of 109 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record was 107 degrees on July 27-28, 1952. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
  • A fallen tree blocks one lane of traffic on 13th Street NW in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, Saturday, June 30, 2012. Violent evening storms following a day of triple-digit temperatures wiped out power to more than 2 million people across the eastern United States. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • A worker uses a chainsaw to clear a tree that fell onto the 14th fairway at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, June 30, 2012, after a strong storm blew through overnight. The AT&T National golf tournament was postponed to allow workers to clear the course. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • A downed tree blocks a sidewalk in northwest Washington on Saturday, June 30, 2012. More than two million people across the eastern U.S. lost power after violent storms and two people died, including a 90-year-old woman asleep in bed when a tree slammed into her home, a police spokeswoman said Saturday. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko)
  • A passing storm brought a halt to rides Friday, June 29, 2012 at the 26th annual Italian-American Festival being held this weekend at the Stark County Fairgrounds in Canton, Ohio. A wave of violent storms sweeping through the mid-Atlantic following a day of record-setting heat in Washington, D.C., has knocked out power to nearly 2 million people. The storms converged Friday night on Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency after more than 500,000 customers in 27 counties were left without electricity. (AP Photo/The Repository, Bob Rossiter)
  • Kristi Hannemann, of Iowa, throws her son Kaden Hannemann up in the air at Love Park fountain Friday, June 29, 2012, in Philadelphia. Temperatures climbed toward the high 90s Friday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
  • Burned appliances are seen as President Barack Obama tours the Mountain Shadow neighborhood devastated by raging wildfires, Friday, June 29, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
  • Sydney Ball takes a drink of lemonade at her lemonade stand on Friday, June 29, 2012, on the corner of Montgomery Street and Clark Avenue in Raleigh, N.C. Ball and a friend set up their stand on the hottest day of the year so far in Raleigh, where temperatures climbed past 100 degrees. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Ashley Blue)
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  • Victor Leguizamon pours water over his head to cool off after fixing a customer's transmission on Friday, June 29, 2012, at The Lord's Shop in Raleigh, N.C. Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Friday. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Travis Long)
  • Pedestrians pass umbrellas used to shade Pedestrian Safety attendants in Lower Manhattan Friday, June 29, 2012, in New York. The Northeast braced Friday for a sweltering weekend, with many parts of the region under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
  • Evelyn Wood fans herself as relief from the heat as her daughter Sherri Smith, right, both of Wichita Falls, Texas, applies a cold towel as they celebrate Wood's 80th birthday, Friday, June 29, 2012, in Washington, where temperatures reached the upper 90s. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • A man douses himself with water as relief from the heat at a fountain next to the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 29, 2012, as temperatures reached the upper 90s. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • James Linderman catches water from the spillway at Buck Creek Park to cool off from record heat in Helena, Ala., Friday, June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Bernard Troncale)
  • Keythan Mishaw exits a water tunnel slide at the new Hartselle Aquatic Center in Hartselle, Ala., Friday, June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Brennen Smith)
  • Cows cool off in a pond in Hartselle, Ala., Friday, June 29, 2012, as temperatures exceeded 100 degrees. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Brennen Smith)
 

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