A crater filled with water marks the site of a pipeline explosion that caused a fire in a San Bruno, Calif., neighborhood, on Sept. 9.
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Members of the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga., walk toward a C-17 aircraft at Sather Air Base in Baghdad on Nov. 30, beginning their journey home after a year in Iraq.
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Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat resigned in the wake of the leak of thousands of documents to Al Jazeera. But some say his resignation was also prompted in part by the broader turmoil in the Arab world.
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Over the weekend, tens of thousands of demonstrators in Madison, Wis., marched around the Capitol building, protesting the proposed budget repair bill.
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