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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

IMAGES: Interstate-5 bridge collapses into the Skagit River

IMAGES: Interstate-5 bridge collapses into the Skagit River

Interstate-5 bridge collapses into the Skagit River, dumping vehicles and people into the water in Mount Vernon, Wash.

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.

 
  • A Chadian soldier fighting in support of Central African Republic president Francois Bozize, sits on a truck in a convoy of other Chadian soldiers near Damara, about 70km (44 miles) north of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. After troops under Bozize seized the capital in 2003 amid volleys of machine-gun and mortar fire, he dissolved the constitution and parliament, and now a decade later it is Bozize himself who could be ousted from power with rebels having seized more than half the country and made their way to the doorstep of the capital in less than a month. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
  • Japanese champion Takashi Uchiyama, right, hits a left to Costa Rican challenger Bryan Vasquez in the first round of their WBA super featherweight boxing title bout in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. Uchiyama defended his title with a technical knockout in the eighth round. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)
  • Emperor Akihito, left, and Empress Michiko show at a balcony as they acknowledge to well-wishers for the new year's celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Thousands of people from across the country turned out at the palace to greet Emperor and the Imperial family for the new year. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
  • Fans sit in snow-covered stands at Ralph Wilson Stadium before an NFL football game between the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)
  • The moon is seen in its waning gibbous stage over the glowing neon outline of a cross on top of the Maria Magdalena de Tepexpan Catholic Church, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 in Tepexpan, Mexico. The church, which is in a small town north east of Mexico City, was built in 1542. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
  • Iranian mourners beat their chests, in a ceremony commemorating Arbaeen, the final day of the annual 40-day mourning period for the seventh century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
  • Palestinians perform during a rally celebrating the 48th anniversary of the Fatah movement, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
  • A Syrian rebel plays football in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The United Nations estimated Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have been killed in Syria's 21-month-old uprising against authoritarian rule, a toll one-third higher than what anti-regime activists had counted. The U.N. human rights chief called the toll
  • A worker clears confetti from a sidewalk in Times Square after midnight on New Years Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013, in New York. With fireworks, concerts and celebrations from Hong Kong to New York, revelers welcome 2013 with hope for a better future after a year that thudded to a close with a disastrous storm, gun violence, and talk of economic turmoil from a looming fiscal cliff. This will be the first Times Square countdown in decades without Dick Clark, who died in April, and will be honored with a tribute concert and his name printed on pieces of confetti. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
  • President Barack Obama winks as he arrives to make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
  • Sadia Mukhteya, 12, who was displaced with their family from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, reads in front of the class during an English language lesson at a school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed several female teachers and aid workers on Tuesday in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center, officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
  • Pakistani schoolgirls, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, chant prayers during a class to pay tribute for five female teachers and two aid workers who were killed by gunmen on Tuesday, at a school in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Gunmen in northwest Pakistan killed five female teachers and two aid workers on Tuesday in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center, officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
  • Visitors look at an exhibit on display during the opening of
  • In this image provided by Benoit Photo, jockey Victor Espinoza poses for photos after guiding Sugar Spice to victory in the last horse race, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Benoit Photo)
  • Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., whose district includes Long Island, expresses his anger and disappointment during a cable TV interview, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, after the House GOP leadership decided late New Year's Day to allow the current term of Congress to end without holding a vote on aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  • Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a multiple-fatality accident after a tour bus careened through a guardrail along an icy highway and fell several hundred feet down a steep embankment, authorities said, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 about 15 miles east of Pendleton, Ore. The charter bus carrying about 40 people lost control around 10:30 a.m. on the snow- and ice-covered lanes of Interstate 84, according to the Oregon State Police. (AP Photo/East Oregonian, Tim Trainor)
  • The windshield of a car frames a mural of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro is returning home Wednesday from a visit with Chavez in Cuba and says the ailing president's condition remains
  • A trader wearing
  • Afghan men ride horses in the snow on the shores of Lake Qargha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan, 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
  • Passengers travel in a wooden carriage car on the historic subway system, Line A, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The city government announced that the almost 100-year-old 'La Brugeoise' wooden carriages will be replaced in a short time by modern Chinese units. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  • A dog and a clowder of cats seek refuge on a piece of furniture in a home flooded by heavy rains in the Xerem neighborhood, about 31 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Nearly 8.5 inches of rain fell in just 24 hours in the mountainous region north of Rio. Hard rains in Brazil are creating a state of alert in Rio de Janeiro and in nearby spots where flood-triggered mudslides have killed hundreds in recent years. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
  • A Chinese woman holds incense while offering prayers on the first day of the New Year at the Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
  • A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe stops in front of 26 angels along the roadside on the first day of classes for Sandy Hook Elementary School students since the Dec. 14 shooting, in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Chalk Hill School in Monroe was overhauled especially for the students from the Sandy Hook School shooting. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
  • Darcia Anthony, left, and Danielle Williams react after participating in a wedding ceremony at City Hall in Baltimore, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Same-sex couples in Maryland are now legally permitted to marry under a new law that went into effect after midnight on Tuesday. Maryland is the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line to approve same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
  • Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer soars through the air during his trial jump at the second stage of the four hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
  • A youth uses a super market's chariot to carry various pieces of wood collected from recycling bins in Thessaloniki, Greece on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. A huge smog cloud over the major Greek cities is the result of a massive switch to wooden stoves and fireplaces for heating as many households, already hard hit by the economic crisis, cannot afford to buy heating oil after the cash-strapped government decided to harmonize taxes on heating oil and diesel fuel, leading to a 40% rise in the price of heating oil. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
  • Fireworks explode at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre over the Victoria Harbor to celebrate the 2013 New Year in Hong Kong Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
  • A worker collects pieces of shark fins dried on the rooftop of a factory building in Hong Kong Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. For centuries, shark fin, usually served as soup, has been a coveted delicacy in Chinese cooking, extolled for its supposed ability to boost sexual potency, enhance skin quality, increase one's energy, prevent heart diseases and lower cholesterol. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
  • Indian women offer prayers for a gang rape victim at Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. India's top court says it will decide whether to suspend lawmakers facing sexual assault charges as thousands of women gathered at the memorial to independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi to demand stronger protection for their safety. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
  • Mariame Kanfando, 10, with her father, wait outside the morgue in in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday Jan. 2, 2013, in an attempt to get the bodies of her mother and two sisters killed in a stampede on new year's eve. Survivors of a stampede in Ivory Coast that killed 61 people, most of them children and teenagers, after a New Year's Eve fireworks display at a stadium said Wednesday that barricades stopped them from moving along a main boulevard, causing the crush of people. Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara ordered three days of national mourning and launched an investigation into to the causes of the tragedy but two survivors, in interviews with The Associated Press, indicated why so many died in what would normally be an open area, the Boulevard de la Republic. An estimated 50,000 people had gathered in Abidjan's Plateau district to watch the fireworks.(AP Photo/Emanuel Ekra)
 

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