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US: Airport Fire Expands In Southern California, Destroys Homes 3

Airport Fire burning in Orange and Riverside Counties, Southern California has grown to more than 23,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, September 11. The fire injured at least seven people and destroyed homes.

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Dollar falls below 82-yen line

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at currency broker Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow Ltd. shows the dollar slipping to the upper 81 yen range during the afternoon of Oct. 12, 2010.

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Dollar plunges to 81 yen level

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi area shows the dollar plunging to the 81 yen level for the first time in more than 15 years on the evening of Oct. 8, 2010.

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A-bomb artifact sold for 45 pounds at auction amid criticism

LINCOLN, Britain - Auctioneers explain an artifact from the Hiroshima atomic bombing in 1945 which was put up for auction July 11 in Lincoln and sold for 45 pounds (about 6,700 yen). An 81-year-old British man decided to sell a roof tile from a Buddhist temple which was damaged by the explosion. He was given the piece by Sairenji's priest as a gift when he traveled to Hiroshima in 1952.

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Gov't adopts 81.79 tril. yen budget for FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa speaks at a news conference after the government adopted an 81,789.1 billion yen budget for fiscal 2003 in a cabinet session Dec. 24.

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$80 high-performance Japanese masks are all the rage amid MERS fear

Photo taken in the central Japanese city of Toyohashi in June 2015 shows "Pittarich," a high-performance mask sold for 9,980 yen (about $81). Since the first MERS patient in South Korea was confirmed the previous month, the mask, boasting a filter made with a 0.06-square micrometer-mesh to shut out viruses, has been scooped up by trading firms and customers in South Korea, China and Thailand, according to its manufacturer, Clever. The daily production volume jumped 10 times to about 10,000 from a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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$80 high-performance Japanese masks are all the rage amid MERS fear

An employee of mesh products manufacturer Clever makes "Pittarich," a high-performance mask sold for 9,980 yen (about $81), in the central Japanese city of Toyohashi in June 2015. Since the first MERS patient in South Korea was confirmed the previous month, the mask, boasting a filter made with a 0.06-square micrometer-mesh to shut out viruses, has been scooped up by trading firms and customers in South Korea, China and Thailand, according to Clever. The daily production volume jumped 10 times to about 10,000 from a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb artifact sold for 45 pounds at auction amid criticism

LINCOLN, Britain - Auctioneers explain an artifact from the Hiroshima atomic bombing in 1945 which was put up for auction July 11 in Lincoln and sold for 45 pounds (about 6,700 yen). An 81-year-old British man decided to sell a roof tile from a Buddhist temple which was damaged by the explosion. He was given the piece by Sairenji's priest as a gift when he traveled to Hiroshima in 1952. (Kyodo)

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Dollar falls below 82-yen line

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at currency broker Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow Ltd. shows the dollar slipping to the upper 81 yen range during the afternoon of Oct. 12, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Dollar plunges to 81 yen level

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi area shows the dollar plunging to the 81 yen level for the first time in more than 15 years on the evening of Oct. 8, 2010. (Kyodo)