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Rockies.
• For the first time since the harrowing mountain floods began Wednesday, Colorado got its first broad view of the devastation -- and the reality of what is becoming a long-term disaster is setting in. The flooding has affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile area, almost the size of Connecticut.
• National Guard choppers were evacuating 295 people -- plus pets -- from the mountain hamlet of Jamestown, which was isolated by flooding that scoured the canyon the town sits in.
• Mike Smith, incident commander at Boulder Municipal Airport, said helicopters would continue flying in and out late into the night.
• The outlook for anyone who'd rather stay is weeks without power, cellphone service, water or sewer.

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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- After 2½ years of civil war in Syria, President Barack Obama's larger policy is in disarray even as his administration, with help from Russia, averted a military showdown for the time being.
• In an address to the American people, Obama said he was working with U.S. allies to "provide

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