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In this Sept. 18, 2015 photo, a man loads a truck on farmland near Fresno, Calif. U.S. officials with the Geological Survey's Sacramento office and elsewhere believe the amount of uranium increased in Central Valley drinking-water supplies over the last 150 years with the spread of farming. Irrigation allows year-round farming in the region, and the irrigated plants naturally create a weak acid that is leeching more and more uranium from sediment into the groundwater. (AP Photo/John Locher) In this Sept. 18, 2015 photo, a man loads a truck on farmland near Fresno, Calif. U.S. officials with the Geological Survey's Sacramento office and elsewhere believe the amount of uranium increased in Central Valley drinking-water supplies over the last 150 years with the spread of farming. Irrigation allows year-round farming in the region, and the irrigated plants naturally create a weak acid that is leeching more and more uranium from sediment into the groundwater. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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For most of the Republican front-runner’s rivals in the 2016 race, as well as numerous other Republicans, his call for a “shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” crosses the line.

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