After ‘Surreal’ Fire, Colorado Man Returns Home

Residents look at a map showing the areas damaged by the Black Forest fire in Colorado Springs, Col., on June 14, 2013. John Bissett, president of the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs, shares his story of personal hardship and professional feats as the fire nears containment on June 19, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Residents look at a map showing the areas damaged by the Black Forest fire in Colorado Springs, Col., on June 14, 2013. John Bissett, president of the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs, shares his story of personal hardship and professional feats as the fire nears containment on June 19, 2013. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) 12:03 PM ET

As he began to pack a few of his belonging into his motor home, it hit John Bissett that his entire El Paso County house...

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FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Britain's Prince William stand next to his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge as she leaves the King Edward VII hospital in central London, Dec. 6, 2012. With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch officials at Clarence House have released some of the couple’s plans, although many details are still being kept private. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs reacts on court during overtime in Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat at the American Airlines Arena June 19, 2013 in Miami, Florida. Miami defeated San Antonio 103-100 in overtime to even the best-of-seven championship series 3-3. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Europe

Turks, some of them holding national flags with images of Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk, stand in a silent protest in Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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This photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, shows people sunning at Goose Lake in Anchorage, Alaska. Parts of Alaska are setting high temperature records as a heat wave continues across Alaska. Temperatures are nothing like what Phoenix or Las Vegas gets, but temperatures in the 80s and 90s are hot for Alaska, where few buildings have air conditioning. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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The lawyer of Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana answers questions after a Milan court convicted the fashion designers of tax evasion, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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NYC Dining

Ice cream cone brownie pops from The Chocolate Swirl. It's a family affair for founder and executive pastry chef Lisa Bracigliano, who enlisted her father to help. Some of her creations make use of edible glitter called Disco Dust. "I can't get enough of it," she said. The company recently made their sweets for Willie Nelson's 80th birthday. (Joshua Philipp/Epoch Times)

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This publicity image released by Paramount Pictures shows, from center left, Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, Abigail Hargrove as Rachel Lane, and Mireille Enos as Karin Lanein a scene from "World War Z." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Jaap Buitendijk)

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People walk through a mall on in New York City, in this file photo. Malls have become "shoptainment" centers to keep attracting female customers (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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