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This Friday, June 16, 2017, photo shows a Whole Foods Market in San Antonio. Whole Foods shareholders voted Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, to bless a $13.7 billion union with Amazon that the organic grocery chain's CEO had called "love at first sight." By buying Whole Foods, Amazon will get more than 460 stores and potentially very lucrative data about how shoppers behave offline. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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This photo March 22, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Mike Flynn National security advisor (resigned) - 22 Days. In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. Flynn resigned as President Donald Trump's national security adviser Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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The pathway leading up to the faces at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. (Eric Althoff/The Washington Times)
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Hannah Gu, left, and Shantel Bartolme, both of Denver, emerge from the federal courthouse after attending the morning session of the third day of a civil trial to determine whether a Denver radio host groped pop singer Taylor Swift in a case in federal court Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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bank on it: The Verizon Center downtown D.C. is now called Capital One Arena. Owner Ted Leonsis announced an investment of $40 million. (Associated Press)
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Congressional staffers attended a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in 2013. Some staffers dismiss claims in the Congressional Management Foundation report. They say lazy cohorts don't make use of Congress' extraordinary resources and instead outsource research and decision-making to lobbyists. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at a rally at Summerville Country Club in Summerville, S.C. A person familiar with the negotiations says a group led by Gov. Jeb Bush and Quogue Capital investment fund founder Wayne Rothbaum has halted its bid to buy the Miami Marlins.The person confirmed the decision to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, because the groups that have been involved in negotiations aren’t commenting publicly. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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An insurance company investigator walks around the front of a 1940's era car Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, at Country Classic Cars on Interstate-55 near the town of Staunton, Illinois. A fire, which broke out late Tuesday night, destroyed perhaps as many as 100 classic antique cars which were housed in two buildings on the property. (John Badman /The Telegraph via AP)
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John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions, participates in the executive panel during the FX Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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The Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy meets about the incentive deal for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. The company last week that it planned to construct the first liquid crystal display panel factory outside of Asia in southeast Wisconsin. The deal requires the state to approve $3 billion in tax breaks tied to Foxconn hiring and spending as promised. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
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U.S. Secretary Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson responds to questions during an interview with The Southern Illinoisan newspaper, Tuesday Aug. 8, 2017, in the Alexander Housing Authority Shuemaker Building in Cairo, Ill. (Richard Sitler /The Southern Illinoisan via AP)
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This July 23, 2017, photo shows the Pickwick Mill in Pickwick, Minn. Pickwick Mill is a flour mill built in 1854 that has been restored and is open daily for tours. (Holly Galbus/Agri News via AP)
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Jon Schmidt, a consultant for pipeline builder TransCanada, answers a question during a hearing Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, before the Nebraska Public Service Commission in Lincoln, Neb. Omaha attorney Brian Jorde had asked Schmidt why the company hadn't proposed running the new Keystone XL pipeline along the original Keystone pipeline, which was finished in 2010. The Nebraska Public Service Commission is on Day 2 of a five-day public hearing to decide whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline which would transport oil from tar sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, across Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Omaha attorney Brian Jorde, right, talks to attorney Dave Domina during a hearing before the Nebraska Public Service Commission in Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Jorde had asked Jon Schmidt, a consultant for pipeline builder TransCanada, why the company hadn't proposed running the new Keystone XL pipeline along the original Keystone pipeline, which was finished in 2010. The Nebraska Public Service Commission is on Day 2 of a five-day public hearing to decide whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline which would transport oil from tar sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, across Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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In this Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, photo, The Walt Disney Co. logo appears on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Walt Disney Co. reports earnings, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - In this July 27, 2017 file photo, an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper removes a ground spike in front of the fire ball ride at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio. The Dutch manufacturer of a thrill ride that broke apart and killed an 18-year-old man at the Ohio State Fair says excessive corrosion on a support beam led to a “catastrophic failure.” A statement on KMG’s website dated Friday, Aug. 4, says the company officials visited the accident site and conducted metallurgical tests. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
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In this photo provided by the Aquarium of the Pacific, Sara Mandel, penguin expert, brings a baby penguin for it's first public debut to the June Keyes Penguin Habitat at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The chick hatched in May waddled out in front of news media on Tuesday after spending weeks in a behind-the-scenes nursery at the Long Beach aquarium. (Adrian Samora/Aquarium of the Pacific via AP)
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In this photo provided by the Aquarium of the Pacific, a baby penguin swims during it's public debut at the June Keyes Penguin Habitat at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The chick hatched in May waddled out in front of news media on Tuesday after spending weeks in a behind-the-scenes nursery at the Long Beach aquarium. (Adrian Samora/Aquarium of the Pacific via AP)
