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Snap employees Mark Randall, left, vice president of operations, and Steve Horowitz, vice president of engineering, wear Snap's Spectacles during the company's Wall Street debut at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Traders follow the IPO for Snap Inc. at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Illustration on unfair government subsidization of Persian Gulf airlines by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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As Snap Inc. initial public offering shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 2, 2017, people in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles launched a protest near the company’s offices at Market Street and Pacific Avenue. They say the company’s acquisition of commercial and residential properties there threatens their community. They carried signs that said "Venice is a community, not a corporate campus" and "Snap killed Mom and Pop." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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As Snap Inc. initial public offering shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 2, 2017, people in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles launched a protest near the company’s offices at Market Street and Pacific Avenue. They say the company’s acquisition of commercial and residential properties there threatens their community. They carried signs that said "Venice is a community, not a corporate campus" and "Snap killed Mom and Pop." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2016 file photo, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback speaks to the legislature in Topeka, Kan. Kansas' highest court on Thursday, March 2, 2017, ordered the state to increase its spending on public schools, which could further complicate the state's dire budget problems and increase pressure to undo large tax cuts championed by Brownback. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
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FILE- In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, school district attorney Alan Rupe, left, presents his arguments in a school funding case at the Kansas Supreme Court in Topeka, Kan. Kansas' highest court on Thursday, March 2, 2017, ordered the state to increase its spending on public schools, which could further complicate the state's dire budget problems and increase pressure to undo large tax cuts championed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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The organization Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR), funded by state and national grants, is mapping mining operations in collaboration with several universities around the state, so homeowners, developers and businesses can see where historic mine shafts are located and whether they are at risk for subsidence. (Warren Ruda/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
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Vice President Mike Pence, center, with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, left, and Frame USA CEO Dan Regenold, speaks during a "listening session with local business owners at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Pence visited Ohio to discuss repealing Obamacare and other issues. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a "listening session" with small business owners at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Pence visited Ohio to discuss repealing Obamacare and other issues. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Pence visited Ohio to discuss healthcare and other issues while engaging in a "listening session" with small business owners. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Pence visited Ohio to discuss healthcare and other issues while engaging in a "listening session" with small business owners. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Pence visited Ohio to discuss healthcare and other issues while engaging in a "listening session" with small business owners. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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A customer enters a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Bethel Park, Pa., on June 8, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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This Wednesday, March 1, 2017, photo shows an exterior view of the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco. A combative CEO leading a fast-growing company with ambitions to dominate ride-hailing across the globe gave rise to Uber’s latest public image nightmare, a videotaped clash with a driver over prices that’s become a viral video. The argument illustrates how Uber’s thirst to grow by cutting prices to weaken competition conflicts with the needs of its 400,000 drivers who have seen their income fall. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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People who want to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland rally outside the statehouse and governor's residence in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Opponents of the process known as fracking, a method to extract gas or oil from underground shale rock, cite health and environmental concerns. A House committee is scheduled to vote on a bill to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Maryland. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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A new espresso machine sits in the break room for the White House Press Corps, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in the White House in Washington. Actor Tom Hanks has given the White House press corps a new espresso machine along with a note that reads "To the White House Press Corps Keep up the good first for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Especially for the Truth part. Tom Hanks." Hanks has previously given the press corps coffee machines in 2004 and 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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The New York Stock Exchange is prepared for the IPO of Snap Inc., Thursday, March 2, 2017. The company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat is expected to start trading Thursday after a better-than-expected stock offering. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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A banner for Snap Inc. hangs from the front of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in New York. The company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat is expected to start trading Thursday after a better-than-expected stock offering. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
