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FILE - This Dec. 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Anthem logo at the company's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. A federal judge on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, rejected Anthem Inc.'s bid to buy rival health insurer Cigna Corp., saying the merger would likely lead to higher costs, less competition and diminished innovation. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the merger would significantly reduce competition in the already concentrated insurance market, particularly for large national employers. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the headquarters of the health insurer Cigna Corp. in in Philadelphia. A federal judge on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, rejected Anthem Inc.'s bid to buy rival health insurer Cigna Corp., saying the merger would likely lead to higher costs, less competition and diminished innovation. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the merger would significantly reduce competition in the already concentrated insurance market, particularly for large national employers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this June 7, 2011, file photo, state Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, addresses a host of environmental and community groups gathered for a rally in the state capitol against gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale natural gas formation in Harrisburg, Pa. Leach posted a profanity-laced tweet on Feb. 7, 2017, to defend a fellow state lawmaker in Texas after President Donald Trump mulled destroying the unnamed lawmaker’s career. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)
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The oldest gold bar of the German Bundesbank from the year 1917 with a value of 442,000 Euros (US$ 472,700) is displayed in the bank's headquarter Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Germany's central bank has completed an effort to bring home 300 tons of gold stashed in the United States, part of a plan to repatriate gold bars kept abroad during the Cold War. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Various gold bars, are displayed in the German central bank's headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Germany's central bank has completed an effort to bring home 300 tons of gold stashed in the United States, part of a plan to repatriate gold bars kept abroad during the Cold War. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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People standing outside developer Energy Transfer Partners headquarters protest the Army Corps of Engineers approval of the final section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. The Army said Tuesday that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota. The developer had hoped to have the pipeline operating by the end of 2016, but construction has been stalled while the Army Corps of Engineers and the Dallas-based company battled in court over the crossing. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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Pennie Opal Plant, second from top right, and other opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline block an entrance to the San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline called for protests around the world Wednesday as the Army prepared to greenlight the final stage of the $3.8 billion project's construction. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Kansas Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood discusses a proposal to build a new prison in Lansing during a meeting of a Kansas House Appropriations subcommittee, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The department wants to replace its oldest and largest prison in Lansing and is pushing to have a private company build a new facility and lease it to the state (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Renee Fry, executive director of the Open Sky Policy Institute, speaks in opposition to Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts' tax plan during a hearing at the Legislature's Revenue Committee in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts presents his tax plan to the Legislature's Revenue Committee in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts presents his tax plan to the Legislature's Revenue Committee in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts laughs as he answers a question from state Sen. Burke Harr of Omaha, left, during a presentation of his tax plan to the Legislature's Revenue Committee in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline protest at the San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline called for protests around the world Wednesday as the Army prepared to green-light the final stage of the $3.8 billion project's construction. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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FILE -This undated file photo provided by the Sacramento County Sheriff's office shows Carl Ferrer CEO of adult classified ad portal Backpage. Law enforcement experts and sex worker advocates say shutting down what prosecutors call an online brothel could have unintended negative consequences. California is prosecuting Backpage.com's two founders and its chief executive and they are due in court Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (Sacramento County Sheriff's Office via AP,File)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 27, 2017 photo, Dan Hansen rides his unicycle down Central Ave., in Minneapolis during his commute from northeast Minneapolis to the Mill City Museum downtown. For the last three and a half years, Hansen has ridden his unicycle almost every day from his home in northeast Minneapolis to the Mill City Museum, where he's responsible for the upkeep of the historic building. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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This Friday, May 1, 2009 photo shows Bill Cooper, CEO of TCF Financial Corp., at his company's corporate headquarters in Wayzata, Minn., overlooking Wayzata Bay. Cooper, credited with reviving and building the once failing savings and loan into Minnesota's third-largest banking company, has died at age 73. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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This Friday, May 1, 2009 photo shows Bill Cooper, CEO of TCF Financial Corp., at his company's corporate headquarters in Wayzata, Minn. Cooper, credited with reviving and building the once failing savings and loan into Minnesota's third-largest banking company, has died at age 73. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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This Friday, May 1, 2009 photo shows Bill Cooper, CEO of TCF Financial Corp., at his company's corporate headquarters in Wayzata, Minn., overlooking Wayzata Bay. Cooper, credited with reviving and building the once failing savings and loan into Minnesota's third-largest banking company, has died at age 73. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, photo, Ken Yager poses for a photo at his business, in Waukegan, Ill. Yager, the owner of Newpoint Advisors, a consulting company in Chicago, said his business uses larger banks for tasks like money transfers, but depends on his community bank for most of his needs. He finds community bankers more willing than larger ones to try to help companies succeed. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, photo, Ken Yager poses for a photo at his business, in Waukegan, Ill. Yager, the owner of Newpoint Advisors, a consulting company in Chicago, said his business uses larger banks for tasks like money transfers, but depends on his community bank for most of his needs. He finds community bankers more willing than larger ones to try to help companies succeed. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
