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Protest organizer Russell Mokhiber gathers crowd at Hancock, Md., community center during TransCanada open house to explain proposed gas pipeline beneath the Potomac River, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A Potomac River protection group organized a demonstration against plans for a pipeline beneath the river that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to West Virginia. (Kevin G. Gilbert/The Herald-Mail via AP)

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Jason Hamil, a project management worker, answers citizen questions during a TransCanada open house to explain a proposed gas pipeline beneath the Potomac River, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A Potomac River protection group organized a demonstration against plans for a pipeline beneath the river that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to West Virginia. (Kevin G. Gilbert/The Herald-Mail via AP)

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A model steps over slush as she arrives at Skylight Clarkson Square for a fashion show during Fashion Week, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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A fashion photographer photographs guests arriving for a fashion show at Skylight Clarkson Square during Fashion Week, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Guests and models arrive at Skylight Clarkson Square for a fashion show during Fashion Week, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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FILE - This July 3, 2014, file photo shows the Microsoft Corp. logo outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. In a ruling released Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, a federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Microsoft that claims a law that prohibits technology companies from telling customers when the government demands their electronic data is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Razor wire and concrete barriers protect access to the Dakota Access pipeline drilling site Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The developer says construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North Dakota reservoir has begun and that the full pipeline should be operational within three months. One of two tribes who say the pipeline threatens their water supply on Thursday filed a legal challenge asking a court to block construction while an earlier lawsuit against the pipeline proceeds. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

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Military vehicles are staged near the path of the Dakota Access pipeline Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The developer says construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North Dakota reservoir has begun and that the full pipeline should be operational within three months. One of two tribes who say the pipeline threatens their water supply on Thursday filed a legal challenge asking a court to block construction while an earlier lawsuit against the pipeline proceeds. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

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FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2011, file photo, Eric Rego stitches boots in the facility where LL Bean boots are assembled in Brunswick, Maine. L.L. Bean will freeze its pensions and offer an early retirement program in 2018 as it seeks to control growing expenses. Steve Smith, the Maine-based retailer's CEO, is making the announcement in a memo and in meetings with workers on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

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FILE - This Nov. 4, 2013, file photo shows the sign outside of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco. Twitter announced Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, that the company is struggling to convert its headline omnipresence into cash and its profit expectations going forward is sending investors scattering. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2016 file photo, Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto hits an RBI double off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester in the fifth inning of a baseball game, in Cincinnati. Cincinnati invested most of its offseason spending on a bullpen that was one of the worst in major league history. With an everyday lineup anchored by Billy Hamilton and Joey Votto, they have enough offense to keep up. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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FILE - In this April 10, 2016, file photo, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Drew Storen throws against the Boston Red Sox in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Toronto. Cincinnati invested most of its offseason spending on a bullpen that was one of the worst in major league history. The Reds signed Storen to a $3 million, one-year deal as their biggest offseason acquisition. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2016 file photo, Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price works in the dugout in the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Cincinnati. Cincinnati invested most of its offseason spending on a bullpen that was one of the worst in major league history. With an everyday lineup anchored by Billy Hamilton and Joey Votto, they have enough offense to keep up. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Scarlett Johansson attends amfAR's Fashion Week New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Scarlett Johansson attends amfAR's Fashion Week New York Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a new book due in mid-April. (Henry Holt)

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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)