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House Majority Leader Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, left, confers with House Minority Leader Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage, during a break in the opening session of the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. The session is expected to be dominated by lawmakers' efforts to address a multibillion dollar budget deficit, exacerbated by low oil prices. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Golden State Warriors president & COO Rick Welts, from left, poses for photos with owner & CEO Joe Lacob, co-owner Peter Guber, forward Kevin Durant, Chase consumer banking CEO Thasunda Duckett and head coach Steve Kerr during a ground breaking ceremony for the Chase Center in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Golden State Warriors owner & CEO Joe Lacob, left, laughs as he leans on the shoulder of co-owner Peter Guber, center, as Chase consumer banking CEO Thasunda Duckett watches during a ground breaking ceremony for the Chase Center in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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U.N. Deal Deniers Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - This Sept. 29, 2016 file photo, shows a section of the Dakota Access Pipeline under construction near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the oil pipeline, asked a a federal judge on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from launching a full environmental study of the $3.8 billion pipeline's disputed crossing of a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
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The boyhood home of President-elect Donald Trump, which is going back on the auction block, is shown, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in New York. Paramount Realty says the 1940 Tudor-style house in Jamaica Estates in Queens is up for auction for the second time in three months, with written bids due Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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The boyhood home of President-elect Donald Trump, which is going back on the auction block, is shown, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in New York. Paramount Realty says the 1940 Tudor-style house in Jamaica Estates in Queens is up for auction for the second time in three months, with written bids due Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Baltimore Delegate Maggie McIntosh, who chairs the Maryland House Appropriations Committee, leaves the governor's mansion after a budget meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Annapolis, Md. McIntosh, a Democrat, says Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's budget plan does not include money for several initiatives lawmakers passed last year to help Baltimore, including funds for a scholarship program and after school programs. Hogan says the state can't afford adding new spending mandates. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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FILE - In a Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, author Patricia Cornwell leaves federal court in Boston, after she took the stand in her lawsuit against her former financial management company. Cornwell settled a lawsuit Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, against her former business managers, avoiding a second trial for a case that dates to 2009. The author had claimed the New York accounting firm Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP was negligent in handling her finances and cost her millions in losses or unaccounted for revenue. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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A trader passes the post that handles General Motors on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. GM confirmed the company will make a $1 billion investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,500 jobs. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE- In this Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra speaks about the financial outlook of the automaker in Detroit. On Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, GM confirmed the company will make a $1 billion investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,500 jobs. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, "Pursuing protectionism is like locking oneself in a dark room. Wind and rain may be kept outside, but so are light and air." (Associated Press)
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Malaysia Airlines' new CEO Peter Bellew gestures during a luncheon in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Nearly three years after twin disasters took it to the brink of financial collapse, Bellew said an overhaul aimed at turning the ailing carrier around is going better than expected. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Malaysia Airlines' new CEO Peter Bellew speaks during a luncheon in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Nearly three years after twin disasters took it to the brink of financial collapse, Bellew said an overhaul aimed at turning the ailing carrier around is going better than expected. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2016 file photo, Boca Juniors' forward Carlos Tevez celebrates scoring against River Plate during a local tournament soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The governing body of Chinese soccer plans a series of measures in response to what is termed "irrational" spending by clubs on transfer fees and player salaries, amid concerns that foreign stars are crowding out local talent and harming the country's goal of becoming a global force in the sport. Spending by Chinese clubs on players such as Argentina's Carlos Tevez has drawn global attention, raising fears among some that domestic players will be denied opportunities. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
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A worker vacuum-cleans the carpet inside the Congress Center of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
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A worker vacuum-cleans the carpet inside the Congress Center ahead of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
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Police is on guard next to the Congress Center ahead of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
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Police guard next to the Congress Center ahead of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
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Police is on guard on top of the Congress Center on the eve of the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)