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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 26, 2013, file photo, Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and CEO Douglas R. Oberhelman delivers the keynote address to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce annual meeting & business leaders luncheon in Chicago. On Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, Caterpillar said Oberhelman will retire from the company in 2017 and will be replaced with Jim Umpleby, who has worked at the company for more than three decades. Oberhelman, 63, will leave the company at the end of March. He has been CEO since 2010 and has been with Caterpillar Inc. for more than 41 years. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen, File)
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FILE - In this April 12, 2011 file photo, shopper Andrew Boston leaves the Save-a-Lot grocery store with his purchases in Northfield, Ohio. Supervalu said Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 that it is selling its Save-A-Lot supermarket chain for $1.37 billion to Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp. The deal is expected to close before the end of January. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
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not alone: John Podesta received an email from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell urging them to meet to discuss extraterrestrial intelligence. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo, Boston Red Sox newly appointed general manager Mike Hazen smiles at Fenway Park in Boston. The Arizona Diamondbacks have named Hazen as executive vice president and general manager. The team announced the hiring in a news release on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Shoppers go through the racks at one of the many stores on El Paso Street in the Segundo Barrio on Oct. 4, 2016 in El Paso, Texas. The Segundo Barrio and Chihuahuita neighborhoods in South El Paso were added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, a list that seeks to bring national attention to places with rich architectural and cultural heritage that might be facing demolition. (Victor Calzada/The El Paso Times via AP)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, file photo, customers walk into a Wells Fargo bank in Pembroke Pines, Fla. On Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, Wells Fargo reports financial results. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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FILE - This Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, file photo shows the Verizon logo, in New York. Verizon Communications plans to close call centers in five states, including New York where the impending loss of hundreds of jobs has drawn sharp rebuke from the Cuomo administration. The New York-based telecommunications company announced late Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, that it’s consolidating operations at some of its call centers, a move that will impact about 3,200 workers in New York, Maine, Nebraska, Connecticut and and Rancho Cordoba, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2014, file photo, Denver Walker, of Somerset Fuels, makes a heating oil delivery to a home in Jenner Crossroads, Pa. On Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, the Energy Department said that household bills from October through March are likely to be higher for all four main heating fuels: natural gas, electricity, heating oil and propane. (John Rucosky/The Tribune-Democrat via AP, File)
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Thais hold portraits of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital where the king is being treated in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Thais chanted prayers Wednesday as the country's stock market and currency tumbled and the prime minister canceled an overseas trip amid concerns about long-ailing King Adulyadej's health. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Illustration on Hurricane Matthew by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency
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People gather in front of Widener Library on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (Associated Press)
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In this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, photo, Emerald Correctional Management CEO Steve Afeman poses for a photo at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, which will open soon and is run by the Lafayette, Louisiana-based company. Some activists are asking questions about a new detention center in North Texas that is slated to house about 700 immigrants, including three dozen transgender individuals. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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The BMW Motorrad Vision Next 100, a concept motorcycle by the iconic company, was unveiled on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. (YouTube, BMW)
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A screen shows an internal design drawings of Samsung Electronics Galaxy S7 smartphone at its shop in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The fiasco of Samsung's fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones - and Samsung's stumbling response to the problem - has left consumers from Shanghai to New York reconsidering how they feel about the South Korean tech giant and its products. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Illustration on Deutsche Bank and economic troubles in Europe by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center said Donald Trump's plan is more generous to taxpayers than Hillary Clinton's but does far more damage to federal revenue. (Associated Press)
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In a Oct. 16, 2013 photo, Tracy Sides, who won the "Forever St. Paul Challenge," a contest for the best idea to improve life in St. Paul, Minn. stands near an abandoned warehouse just east of downtown St. Paul, that was part of her winning proposal. Urban Oasis, a nonprofit that won $1 million to promote the growing and cooking of local food in St. Paul, is disbanding after three years. The St. Paul Foundation awarded the money to Urban Oasis in 2013 in a contest for ideas on how to improve life in the inner city. Urban Oasis founder Tracy Sides said the Urban Oasis business model was unsustainable and that it has spent all of the contest money. (Scott Takushi/St. Paul Pioneer Press via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2015, file photo, Comcast trucks are parked in a lot in the company's Westford, Mass. operations center. Government regulators have fined Comcast $2.3 million, saying the cable giant has charged customers for stuff they never ordered, like premium channels or extra cable boxes. The Federal Communications Commission says the Philadelphia company must clearly ask customers before charging them for new services or equipment and make it easier for customers to fight charges they think are wrong. The company said in a statement, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, that it’s been working to improve customer service and that the problems uncovered by the FCC stemmed from “isolated errors or customer confusion” rather than Comcast intentionally mischarging customers. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel, File)
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FILE - In this July 15, 2014 file photo, Alain Kaloyeros speaks during an economic development news conference in Niskayuna, N.Y. SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros resigned Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, after being charged in a bribery and bid-rigging case that has shaken the administration of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)