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The scene where a scaffolding collapsed Friday, March 14, 2014 at a hotel construction site in Emmett Township, Mich. . The scaffold collapse, at a hotel construction site, injured six workers. (AP Photo/The Enquirer,John Grap) NO SALES
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Emmett Township and LifeCare emergency personnel carry a victim of a scaffolding collapse to a waiting ambulance in Emmet Township, Mich., Friday, March 14, 2014. The scaffold collapse, at a hotel construction site, injured six workers. (AP Photo/The Enquirer,John Grap) NO SALES
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Emmett Township and LifeCare emergency personnel carry a victim of a scaffolding collapse to a waiting ambulance in Emmet Township, Mich., Friday, March 14, 2014. The scaffold collapse, at a hotel construction site, injured six workers. (AP Photo/The Enquirer,John Grap) NO SALES
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Rlocal rsidents move around the streets as smoke rises from the nearby Giwa Military barracks following an attack by suspected Islamist militant in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Friday, March, 14. 2014, after the militants struck the northern city, attacking the main military barracks with gunfire and explosions. The Ministry of Defense said it repelled the insurgents and inflicted “heavy casualties”, and local residents grabbed weapons to roam the streets arresting people they thought were extremists and some were killed. (AP Photo)
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A crying woman, one of the relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, is assisted by volunteers as she leaves a hotel ballroom where families were briefed on rescue and searching efforts in Beijing, China, Friday, March 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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This undated photo provided by Nevada Historical Society, shows William Francis Blanchfield. Ninety years after his death in a fiery Reno plane crash, William Blanchfield is being remembered on two continents. In County Cork in Ireland, a float in Monday, March 17, 2014, St. Patrick's Day Parade will pay tribute Blanchfield, an Irish native and decorated Royal Air Force pilot in World War I. And on Sunday in Reno, the Sons and Daughters of Erin, an Irish heritage group, will continue the tradition of placing a shamrock sent from Ireland on Blanchfield's grave in Mountain View Cemetery. (AP Photo/Nevada Historical Society)
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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 photo, Metro-North Railroad engineer William Rockefeller is wheeled on a stretcher away from the area where the commuter train he was operating derailed in the Bronx borough of New York. According to a Federal Railroad Administration review prompted by the derailment that killed four passengers and injured about 70 others, the Metro-North commuter railroad has allowed its emphasis on trains' on-time performance to "routinely" overshadow its safety operations. (AP Photo/Robert Stolarik, File)
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, left, and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, comment on a report by the Federal Railroad Administration about the Metro-North Railroad, at the information booth in New York's Grand Central Terminal, Friday, March 14, 2014. Metro-North commuter railroad has allowed an overemphasis on train times to "routinely" overshadow its safety operations, according to an FRA review that was released Friday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, left, and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, comment during a news conference on a report by the Federal Railroad Administration about the Metro-North Railroad, at the information booth in New York's Grand Central Terminal, Friday, March 14, 2014. Metro-North commuter railroad has allowed an overemphasis on train times to "routinely" overshadow its safety operations, according to an FRA review that was released Friday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 file photo, a Metro-North passenger train lays on it's side after derailing on a curved section of track in the Bronx borough of New York. According to a Federal Railroad Administration review prompted by the derailment that killed four passengers and injured about 70 others, the Metro-North commuter railroad has allowed its emphasis on trains' on-time performance to "routinely" overshadow its safety operations. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, emergency workers arrive at the scene of a train collision in Fairfield, Conn, after two Metro-North commuter trains serving New York City collided during Friday's evening rush hour. According to a Federal Railroad Administration review prompted by another accident on Dec. 1, 2013 that killed four passengers and injured about 70 others, the Metro-North commuter railroad has allowed its emphasis on trains' on-time performance to "routinely" overshadow its safety operations. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham, File) MANDATORY CREDIT
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, left, and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, comment during a news conference on a report by the Federal Railroad Administration about the Metro-North Railroad, at the information booth in New York's Grand Central Terminal, Friday, March 14, 2014. Metro-North commuter railroad has allowed an overemphasis on train times to "routinely" overshadow its safety operations, according to an FRA review that was released Friday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
