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FILE - In this July 16, 2011 file photo, traffic moves along Sepulveda Boulevard, lower right, while a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405, left, was shut down, in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles region is bracing for another major freeway closure, and transportation planners are practically begging drivers to stay away over the Presidents Day weekend. Starting Friday night, Feb. 14, 2014, a repaving project will shut lanes on the heavily traveled Interstate 405. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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A Minneapolis firefighter throws out debris from the second floor of a North Minneapolis duplex after an early morning fire that took the lives of three children and injured several others, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire about 5 a.m. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel says firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire on the second and third floor of the duplex as they searched the building for victims. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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An investigator stands outside a North Minneapolis duplex after an early morning fire that took the lives of three children and injured several others, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire about 5 a.m. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel says firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire on the second and third floor of the duplex as they searched the building for victims. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Paul Cox helps Latonya Garrett as they removed items from their home where a fire broke out early Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Minneapolis. Fire officials say three children have died and five other people have been injured in the fire. More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire about 5 a.m. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel says firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire on the second and third floor of the duplex as they searched the building for victims. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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Tow operators work to remove the cab of a tractor trailer that crashed into an overpass on Interstate 84 in Vernon Conn. and plunged onto Route 31 below, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014. The tractor trailer was headed westbound when it struck the overpass near exit 67 and rolled off the highway onto the road below. Route 31 is closed as they work to clear the wreckage. The driver suffered only minor injuries in the crash. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jared Ramsdell) Mandatory Credit
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Tow operators work to remove the cab of a tractor trailer that crashed into an overpass on Interstate 84 in Vernon Conn. and plunged onto Route 31 below. The accident occurred shortly before midnight on Thursday February 13, 2014 as the tractor trailer was headed westbound when it struck the over pass near exit 67 and rolled off the highway onto the road below. Route 31 is closed as they work to clear the wreckage. The driver suffered only minor injuries in the crash. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jared Ramsdell) Mandatory Credit
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Tow operators work to remove the cab of a tractor trailer that crashed into an overpass on Interstate 84 in Vernon Conn. and plunged onto Route 31 below, Thursday Feb. 13, 2014. The tractor trailer was headed westbound when it struck the overpass near exit 67 and rolled off the highway onto the road below. Route 31 is closed as they work to clear the wreckage. The driver suffered only minor injuries in the crash. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jared Ramsdell) Mandatory Credit
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A Minneapolis firefighter throws out debris from the second floor of a North Minneapolis duplex after an early morning fire that took the lives of three children and injured several others, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire about 5 a.m. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel says firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire on the second and third floor of the duplex as they searched the building for victims. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Firefighters worked the scene where a fire broke out early Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Minneapolis. Fire officials say three children have died and five other people have been injured in the fire. More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire about 5 a.m. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel says firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire on the second and third floor of the duplex as they searched the building for victims. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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Minneapolis firefighters respond to a fire at a duplex in Minneapolis, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Fire officials say three children have died and five other people have been injured in the fire. More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire about 5 a.m. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel says firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire on the second and third floor of the duplex as they searched the building for victims. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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A Minneapolis firefighter throws out debris from the second floor of a North Minneapolis duplex after an early morning fire that took the lives of five, including three children, and injured several others, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire about 5 a.m. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel says firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire on the second and third floor of the duplex as they searched the building for victims. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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An investigator stands outside a North Minneapolis duplex after an early morning fire that took the lives of three children and injured several others, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. More than 40 firefighters responded to the fire about 5 a.m. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel says firefighters encountered heavy smoke and fire on the second and third floor of the duplex as they searched the building for victims. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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AP10ThingsToSee - A discarded computer keyboard lies on the dry, cracked bed of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose, Calif. on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 during the state's worst drought in recorded history. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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New Mexico Public Safety Secretary Gorden Eden, center, speak to reporters Friday Feb. 14, 2014, after being introduced as Albuquerque's new police chief. Eden takes over a police force facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation looking into allegations of excessive force. Also shown are: Mary Eden, right, Dept. of Public safety, Rob Perry, left, and Richard Berry, Mayor of albuquerque. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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Power crews assemble at a grocery store that was close due to the power outages caused by an ice storm this week Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Evans, Ga. Nearly a million homes and businesses in Georgia lost power after a storm blanketed the region with snow and ice, but most had power restored by Friday morning. Georgia utility companies said a total of 989,400 customers lost power in the wake of this week's storm. About 175,000 customers were still without service Friday morning. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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Ben Ziegler loads firewood into his truck to keep his family warm due to the power outages caused by an ice storm this week Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Evans, Ga. Nearly a million homes and businesses in Georgia lost power after a storm blanketed the region with snow and ice, but most had power restored by Friday morning. Georgia utility companies said a total of 989,400 customers lost power in the wake of this week's storm. About 175,000 customers were still without service Friday morning. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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Emergency personnel respond to the scene where vehicles were involved in a multi-vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 55 Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Bloomington, Ill. The wrecks involved as many as 20 vehicles and blocked the highway in central Illinois. Illinois State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond says nobody was hurt in the Friday accidents that were the result of motorists driving too fast in slippery and snowy conditions. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley)
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Area firefighters begin searching through wreckage after as many as 20 vehicles were involved a number of accidents during a snowstorm, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, on I-55/74 in Bloomington, Ill. The accident scene spanned almost one-half mile in length and forced the closure of the northbound lanes. Illinois State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond says nobody was hurt in the Friday accidents that were the result of motorists driving too fast in slippery and snowy conditions. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, David Proeber)
