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Maria Valero walks in the snow after taking photographs of the reflecting pool and the Washington Monument in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. After pummeling wide swaths of the South, a winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow in Washington as it marched Northeast and threatened more power outages, traffic headaches and widespread closures for millions of residents. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Children play in the snow on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, as winter weather shut down Washington. After pummeling wide swaths of the South, a winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow in Washington as it marched Northeast and threatened more power outages, traffic headaches and widespread closures for millions of residents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Workmen clear snow from around the Capitol as a winter storm shuts down Washington, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. After pummeling wide swaths of the South, a winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow in Washington as it marched Northeast and threatened more power outages, traffic headaches and widespread closures for millions of residents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Workmen clear snow from the steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, as winter weather shut down Washington. After pummeling wide swaths of the South, a winter storm dumped nearly a foot of snow in Washington as it marched Northeast and threatened more power outages, traffic headaches and widespread closures for millions of residents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Pedestrians support each other as they cross S. Elm St. during a snow storm, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 in Greensboro, N.C. As a third winter storm in as many days slammed into North Carolina, commutes that typically took minutes turned into hours-long ordeals. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning lasting into Thursday covering 95 of the state's 100 counties. (AP Photo/News & Record, Jerry Wolford)
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Cars that lost traction sit on the eastbound ramp from Joseph Bryan Boulevard to Holden Road during a snowfall in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. A major winter slammed into North Carolina Wednesday, turning homebound commutes that typically take minutes into hours-long ordeals as traffic slowed to a slippery slog and threatening to leave many areas dark because of power outages. (AP Photo/News & Record, Nelson Kepley)
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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2006 file photo, traffic crawls along Interstate 5 in Los Angeles. Interstate 5 is California's most congested, according to new data from the state Department of Transportation. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2011 file photo, Lake Travis levels approach record lows as the heat and record drought are taking its toll on the Highland Lakes, near Austin, Texas. The impacts of record-breaking heat and years of low or no rainfall can be felt years after the dry spell passes, and Texas is now struggling with some of the worst impacts of a historic one-year drought that crippled the state’s lakes, agriculture and water supplies. More than 50 percent of Texas remains in drought despite more consistent rainfall in the past two years, climatologists said. (AP Photo/Austin American Statesman, Ralph Barrera, File) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, MAGS OUT; NO SALES; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM
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FILE - In this Aug 3, 2011 file photo, Texas State Park police officer Thomas Bigham walks across the cracked lake bed of O.C. Fisher Lake, in San Angelo, Texas. The impacts of record-breaking heat and years of low or no rainfall can be felt years after the dry spell passes, and Texas is now struggling with some of the worst impacts of a historic one-year drought that crippled the state’s lakes, agriculture and water supplies. More than 50 percent of Texas remains in drought despite more consistent rainfall in the past two years, climatologists said. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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Baylor's Niya Johnson, right, defends Texas Tech's Ivonne CookTaylor during an NCAA college basketball game in Lubbock, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The Avalanche-Journal, Tori Eichberger)
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Baylor's Niya Johnson shoots over Texas Tech's Minta Spears, left, during an NCAA college basketball game in Lubbock, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The Avalanche-Journal, Tori Eichberger)
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Baylor's Odyssey Sims (0) drives against Texas Tech's Marina Lizarazu (1) during an NCAA college basketball game in Lubbock, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The Avalanche-Journal, Tori Eichberger)
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Texas Tech's Haley Schneider (31) scores over Baylor's Kristina Higgins (44) and Imani Wright (20) during an NCAA college basketball game in Lubbock, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The Avalanche-Journal, Tori Eichberger)
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Ice and snow cover Main Street at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C., early Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Gov. Nikki Haley again declared a state of emergency as emergency officials worried that as much as an inch of ice accumulating on trees and power lines Wednesday into Thursday could knock out powers to thousands, especially in the Midlands. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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Ice and snow cover Interstate 26, early Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley again declared a state of emergency as emergency officials worried that as much as an inch of ice accumulating on trees and power lines Wednesday into Thursday could knock out powers to thousands, especially in the Midlands. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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Baylor's Nina Davis, right, shoots over Texas Tech's Amber Battle during an NCAA college basketball game in Lubbock, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The Avalanche-Journal, Tori Eichberger)
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Baylor's Sune Agbuke (22) shoots over Texas Tech's Haley Schneider (31) during an NCAA college basketball game in Lubbock, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The Avalanche-Journal, Tori Eichberger)