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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, MAY 6 AND THEREAFTER - In this May 12, 2017, file photo, firefighters battle fire along the Gunflint Trail north of Grand Marais, Minn. as they continue the fight against the week-old fire that has destroyed over 50,000 acres and over 100 structures. The fire began May 5, 2007, with a seemingly innocent campfire. It quickly blew out of control, fanned by erratic winds and fueled by tinder dry conditions. It took 1,000 firefighters from around the country a week to finally corral it. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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Debris covers the road Wednesday May 3, 2017, as a BNSF Railway work truck passes through water flowing over Hwy. 63 east of Portia, Ark. Water topped highway 63, forcing its closure and also topped the rail line which parallels the highway. Downpours that dumped up to a foot of rain in parts of the nation’s midsection last weekend led to the sudden surge of water. (Stephen B. Thornton/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
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A concrete company, bottom, a Wal-Mart, top center, and other businesses are under water Wednesday May 3, 2017, along U.S. 67 in the heavily flooded East Pocahontas, Ark.. Downpours that dumped up to a foot of rain in parts of the nation’s midsection last weekend led to the sudden surge of water. (Stephen B. Thornton/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
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An Arkansas State trooper drives through the Wal-Mart parking lot in a humvee Wednesday May 3, 2017, in the heavily flooded East Pocahontas, Ark. Downpours that dumped up to a foot of rain in parts of the nation’s midsection last weekend led to the sudden surge of water. (Stephen B. Thornton/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
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Building manager Larry Mueller waits for Pacific building and fire inspectors to finish looking over his antique store to deem it safe for occupancy Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Pacific, Mo. Heavy rains have swollen many rivers to record levels in parts of Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Arkansas. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Two rental houses look underwater next to the Meramec River on Opps Lane in Fenton, Mo., Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Heavy rains have swollen many rivers to record levels in parts of Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Five deaths have been blamed on flooding in Missouri, while hundreds of people have been displaced and thousands more are potentially in harm's way. (J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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A military vehicle, left, and a truck pulling a boat pass in front of flooded businesses under water along U.S. 67 Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in the heavily flooded East Pocahontas, Ark. Downpours that dumped up to a foot of rain in parts of the nation’s midsection last weekend led to the sudden surge of water. (Stephen B. Thornton/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
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Pacific building and fire inspectors look through Pacific Package Liquor to deem it safe for occupancy on E. Osage Street in Pacific, Mo., Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Heavy rains have swollen many rivers to record levels in parts of Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Five deaths have been blamed on flooding in Missouri, while hundreds of people have been displaced and thousands more are potentially in harm's way. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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In this Oct. 20, 2016 photo, dead oyster shells are seen in the Indian River Lagoon, Fla. Once plentiful oysters have died off in the lagoon due to increased boat traffic as the region's population has swelled faster than anywhere else in the state. Last year, baby oysters died off en masse for the first time, a victim of increasing brown algae in these once pristine waters. An AP analysis of water testing data found that phosphorus pollution from farms and urban development, which the algae feed on, increased by 75-percent in the lagoon from 2000-2016. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)
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FILE- In this June 29, 2016 file photo, boats docked at Central Marine in Stuart, Fla., are surrounded by blue green algae. The 153-mile-long Indian River Lagoon has been plagued by harmful algae blooms. Water quality testing data analyzed by the AP showed the average phosphorous level _ a byproduct of fertilizers and human waste that algae thrive on, rose nearly 75 percent between 2000 and 2016. (Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via AP, File)
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Illustration on America at the precipice of financial disaster by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Officers work at a fatal shooting scene on the North Lake College campus in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The situation prompted a lockdown at the school in the Dallas suburb. (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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An Irving police officer checks his rifle as he arrives at a fatal shooting scene on the North Lake College campus in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The situation prompted a lockdown at the school in the Dallas suburb. (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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People walk out of a building as Irving police officers work at a fatal shooting scene on the North Lake College campus in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The situation prompted a lockdown at the school in the Dallas suburb. (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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Students and faculty exit a building with their hands up after a fatal shooting at North Lake College in Irving, Texas, on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Multiple people died in an apparent murder-suicide at the college, prompting an active-shooter alert that instructed students and employees to barricade themselves into rooms. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2015 file photo a very large smokestack flare burns off flammable product after an explosion in a processing facility at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, Calif. A federal safety board says the 2015 explosion at the refinery was preventable and is recommending changes to its safety procedures. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board released a 73-page report on Wednesday May 3, 2017. (Chuck Bennett /Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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FILE - This Feb. 18, 2015, file photo shows a structure damaged after an explosion in a processing facility at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, Calif. A federal safety board says the 2015 explosion at the refinery was preventable and is recommending changes to its safety procedures. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board released a 73-page report on Wednesday May 3, 2017. (Brad Graverson /Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 2, 2017 photo, flood water from the Meramec River streams over a railroad bridge in Valley Park, Mo. River levels are cresting in several Missouri communities as floodwaters slowly drain from the state, although forecasts for more rain could cause another round of damaging high water. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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This still image from video provided by NBC Boston shows wreckage after a vehicle suddenly accelerated at an auto auction and struck several people before it crashed through a wall of the building, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Billerica, Mass. (NBC Boston via AP)
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This still image from video provided by NBC Boston shows wreckage after a vehicle suddenly accelerated at an auto auction and struck several people before it crashed through a wall of the building, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Billerica, Mass. (NBC Boston via AP)