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A construction site is seen in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Authorities say a woman has climbed a construction crane and locked herself inside the operator's cabin. Police say the woman somehow made her way up the towering red crane Tuesday afternoon. The Fire Department says workers turned off the crane power so she can't move it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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A rack with burned merchandise pulled from a blaze is seen at a Los Angeles strip mall Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Fire officials say two people rescued from the blaze at the Los Angeles strip mall have died at a hospital. City fire spokeswoman Margaret Stewart says a man and a woman were pulled from the burning one-story building Monday morning. The strip mall on a commercial block about 5 miles south of downtown Los Angeles holds a laundromat, doughnut store, pizza shop and other businesses. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Burned merchandise pulled from a blaze at a Los Angeles strip mall is seen Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Fire officials say two people rescued from the blaze at the Los Angeles strip mall have died at a hospital. City fire spokeswoman Margaret Stewart says a man and a woman were pulled from the burning one-story building Monday morning. The strip mall on a commercial block about 5 miles south of downtown Los Angeles holds a laundromat, doughnut store, pizza shop and other businesses. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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A rack with burned merchandise pulled from a blaze is seen at a Los Angeles strip mall Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Fire officials say two people rescued from the blaze at the Los Angeles strip mall have died at a hospital. City fire spokeswoman Margaret Stewart says a man and a woman were pulled from the burning one-story building Monday morning. The strip mall on a commercial block about 5 miles south of downtown Los Angeles holds a laundromat, doughnut store, pizza shop and other businesses. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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United Airlines passenger plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., in this Sept. 8, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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A dump truck hauls coal Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at Contura Energy's Eagle Butte Mine near Gillette, Wyo. President Donald Trump's lifting of a federal coal lease moratorium will allow new coal leasing to resume at the mine and others in the Powder River Basin that extract federally-owned coal. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

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Wagoner county and Broken Arrow law enforcement officers investigate the scene of a failed robbery that led to the death of three men who broke into the house in Broken Arrow, Okla., Monday, March 27, 2017. Oklahoma authorities say three would-be burglars have been fatally shot by a homeowner's son who was armed with a rifle. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)

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Wagoner county and Broken Arrow law enforcement officers investigate the scene of a failed robbery that led to the death of three men who broke into the house in Broken Arrow, Okla., Monday, March 27, 2017. Oklahoma authorities say three would-be burglars have been fatally shot by a homeowner's son who was armed with a rifle. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)

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This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Raul Cortez. A federal appeals court has rejected claims from 36-year-old Cortez that his lawyers were deficient at his trial for a quadruple fatal shooting in McKinney in 2004 and upheld the conviction. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

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A hay fire southeast of Cherry and North Avenues sends a plume of smoke westwards Tuesday morning, March 28, 2017, south of Fresno, Calif. (Eric Paul Zamora /The Fresno Bee via AP)

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The morning sun cuts through a hay fire's smoke southeast of Cherry and North Avenues Tuesday morning, March 28, 2017 south of Fresno, Calif. (Eric Paul Zamora /The Fresno Bee via AP)

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A hawk dives as a hay fire southeast of Cherry and North Avenues sends a plume of smoke westwards Tuesday morning, March 28, 2017, south of Fresno, Calif. (Eric Paul Zamora /The Fresno Bee via AP)

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FILE - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a dragline excavator moves rocks above a coal seam at the Spring Creek Mine in Decker, Mont. President Trump's latest move to support coal mining is unlikely to turn around the industry's prospects immediately. Experts say the biggest problem faced by the mining industry today isn't a coal shortage of coal or even the prospect of climate change regulations, but an abundance of cheap natural gas. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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FILE - In this July 1, 2013, file photo, smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont. President Trump's latest move to support coal mining is unlikely to turn around the industry's prospects immediately. Experts say the biggest problem faced by the mining industry today isn't a coal shortage of coal or even the prospect of climate change regulations, but an abundance of cheap natural gas. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, rail cars are filled with coal and sprayed with a topper agent to suppress dust at Cloud Peak Energy's Antelope Mine north of Douglas, Wyo. President Trump's latest move to support coal mining is unlikely to turn around the industry's prospects immediately. Experts say the biggest problem faced by the mining industry today isn't a coal shortage of coal or even the prospect of climate change regulations, but an abundance of cheap natural gas. (Ryan Dorgan/Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016 file photo, a haul truck with a 250-ton capacity carries coal from the Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. President Trump's latest move to support coal mining is unlikely to turn around the industry's prospects immediately. Experts say the biggest problem faced by the mining industry today isn't a coal shortage of coal or even the prospect of climate change regulations, but an abundance of cheap natural gas. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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Detroit Red Wings' Andreas Athanasiou (72) collides with Carolina Hurricanes goalie Eddie Lack (31), of Sweden, while scoring the game winning goal during overtime in an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, March 27, 2017. Detroit won 4-3. Lack was injured on the play. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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In this image made from video, tree debris lies on the street as wind gusts in Bowen, eastern Australia, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. A powerful cyclone lashed islands, damaged roofs and cut power on Tuesday as it edged toward Australia's tropical northeast coast, officials said.(AuBC via AP)

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In this image made from video, wind gusts outside shops in Bowen, eastern Australia, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. A powerful cyclone lashed islands, damaged roofs and cut power on Tuesday as it edged toward Australia's tropical northeast coast, officials said.(AuBC via AP)

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Colorado Avalanche's Mikko Rantanen, bottom, from Finland, battles for the puck with Calgary Flames' Mark Giordano during second period NHL action in Calgary, Alberta, Monday, March 27, 2017. (Larry MacDougal/The Canadian Press via AP)