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Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo leaves hospital after being hospitalized for a week following a car crash in Warsaw, Poland, Friday Feb. 17, 2017. Szydlo suffered minor injuries when the car she was traveling in swerved to avoid another car and hit a tree in the Polish town of Oswiecim on Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo speaks as she leaves hospital after being hospitalized for a week following a car crash in Warsaw, Poland, Friday Feb. 17, 2017. Szydlo suffered minor injuries when the car she was traveling in swerved to avoid another car and hit a tree in the Polish town of Oswiecim on Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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FILE - In this July 21, 2014 file photo, vehicles involved in an accident that killed five people are seen on Interstate 55 near Channahon, Ill. Semi-truck driver Francisco Espinal Quiroz, of Leesburg, Ind., who was involved in the crash, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Espinal-Quiroz pleaded guilty in November to five counts of reckless homicide and falsifying entries in his logbook that tracks how many hours he was behind the wheel. (Rob Winner /The Herald-News via AP, File)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, photo, debris is piled on the ground awaiting pickup by cleanup crews at the Dakota Access oil pipeline protest camp in southern North Dakota near Cannon Ball. The camp is on federal land, and authorities have told occupants to leave by Wednesday, Feb. 22, in advance of spring flooding. (AP Photo/Blake Nicholson)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, photo, leftover construction material is among the debris being cleaned up at the Dakota Access oil pipeline protest camp in southern North Dakota near Cannon Ball. The camp is on federal land, and authorities have told occupants to leave by Wednesday, Feb. 22, in advance of spring flooding. (AP Photo/Blake Nicholson)
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Umbrellas were put to use as a group of students walk to the Sacramento Convention Center to attend the YMCA Model Legislature & Court, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Storms continued to batter California as the saturated state faces another round of wet weather that could trigger flooding. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2016, file photo, Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, in Kansas City, Mo. Officials say the toxicology report on Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura won’t be released to the public following his death last month in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic. Tessie Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the Dominican attorney general’s office, said Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, that the toxicology report is not a public document. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Kansas City Royals' Raul Mondesi wears a tribute to teammate Yordano Ventura, who died in a car accident last month, as he prepares to bat during spring training baseball practice Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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In this Feb. 14, 2017, satellite image released by DigitalGlobe and taken by DigitalGlobe's WorldView-4 satellite shows an overview of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, thousands of people were evacuated from counties downstream of the nation's tallest dam amid concerns the spillway could fail and send water roaring downstream. (©2017 DigitalGlobe via AP)
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This Aug. 23, 2016, satellite image released by DigitalGlobe and taken by DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 satellite shows an overview of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, thousands of people were evacuated from counties downstream of the nation's tallest dam amid concerns the spillway could fail and send water roaring downstream. (©2017 DigitalGlobe via AP)
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This photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, shows erosion caused when overflow water cascaded down the emergency spillway, right, of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. Water flowed over the emergency spill Sunday morning when Lake Oroville reached capacity, and engineers determined the hillside was eroding faster then expected, undermining the concrete wall. Officials fearing it was about to collapse ordered thousands of residents downstream to evacuate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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This photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, shows erosion caused when overflow water cascaded down the emergency spillway, right, of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. Water flowed over the emergency spillway Sunday morning when Lake Oroville reached capacity, and engineers determined the hillside was eroding faster then expected, undermining the concrete wall. Officials fearing it was about to collapse ordered thousands of residents downstream to evacuate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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This photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, shows erosion caused when overflow water cascaded down the emergency spillway, right, of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. Water flowed over the emergency spillway Sunday morning when Lake Oroville reached capacity, and engineers determined the hillside was eroding faster then expected, undermining the concrete wall. Officials fearing it was about to collapse ordered thousands of residents downstream to evacuate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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This photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, shows erosion caused when overflow water cascaded down the emergency spillway, right, of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. Water flowed over the emergency spillway Sunday morning when Lake Oroville reached capacity, and engineers determined the hillside was eroding faster then expected, undermining the concrete wall. Officials fearing it was about to collapse ordered thousands of residents downstream to evacuate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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This photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, shows erosion caused when overflow water cascaded down the emergency spillway, right, of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. Water flowed over the emergency spillway Sunday morning when Lake Oroville reached capacity, and engineers determined the hillside was eroding faster then expected, undermining the concrete wall. Officials fearing it was about to collapse ordered thousands of residents downstream to evacuate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, satellite image released by DigitalGlobe and taken by DigitalGlobe's WorldView-4 satellite shows an overview of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, thousands of people were evacuated from counties downstream of the nation's tallest dam amid concerns the spillway could fail and send water roaring downstream. (©2017 DigitalGlobe via AP)
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In this Aug. 23, 2016, satellite image released by DigitalGlobe and taken by DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 satellite shows an overview of the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif. On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, thousands of people were evacuated from counties downstream of the nation's tallest dam amid concerns the spillway could fail and send water roaring downstream. (©2017 DigitalGlobe via AP)
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A mudslide blocks westbound lanes of Interstate 90 in Issaquah, Wash. Thursday, Feb. 16, 2016. Several cars were stuck in the mud. No injuries were reported. After a week of snow and heavy rains, landslides were covering roads around Seattle Thursday while in Spokane County a state of emergency was declared for flooding and washed out roadways. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times via AP)
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Austin Taylor, who was commuting to Kirkland when he hit a mudslide covering westbound Interstate 90, stands by his car in Issaquah, Wash., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. After a week of snow and heavy rains, landslides were covering roads around Seattle Thursday while in Spokane County a state of emergency was declared for flooding and washed out roadways. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)
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A mudslide blocks westbound lanes of Interstate 90 in Issaquah, Wash. on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Several cars were stuck in the mud. No injuries were reported.After a week of snow and heavy rains, landslides were covering roads around Seattle Thursday while in Spokane County a state of emergency was declared for flooding and washed out roadways. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times via AP)
