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The Pee Wee Golf course is seen under floodwaters Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. The Russian River rose above its flood stage again on Friday due to excessive rain in the area causing minor flooding. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Part of the River Bend recreation area are submerged under floodwater Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, near Guerneville, Calif. The Russian River rose above its flood stage again on Friday due to excessive rain in the area causing minor flooding. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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The Pee Wee Golf course is inundated by floodwaters Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. The Russian River rose above its flood stage again on Friday due to excessive rain in the area causing minor flooding. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Family members of El Faro crew members posed with photographs of their loved ones during a break in a U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearing, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 in Jacksonville, Fla. The 790-foot freighter heading from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Juan, Puerto Rico sailed into the eye of Hurricane Joaquin near the Bahamas on Oct. 1, 2015 and sank, killing all 33 crew members. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
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Lou O'Donnell, American Bureau of Shipping Assistant Chief Surveyor, answers questions during his testimony at a U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearing into the sinking of the El Faro, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 in Jacksonville, Fla. The 790-foot freighter heading from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Juan, Puerto Rico sailed into the eye of Hurricane Joaquin near the Bahamas on Oct. 1, 2015 and sank, killing all 33 crew members. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
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Rochelle Hamm, second from left, the wife of El Faro crew member Frank Hamm, is embraced by the family members of other El Faro crew members after they posed with photographs of their loved ones during a break in a U.S. Coast Guard investigative hearing, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 in Jacksonville, Fla. The 790-foot freighter heading from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Juan, Puerto Rico sailed into the eye of Hurricane Joaquin near the Bahamas on Oct. 1, 2015 and sank, killing all 33 crew members. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
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FILE - This April 12, 2016, file photo, shows the Goodyear plant in Danville, Va. Goodyear will pay $1.75 million to settle workplace health and safety violations found in inspections following four deaths at its Danville tire plant. The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry announced the penalties Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (Matt Bell/The Register & Bee via AP)
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FILE - In this April 12, 2016, file photo, a wreath and a sign show the mourning of the loss Greg Cooper, a worker at the Goodyear plant in Danville, Va. Goodyear will pay $1.75 million to settle workplace health and safety violations found in inspections following four deaths at its Danville tire plant. The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry announced the penalties Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (Matt Bell/Register & Bee via AP)/
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Firefighter Taylor Triolo of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control surveys the damage after a fire burned west of Longmont, Colo., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. About 300 homes were evacuated because of two fires being pushed by gusty winds in Boulder County. One burned in a relatively flat, open area near some farms and clusters of homes west of Longmont on Friday. The other was burning in the foothills west of Boulder. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Firefighters mop up after a fire west of Longmont, Colo., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. About 300 homes were evacuated because of two fires being pushed by gusty winds in Boulder County. One burned in a relatively flat, open area near some farms and clusters of homes west of Longmont on Friday. The other was burning in the foothills west of Boulder. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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FILE- In this undated photo, actor Shia LeBeouf, left, stands in front of a live-steam camera with the words "HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US" posted on a wall outside of the the Museum of the Moving Image as members of the public join LeBeouf in chanting the words "He will Not Divide Us" in the Queens borough of New York. The Museum of the Moving Image closed the performance on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, citing "serious public safety hazards." (AP Photo/Deepti Hajela, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2016, file photo, Minnesota Twins' Bryon Buxton walks back to the dugout after being struck out by Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Andrew Miller during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland. Buxton was sent back to Triple-A twice last season for relief from his hitting struggles, but the speedster’s performance after the second demotion gave him and the Twins a necessary dose of confidence. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)
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Brandy Smith, left; Kole Smith, center, and Sandra Smith, right, speak to reporters following a court hearing Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N. J., at which their family asked a judge to order a section of beach in North Wildwood, N,J., to be permanently closed. Brad Smith was walking on the beach in July 2012 when the sand near the water’s edge gave way, plunging him and Brandy into the swirling waters of an inlet. Brady was rescued by a passerby but her father died. Two others died in a nearly identical accident at the same spot in 2009. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2017, file photo, flowers, images and a jersey are among the items at the front of the room where Kansas City Royals' Yordano Ventura was remembered by members and employees of the baseball team in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals are reporting to spring training in Arizona with expectations of competing for another AL Central title after missing the postseason a year ago. But the task became even more challenging after the death of young flamethrower Yordano Ventura, who was killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic. (John Sleezer/The Kansas City Star via AP, File)
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Firefighters work a fire at the Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Authorities don't yet know what caused the fire on the pipeline in Paradis, but several workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP)
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A fire burns at a Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Authorities don't yet know what caused the fire on the pipeline, but several workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference. (Brett Duke/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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A fire burns at a Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Authorities don't yet know what caused the fire on the pipeline, but several workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference. (Brett Duke/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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Vehicles and a power pole smoke next to a fire at the Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Authorities don't yet know what caused the fire on the pipeline in Paradis, but several workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2016 file photo, dead common murres lie washed up on a rocky beach in Whittier, Alaska. A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore on beaches from California to Alaska, researchers have pinned the cause to unusually warm ocean temperatures that affected the tiny fish they eat.(AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
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Pittsburgh Penguins right wing Patric Hornqvist (72) dives while taking a shot on Colorado Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard (31) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
