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In this image supplied by MSF, victims receive first aid following a military air strike at a camp for displaced people in Rann, Nigeria, Tuesday Jan. 17, 2017. Relief volunteers are believed to be among the more than 100 dead after a Nigerian Air Force jet fighter mistakenly bombed the refugee camp, while on a mission against Boko Haram extremists. (Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano reacts after the Colorado Avalanche scored a goal in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Denver. The struggling islanders fired Capuano on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, ending his tenure in the middle of its seventh season. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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FILE - In this July 12, 2016, file photo, workers unload baggage from a Delta Air Lines flight at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Linthicum, Md. On Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, the federal Department of Transportation reported that U.S. airlines are improving on-time arrivals and canceling fewer flights. Hawaiian Airlines and Delta Air Lines posted the best rates for on-time arrivals. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Ice covers the road along Old Channel Trail on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Muskegon County, Mich. Freezing rain and icy roadways forced officials to close schools in parts of Michigan Tuesday and are blamed in a crash that killed a woman in the Flint area.(Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle-MLive.com via AP)
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A farm field is flooded along Fruitvale Road on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2016, in Muskegon County, Mich. Freezing rain and icy roadways forced officials to close schools in parts of Michigan Tuesday and are blamed in a crash that killed a woman in the Flint area.(Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle-MLive.com via AP)
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In this Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Dave Pauli, senior director for the U.S. Humane Society wildlife response team, waits for an opportunity to shoot horses with a vaccine dart as part of a birth control program to manage the horse population in Vieques, Puerto Rico. The horse population has grown to an estimated 2,000 animals that break water pipes to quench their thirst, knock over garbage cans in search of food and die in car crashes that have increased as tourists flock to Vieques, which grew in popularity after the U.S. Navy shuttered military operations in the early 2000s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows Vanessa Monique Lopez-Ruiz. An Arizona state trooper who was beaten and shot while responding to a traffic collision on Interstate 10 was attacked Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, by Leonard Pennelas-Escobar, who was responsible for the one-vehicle rollover, authorities said. Pennelas-Escobar's girlfriend Lopez-Ruiz had been ejected in the high-speed rollover and was later pronounced dead. (Arizona Department of Public Safety via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows Leonard Pennelas-Escobar. An Arizona state trooper who was beaten and shot while responding to a traffic collision on Interstate 10 was attacked Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, by Pennelas-Escobar, who was responsible for the one-vehicle rollover, authorities said. (Arizona Department of Public Safety via AP)
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Los Angeles Kings center Jordan Nolan, left, collides with Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, right, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
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Cars try to climb the frozen hills on 28th street at Ingersoll Ave. on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa. Travel remains hazardous in parts of Iowa and Nebraska as ice storms move north and east through the states. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP )
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Kevin Wahlert of Pleasant Hill spreads salt on the sidewalks outside his bar, The Fremont, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa. Travel remains hazardous in parts of Iowa and Nebraska as ice storms move north and east through the states. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP )
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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-A driver in a pickup truck makes his way past businesses in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Lancaster County is among the most evenly split on political lines of any major county in the nation. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this Dec. 27, 2016 photo, a filter disc contaminated with blood samples by flies similar to the ones, left, raised by David Rivers, Ph.D., Loyola University biology department chair, for his research in Baltimore, Md.. Rivers and his students are researching on how to help law enforcement to identify real blood stains from fly contaminants at crime scenes. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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In this Dec. 27, 2016 photo, a filter disc containing frozen human blood, left, and two disc containing contaminated blood by flies on different type of diets in Baltimore, Md.. The center disc showing fluorescence fly contaminants is viewed through a filtered light source. David Rivers, Ph.D., Loyola University biology department chair, and his students are researching on how to help law enforcement to identify real blood stains from fly contaminants at crime scenes. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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In this Nov. 22, 2016 photo, Chandra Lal Bhadal, Hindu priest of Changu Narayan temple, stands in the debris of his house that was destroyed in a 2015 earthquake at Changu Village, 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) east of Kathmandu, Nepal. Less than two years after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake damaged the 5th century temple, the community is cleaning up their World Heritage site themselves and British architect John Sanday, who led the World Monuments Fund restoration of Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, has taken on the recovery as his pet project. Changu Narayan is believed to be the oldest Hindu place of worship in the country, its wooden walls intricately carved with hundreds of deities, perched atop a steep hill overlooking the Kathmandu Valley. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Toledo firefighters spray down a smoldering part of the complex where a deadly fire broke out about 4 a.m. at the Woodlands Apartments in the 2400 block of Cheyenne Blvd. off of Heatherdowns Blvd. Several people were killed in the fire, according to Toledo Fire Chief Luis Santiago.(Katie Rausch /The Blade via AP)
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Toledo firefighters evaluate a complex where a deadly fire broke out about 4 a.m. at the Woodlands Apartments complex in the 2400 block of Cheyenne Blvd. off of Heatherdowns Blvd. Several people were killed in the fire, according to Toledo Fire Chief Luis Santiago.(Katie Rausch /The Blade via AP)
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In this Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard Station Los Angeles, a sea lion hitches a ride on a US Coast Guard boat crew off the coast of Newport Beach, Calif. Officials say the juvenile sea lion was so happy to be rescued after getting hooked by fishing gear off Southern California, it happily jumped into a Coast Guard boat. The animal was handed off to a crew from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, which brought the sea lion to its rescue facility. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
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Atlanta Falcons free safety Ricardo Allen kisses his son 10-month-old Luca after an NFL football divisional football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Atlanta. The Falcons won 36-20. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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New York Islanders' Anders Lee (27) moves the puck behind Carolina Hurricanes' Victor Rask (49) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
