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In this photo provided by World Vision Solomon Islands, a house in Kirakira, Solomon Islands, is damaged after an earthquake on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Tsunami warnings for several Pacific islands, including those in Hawaii, were canceled Friday after authorities determined that a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck near the Solomon Islands did not pose a broad tsunami threat. (Gray Nako/World Vision Solomon Islands via AP)
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Colorado Avalanche's John Mitchell, right, celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Boston, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Illustration on Boeing's coming future under a Trump administration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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This Dec. 6, 2016 photo shows the interior of The Bell Foundry in Baltimore. Baltimore officials have shut down the arts building, Monday, Dec. 5 for safety violations and evicted dozens of tenants three days after a fire at a California warehouse-turned artists' enclave killed three dozen people. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, a woman walks past a mural painted on the exterior of an underground artist collective warehouse known as The Death Trap in Oakland, Calif. Oakland and its abandoned warehouses have long been hospitable to an underground art scene that helped put this gritty city on the world art map. But now the art and music underground is panicking, and bracing for a crackdown. They're fearful because of safety issues exposed by the fire that killed 36 people at a warehouse dance party. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Gecker)
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FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower in Flint, Mich. The House has approved a wide-ranging bill to approve water projects across the country, including $170 million to address lead in Flint, Michigan’s drinking water and $558 million to provide relief to drought-stricken California. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio File)
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A Norfolk firefighter looks on as crews work to remove a pickup truck that crashed into a barrier wall on the Berkley Bridge and went over the side crashing onto the rocks below nearly missing the water, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Norfolk, Va. The driver was conscious when firefighters freed him from the truck, state police said. He was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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This Dec. 2, 2016, photo shows a cross atop a hill at a city park in Spur, Texas. The Wisconsin-based organization Freedom from Religion Foundation has asked officials in Spur to remove the cross, claiming it is unconstitutional because of it public location. (Josie Musico/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
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The unpredictability of floods, chronic pollution issues, shifting climate norms and interference caused by Chinese dams are creating severe woes for Vietnamese farmers growing rice, a staple crop of the Southeast Asian country's diet. (Associated Press)
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A line of Audi A4 cars are parked before a demonstration of Audi's vehicle-to-infrastructure technology Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, in Las Vegas. The technology allows vehicles to "read" red lights ahead and tell the driver how long it'll be before the signal turns green. For the driver, the system puts a traffic signal icon on the dashboard telling how many seconds the light will remain red. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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In this Dec. 5, 2016 photo, firefighters battle a fatal house fire in Brazil, Ind. (Ivy Jacobs/The Brazil Times via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2016, file photo pedestrians carry umbrellas as they cross Powell Street and cable car tracks in San Francisco. State officials said Tuesday, Dec. 6 that Californians did a good job of saving water in October, a month of heavy rain falling amid ongoing drought. State regulators say cities improved water conservation by nearly 20 percent compared to 2013, before the declaration of a drought emergency. (Paul Chinn /San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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Metropolitan Police Capt. Roxanne McDaris speaks about 13-year-old Fabriccio Patti, who was fatally shot while attempting to rob a Las Vegas smoke shop, during a press conference at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad speaks to members of the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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FILE- In this April 29, 2011, file photo, Huston Walters, a sophomore at the University of Alabama from Navarre, Fla., takes a break from cleaning up at his home in the Forest Lake neighborhood after a tornado struck the area. For college administrators, extreme weather is yet another hazard to prepare and practice for on a list that includes infectious disease outbreaks, active shooters and technological outages. (Michelle Lepianka Carter/The Tuscaloosa News via AP, File)
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2016 AP YEAR END PHOTOS - Orlando Police officers direct family members away from a fatal shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016. Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in the mass shooting. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
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People stand outside a hotel on fire in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. A massive fire swept through a four-star hotel in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, officials said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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Crews work to clear a fallen tree off a teachers' car outside Orange High School in Orange, Calif., Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Cold Santa Ana winds swept across Southern California on Friday, raising danger of wildfires and toppling trees onto cars, at least one home and onto a busy freeway just ahead of rush hour. (Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Small wildfires linger in Gatlinburg, Tenn., Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, following Monday's devastating wildfire. (Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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Smoke billows from the remains of a home on the northern outskirts of Gatlinburg, Tenn., Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. A devastating wildfire destroyed numerous homes and buildings on Monday. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)
