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Authorities arrive at the scene where freight trains have crashed head on, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 in Chester Township, Pa. A CSX spokesman says an empty freight train traveling to Pavonia, N.J. from Richmond, Va. collided Friday morning with another CSX train carrying consumer goods and food products to Atlanta from Quebec, Canada. Neither train was carrying hazardous materials. (CBS3 via AP)
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Authorities arrive at the scene where freight trains have crashed head on, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 in Chester Township, Pa. A CSX spokesman says an empty freight train traveling to Pavonia, N.J. from Richmond, Va. collided Friday morning with another CSX train carrying consumer goods and food products to Atlanta from Quebec, Canada. Neither train was carrying hazardous materials. (Mari Schaefer/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, children collect drinking water from a station set up by Swiss Humanitarian Aid, in Aux Coteaux, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Wells and piped networks that people depend on for clean water across the country's southern peninsula were contaminated or damaged by a combination of ocean storm surge and sewage from the overflowing latrines that are commonly used in rural Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 photo, a sunken boat is exposed by receding water levels on Lake Lanier as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resources Manager Nick Baggett looks on in Flowery Branch, Ga. Some of the South's most beautiful mountains and valleys this fall are filled with desperation, as a worsening drought kills crops, threatens cattle and sinks lakes to their lowest levels in years. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Alabama Forestry Commission firefighters Jim Junkin, left, and Brad Lang talk about strategies for fighting a wildfire near Brookside, Ala., on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Wildfires are burning hundreds of acres of land daily across the South amid a drought. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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Brad Lang, a firefighter with the Alabama Forestry Commission, sets a backfire to help extinguish a wildfire near Brookside, Ala., on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Wildfires have burned hundreds of acres a day in the South as a drought worsens across much of the region. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 photo, Canada geese wade in a puddle at the dead end of Riga Street in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, where it transitions into a marsh, in New York. Much of the neighborhood was underwater following Superstorm Sandy's deadly storm surge nearly four years ago. Oakwood Beach, improbably built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. Under a state buyout program, 196 homes have been demolished so far. Another 103 will soon meet the same fate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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In this still frame from video provided by KTTV Fox11 News, Los Angeles firefighters hoist a delivery truck driver from a deep and narrow hole at a construction site in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. The 30-year-old man fell up to 50 feet down the 24-inch-diameter hole and landed feet-first on compacted soil, according to Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. Firefighters pumped fresh air into the hole and lowered a radio to the man, who remained conscious and was able to put on a harness attached to a rope. Firefighters used a fire truck's ladder like the boom of a crane to hoist the man up. (KTTV Fox11 News via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2016, file photo, Buffalo Bills strong safety Aaron Williams (23) is attended to on the field during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Miami Gardens, Fla. The father of Bills safety Williams tells The Associated Press his son intends to wait until the offseason to determine whether to continue playing after sustaining his latest neck injury. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, file photo, West Virginia wide receiver Jovon Durante is tackled by Texas Tech defensive back Jah'shawn Johnson in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Durante was among a group of receivers that made diving catches last week against TCU and will be looking for more on Saturday when No. 10 West Virginia travels to play Oklahoma State.(Mark Rogers/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP, File) /Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
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This photo provided by South Brunswick Police shows a truck carrying a boat jackknifed on a New Jersey highway on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 in South Brunswick, N.J. The accident lead to a fuel spill and big delays. (South Brunswick Police via AP)
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A lift truck driver uploads family tents for the Mosul refugees at the UNHCR warehouses, part of the International Humanitarian City (IHC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. The United Nations' refugee agency is shipping tents, blankets and other aid from the United Arab Emirates to northern Iraq to help those affected by the U.S.-led push to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Firefighters work to put out a blaze at an apartment building on the Upper East Side in New York on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. The flames quickly spread throughout the building and were shooting out the roof at one point, sending burning embers onto nearby buildings. (Matt Bonaccorso via AP)
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Flight attendants gather in front of their headquarters during a strike in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. German airline Lufthansa has canceled hundreds of flights at its budget unit Eurowings, affecting some 40,000 passengers, because of a strike by cabin crew. Poster reads: " Fan of phone calls on off-days".(Oliver Berg/dpa via AP)
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A firefighter looks at a damaged house in the small town of Visso in central Italy, Thursday, Oct 27, 2016, after a 5.9 earthquake destroyed part of the town. A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Grace Stratman leaves the Department of Motor Vehicles after she was unable to get her drivers license renewed due to a computer failure, in Carmichael, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. The Department of Motor Vehicles says a catastrophic computer failure is hampering operations at more than 100 field offices. The outage began Monday affecting offices around the state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this May 3, 2006, file photo, University of Iowa students walk past the Old Capitol building in Iowa City, Iowa a few days before the building was to open to the public for the first time since being heavily damaged in a fire on Nov. 20, 2001. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) **FILE**
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The western North Carolina mountains are seen from a lookout on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Areas of the western Carolinas are in severe to extreme drought, with officials worried about wildfires and wilting crops. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee is meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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In this Oct. 24, 2016 photo, piles of damaged furniture and building materials are piled in front of St. Francis House in St. Augustine, Fla. Hurricane Matthew inundated the house that serves as the area's only full time homeless shelter, putting dozens of people on the streets. The storm eliminated nearly a third of St. Johns County’s shelter capacity. (AP Photo/Jason H. Dearen)
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In this Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 photo, a woman is consoled by others as San Francisco Police guard a door after the fatal shooting of a man in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Kevin Joseph Epps, a San Francisco filmmaker and community activist, has been arrested on suspicion of homicide and being a felon in possession of a firearm. (Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
