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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the New Jersey National Guard's annual Military Review Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, in Sea Girt, N.J. Christie talked about the fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and praised the guard's response to the storm that devastated parts the Jersey Shore. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ** FILE **
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Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun (6) keeps the puck away from Colorado Avalanche right wing Rene Bourque during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 photo, Jesse Aubie drills a new drinking water well in Topsham, Vt. Despite recent rain and snow, much of Vermont is now in a drought and the state is asking residents to conserve water when possible and report shortages. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Firefighters continue to tackle the blaze at the badly damaged The Royal Clarence Hotel, in Exeter, England, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. A fire has severely damaged what is thought to be England's oldest hotel. The blaze in the southwestern city of Exeter raced through the historic Royal Clarence Hotel, which overlooks the city's medieval cathedral. Firefighters were still tackling the blaze on Saturday, a day after it broke out. The hotel, which had been operating under the name Abode Exeter, dates to 1769. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 29, AND THEREAFTER – In this Oct. 19, 2016 photo, Mining engineer Henry "Hank" Zielinski overlooks a landscape of waste coal that his employer Northampton Fuel Supply is reclaiming, as he visits the site in Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Coal waste discarded by miners of yesteryear wasn't useful for the furnaces of homes and factories of previous generations, but now mining engineers like Henry "Hank" Zielinski can extract fuel from waste coal. (Kent Jackson/Hazelton Standard-Speaker via AP)
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In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, Gelene Jeudy, 16, pumps water from a contaminated well 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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Firefighters extinguish flames from American Airlines Flight 383, flight bound for Miami, which caught fire on the runway at O'Hare International Airport, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, as it was taking off. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune 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. (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)
