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In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft is raised into the vertical position on launch Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 scheduled cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station would be the company’s first Antares launch since an explosion seconds after liftoff in 2014, which destroyed the rocket and space station supply ship, and damaged the launch complex. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
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West Virginia's Skyler Howard (3) runs the ball down field to score a touchdown against Texas Tech during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, in Lubbock, Texas. (Brad Tollefson/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
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Police survey the wreckage of a Mazda Miata that was split in half after a collision with a Mercedes-Benz in Rockville Centre, on New York's Long Island, Friday Oct. 14, 2016. Police said nobody suffered life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Mazda suffered internal injuries. The driver of the Mercedes-Benz and his 25-year-old female passenger had to be extricated from their vehicle. (Paul Mazza/Newsday via AP
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Screen capture from an NBC Philadelphia story about a fatal car crash after a man ran a red light en route to the hospital to visit his father. [http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Deadly-Roosevelt-Boulevard-Crash-397063781.html]
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FILE - Jan. 17, 2013 file photo, hatchery manager Ken Gillette checks the holding pools at the White River National Fish Hatchery in Bethel, Vt. The hatchery sustained damage from flooding by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. A federal investigation completed on July 28, 2016, and released to The Associated Press after a Freedom of Information Act request, found an employee of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was punished by his supervisor for refusing to inflate damage estimates at the hatchery as it was being assessed for repairs after the storm. The names of the employees were removed from the report. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
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Janet Meier makes her way out of the floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew surrounding her home after retrieving a warm blanket and her laptop computer from her home on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
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Elmer McDonald makes his way along a flooded street as he returns to his mobile home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. McDonald and about 1,200 other Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat or plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
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In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, Elizabeth Athiel holds her 8-month-old malnourished daughter Anger, at a UNICEF clinic in Aweil, South Sudan. Between 4 and 5 million people are at risk of death if they do not receive food assistance, according to the World Food Program, and even as the government has repeatedly promised full humanitarian access to this and other areas, South Sudanese officials have restricted aid amid their hostility at the international community. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch)
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Residents use their boats to get through flood waters from the North East Cape Fear River in the Riverbend Subdivision off Hwy 53 Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Flood waters from Hurricane Matthew are starting to crest in Burgaw, N.C. along Hwy 53 but are still heading down river towards Wilmington. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
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In this Oct. 10, 2016 photo, passengers stand at a Hawaiian Airlines check-in counter before a flight to Pago Pago, American Samoa at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu. The airline recently started a new policy of assigning seats at the airport to distribute weight in the plane after a voluntary survey that involved weighing passengers traveling between Honolulu and Pago Pago. The airline conducted the survey after realizing the planes were burning more fuel because passenger and carry-on weights were heavier than projected. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Handguns are displayed on a vendor's table at an annual gun show in Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 26, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, file photo, a person points to a screen with an airplane travel list while holding up a phone at Newark Liberty International Airport, in Newark, N.J. Some airlines are taking extra steps to prevent a disaster in case a passenger's device powered by a lithium ion battery catches fire during flight. At least three U.S. airlines are adding new fire-suppression equipment to fleets in case a cellphone or laptop battery overheats, catches on fire and can't be extinguished. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY OCT 17 AND THEREAFTER - Doug Tanner leaves his prosthetic limb as he slips into the water at Amarillo Town Club Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. Tanner lost a portion of his leg in an accident with a drunk driver but that hasn't keep him out of the swimming pool. Tanner is approaching 2400 miles swimming and is soliciting donations to help support Mother's Against Drunk Drivers. (Michael Schumacher/Amarillo Globe-News via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2014 file photo, a wall of dust moves across a freeway in Phoenix. Arizona Department of Transportation engineers are beginning design work on a dust detection and warning system for Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix where dust storms often develop suddenly. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Arizona Department of Public Safety Officers and other emergency personnel make their way around a 16 car accident scene on Interstate 10 between near Picacho, Ariz. Arizona Department of Transportation engineers are beginning design work on a dust detection and warning system for Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix where dust storms often develop suddenly. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb, File)
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In this Oct. 12, 2016 photo, Walter Coker surveys the damage in his furniture storage shed in Crescent Beach, Fla. Coker runs Genung's Fish Camp and Marina on the shore of the Matanzas River, and saw storm surge from Hurricane Matthew run "like a river" through his property, tearing apart the storage shed and the tackle shop. He doesn't have flood insurance because he said it was too expensive, so is hoping to rebound with the help of neighbors and the community. (AP Photo/Jason H. Dearen)
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This undated photo provided by the Houston Police Department shows Crenshanda Williams of Houston. Williams, a Houston 911 operator accused of hanging up on thousands of emergency calls, was charged Oct. 5, 2016, with two counts of interference with an emergency telephone call. (Houston Police Department via AP)
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FILE - In this March 4, 2016 file photo, New Jersey Transit passengers board a train at Seacaucus Junction in Seacaucus, N.J. Trains run by New Jersey Transit, which operates the nation’s second-largest commuter railroad, have been involved in 157 accidents since the start of 2011, three times as many as the largest, the Long Island Rail Road, according to an Associated Press analysis of data from January 2011 through July 2016. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, file photo, Delta Air Lines planes are parked at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in Washington. Delta Air Lines reports financial results Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**
