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FILE - In this July 25, 2013, file photo, a United Airlines plane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport, in Newark, N.J. United Airlines let is club liquor license lapse in Newark, leading to two days, Wednesday, Sept. 28 and Thursday, Sept. 29, without alcohol. The membership club offers free drinks to frequent fliers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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Las Vegas Metro Police investigate a fatal accident on Highway 95 northbound near the Boulder Highway exit in Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. A man sought for questioning by police in a shooting case that left a man wounded last week was struck and killed Thursday by a tractor-trailer when he tried to run across a Las Vegas freeway, police said. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2014, file photo, a Jeep Grand Cherokee sits on the lot at Bill DeLuca's dealerships in Haverhill, Mass. U.S. safety regulators have closed an investigation into the Jeep Grand Cherokee’s automatic braking system without seeking a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began the probe in June 2015 after getting complaints that the system braked for no reason, increasing the risk of rear crashes. The investigation covered just over 95,000 SUVs from the 2014 and 2015 model years. The agency says tests found that the braking reduced the SUV speeds by less than 3 mph. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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In this photo taken Sept. 27, 2016 in the flooded Hranicka Propast, or Hranice Abyss, in the Czech Republic Polish explorer Krzysztof Starnawski, left, and Bartlomiej Grynda, right, are reading images from a remotely-operated underwater robot, or ROV, that went to the record depth of 404 meters ,1,325 feet, revealing the limestone abyss to be the world's deepest flooded cave, during the 'Hranicka Propast - step beyond 400m' expedition led by Starnawski and partly funded by the National Geographic. (AP Photo/ Marcin Jamkowski)
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Demonstrators yell, "No to the plebiscite," to protest the government's peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which has been involved in a half-century of warfare that has caused more than 200,000 casualties. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this undated file photo provided by NOAA Fisheries, NOAA researchers pour a sample of sea water containing a brownish toxic algae into a jar aboard a research vessel off the Washington Coast. A new study finds that unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures helped cause a massive toxic algae bloom last year that closed lucrative fisheries from California to British Columbia and disrupted marine life from seabirds to sea lions, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. Scientists linked the patch of warm ocean water, nicknamed the "blob," to the vast ribbon of toxic algae that flourished in 2015. (NOAA Fisheries via AP, File)
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Emergency personnel respond to the Hoboken train station, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 in Hoboken, N.J. A rush-hour commuter train crashed through a barrier at the busy Hoboken station and lurched across the waiting area Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others in a grisly wreck that renewed questions about whether long-delayed automated safety technology could have prevented tragedy. (Tariq Zehawi/The Record via AP)
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Pallbearers wearing Miami Marlins jerseys carry the casket of Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, after a memorial service at St. Brendan's Catholic Church, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, in Miami. Fernandez was killed in a boating accident Sunday along with two friends. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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This Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photo provided by a passenger who was on the train when it crashed shows wreckage at the Hoboken, N.J. rail station. The commuter train barreled into the station during the morning rush hour, coming to a halt in a covered area between the station's indoor waiting area and the platform. (AP Photo)
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This Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photo provided by a passenger who was on the train when it crashed shows wreckage at the Hoboken, N.J. rail station. The commuter train barreled into the station during the morning rush hour, coming to a halt in a covered area between the station's indoor waiting area and the platform. (AP Photo)
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A map of earthquake faults in part of Southern California is seen as a sample of an earthquake early warning system the state that is under development is displayed on a television monitor in the background, during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, in Rancho Cordova, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation to develop a statewide earthquake early warning system in California, after devoting $10 million to the program in the state budget he signed this year. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Attorney Jason Downs speaks to reporters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, about the fatal shooting of Terrence Sterling by a District of Columbia police officer. (AP Photo/Ben Nuckols)
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FILE - This file frame grab from a cellphone shows an emergency alert along with a news alert on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, about a man wanted in connection with explosions in the New York City metropolitan area. The federal government is beefing up emergency cellphone alerts like the one used in New York to advertise the search for the bombing suspect. The Federal Communications Commission approved a measure Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, that will let messages be up to four times longer than the current 90-character limit, and cellphone companies will have to support Spanish messages under the new rules. The changes will also let officials target messages more narrowly and include links in messages. (AP Photo/File)
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Attorneys for the family of Terrence Sterling hold a press conference Thursday. Sterling, 31, was fatally shot Sept. 11 by Metropolitan Police Officer Brian Trainer. Photo by Ryan M. McDermott / The Washington Times
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In this Sept. 8, 2016 photo, Andy Desmond, left, helps trim a piece of siding on a house being built north of Frankfort, Mich., just steps from a Lake Michigan beach. (Dan Nielsen/Traverse City Record-Eagle via AP)
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The skyline of New York's borough of Manhattan is seen behind the Hoboken, N.J. rail station after a train crash at the facility on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. A commuter train plowed into the bustling terminal during the morning rush hour. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
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Emergency personnel work outside the rail station after a train crash in Hoboken, N.J., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. A commuter train plowed into the bustling rail station during the morning rush hour. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
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Water continues to flow into a large sinkhole on the Mosaic Co. property shown in this aerial photo Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, in Mulberry, Fla. Neighbors of the huge sinkhole sending cascades of contaminated water and fertilizer plant waste into Florida's main drinking-water aquifer are fearful and fuming that it took weeks for them to be notified about the disaster. Many are still waiting anxiously for results from tests for radiation and toxic chemicals in their well water. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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CORRECTS CREDIT AND SOURCE TO TWITTER USER @Cephster : This photo provided by Ian Samuel shows the scene of a train crash in Hoboken, N.J., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. A commuter train barreled into the New Jersey rail station during the Thursday morning rush hour, causing serious damage. The train came to a halt in a covered area between the station's indoor waiting area and the platform. A metal structure covering the area collapsed. ( Twitter User @Cephster via AP)
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Water continues to flow into a large sinkhole on the Mosaic Co. property shown in this aerial photo Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, in Mulberry, Fla. Neighbors of the huge sinkhole sending cascades of contaminated water and fertilizer plant waste into Florida's main drinking-water aquifer are fearful and fuming that it took weeks for them to be notified about the disaster. Many are still waiting anxiously for results from tests for radiation and toxic chemicals in their well water. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
