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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2014 file photo, the lights of Williston, N.D. shine in the background of oil pumps. Williston is the hub of North Dakota's oil boom. The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor federation, says the death rate for oil, gas and mining workers in North Dakota was more than six times the national average in 2012. It says the state had a fatality rate of 104 per 100,000 workers in those industries. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, Russell Girsh motions to his driller to turn the equipment on at an oil rig near Watford City, N.D. The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor federation, says the death rate for oil, gas and mining workers in North Dakota was more than six times the national average in 2012. It says the state had a fatality rate of 104 per 100,000 workers in those industries. North Dakota had the highest worker death rate in the nation in 2012 with 17.7 deaths per 100,000 workers. (AP Photo/Williston Herald, Jerry Burnes, File)
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Two people on Deer Island watch as the Nova Star cruise ferry makes its way into Boston Harbor, Monday, May 12, 2014, for a christening ceremony. The Nova Star, a 528-foot cruise ferry that can carry more than 1200 passengers and 300 motor vehicles, will make daily roundtrip crossings between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Portsmouth, Maine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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The Nova Star cruise ferry makes its way into Boston Harbor past two fishermen for a christening ceremony on Monday, May 12, 2014. The Nova Star, a 528-foot cruise ferry that can carry more than 1200 passengers and 300 motor vehicles, will make daily roundtrip crossings between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Portsmouth, Maine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Pam Mood, Mayor of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, christens the Nova Star cruise ferry during a ceremony in Boston, Monday, May 12, 2014. The Nova Star, a 528-foot cruise ferry that can carry more than 1, 200 passengers and 300 motor vehicles, will make daily roundtrip crossings between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Portsmouth, Maine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Pam Mood, Mayor of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, laughs while speaking aboard the Nova Star cruise ferry during a ceremony in Boston, Monday, May 12, 2014. The Nova Star, a 528-foot cruise ferry that can carry more than 1200 passengers and 300 motor vehicles, will make daily roundtrip crossings between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Portsmouth, Maine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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FILE - In this May 6, 2014 file photo, congressional candidate Keith Crisco addresses supporters at Lumina Wine & Beer in Asheboro, N.C. Crisco, a North Carolina textile entrepreneur locked in a too-close-to-call Democratic Party primary with former "American Idol" singer Clay Aiken, died in a home accident Monday, May 12, 2014. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Robert Willett, File)
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Adam Pankoke, left, and Nick Streit, clear fallen trees in Beaver Crossing, Neb., Monday, May 12, 2014. Beaver Crossing was hit hard after several tornadoes moved across Nebraska on Sunday causing damage to homes and businesses in or near Sutton, Garland, Cordova and Daykin. The storms also left more than 18,000 utility customers without electricity. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, accompanied by Clay County EMA official Loren Uden, right, surveys damage to downtown Sutton, Neb., Monday, May 12, 2014, after a tornado touched down in town on Sunday. Several tornadoes moved across Nebraska on Sunday causing damage to homes and businesses in or near Sutton, Garland, Cordova, Beaver Crossing and Daykin. The storms also left more than 18,000 utility customers without electricity. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Volunteers clear bricks and debris from the roof of a building in Beaver Crossing, Neb., Monday, May 12, 2014. Beaver Crossing was hit hard after several tornadoes moved across Nebraska on Sunday causing damage to homes and businesses in or near Sutton, Garland, Cordova and Daykin. The storms also left more than 18,000 utility customers without electricity. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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RFK Memorial Stadium is visible behind the U.S. Capitol from the 500-foot level of the Washington Monument in Washington, Monday, May 12, 2014, as it re-opens. The monument, which sustained damage from an earthquake in August 2011, reopened to the public today. (AP Photo)
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Visitors line up for tickets which are distributed at on a first-come basis at the Washington Monument in Washington, Monday, May 12, 2014, ahead of a ceremony to celebrate its re-opening. The monument, which sustained damage from an earthquake in August 2011, is reopening to the public today. (AP Photo)
