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In this Friday, May 9, 2014 photo, worker Julio Dichis removes the fencing which closed the Washington Monument off to the public during renovations, in Washington. The monument, which sustained damage from an earthquake in August 2011, will re-open to the public on Monday, May 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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FILE - In this June 2, 2013 file photo, Bob Collie, project manager with Perini Management Services, puts his finger in a crack of the Washington Monument at the 491-foot level of the scaffolding surrounding the monument, in Washington. The monument, which sustained damage from an earthquake in August 2011, will re-open to the public on Monday, May 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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FILE - In this May 26, 2011 file photo, arns are surrounded by the flooded Musselshell River west of Harlowton, Mont. For 2014, a hefty mountain snowpack in the Northern Rockies has driven down the summer wildfire potential and bumped up prospects that farmers in most of Montana and Wyoming won’t go dry. As for flooding, government forecasters say the coming weeks will make all the difference. A relatively even warm-up would keep streams and rivers in check. Too much warm weather and flooding could again threaten downstream communities. Late season snows three years ago led to flooding in the Missouri River basin that swamped hundreds of thousands of acres across the Upper Midwest. (AP Photo/Lisa Kunkel, File)
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FILE - In this May 26, 2011 file photo, the Musselshell River floods the town of Roundup, Mont., in this aerial view. For 2014, a hefty mountain snowpack in the Northern Rockies has driven down the summer wildfire potential and bumped up prospects that farmers in most of Montana and Wyoming won’t go dry. As for flooding, government forecasters say the coming weeks will make all the difference. A relatively even warm-up would keep streams and rivers in check. Too much warm weather and flooding could again threaten downstream communities. Late season snows three years ago led to flooding in the Missouri River basin that swamped hundreds of thousands of acres across the Upper Midwest. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer)
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FILE - In this May 26, 2011 file photo, the Musselshell River floods the town of Roundup, Mont., in this aerial view. For 2014, a hefty mountain snowpack in the Northern Rockies has driven down the summer wildfire potential and bumped up prospects that farmers in most of Montana and Wyoming won’t go dry. As for flooding, government forecasters say the coming weeks will make all the difference. A relatively even warm-up would keep streams and rivers in check. Too much warm weather and flooding could again threaten downstream communities. Late season snows three years ago led to flooding in the Missouri River basin that swamped hundreds of thousands of acres across the Upper Midwest.(AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer, File)
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PHOTOS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL SUNDAY, MAY 11 AT 6PM. One of 52 panel anchors installed to secure the Pyramidion panels inside of the Washington Monument in case of earthquake. The Monument is set to reopen after being closed since August 2011 after an earthquake caused major damage to the structure. Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times
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Jack Hopson discusses the death of Margaret Ann Knott, who was struck by a car and fatally injured during a civil rights protest, during an interview in Butler, Ala., on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Hopson, a photographer who documented the demonstration in pictures that were published by the local newspaper, said the courthouse square area was full of people when Knott was killed on Sept. 11, 1971. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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PHOTOS ARE EMBARGOED UNTIL SUNDAY, MAY 11 AT 6PM. James Perry, Chief of Resource Management for the National Park Service, explains how masonry work was completed at The Washington Monument on Saturday, May 10. The Washington Monument has been closed to the public since August 2011 after an earthquake caused major damage to the structure. Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times
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A Confederate monument stands outside the Choctaw County Courthouse in Butler, Ala., on Thursday, April 10, 2014. Civil rights protester Margaret Ann Knott was fatally injured when struck by a car during a sit-in on a street near the courthouse in 1971. Her mother, Carrie Johnson, said county officials refused permission to erect a monument commemorating the teen's death. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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Gladden Smith, who was driving a car that fatally injured civil rights protester Margaret Ann Knott during a sit-in in 1971, recalls the accident during an interview at his home near Atmore, Ala., on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Smith, who was never prosecuted, said he never intended to harm anyone and regrets what happened that day. The victim's mother, Carrie Johnson, says she does not blame Smith for her daughter's death. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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This photo made from a page of The Choctaw Advocate newspaper shows the funeral procession of Margaret Ann Knott in Butler, Ala., following her death during a civil rights protest on Sept. 11, 1971. Knott was struck by a car and fatally injured during a sit-in, and grand jurors declined to indict the driver of the vehicle. Knott's mother Carrie Johnson says she has forgiven the driver, Gladden Smith. (AP Photo/The Choctaw Advocate)
