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FILE - In this March 28, 2017, file photo, a train near hauls coal mined from Wyoming's Powder River Basin near Bill, Wyo. he Interior Department has scrapped an Obama-era rule aimed at ensuring that coal companies don't shortchange taxpayers on huge volumes of coal extracted from public lands, primarily in the West. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver, File)

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Randy Davis, manager at the Circle Food Store, mops the floor after the store flooded from the past weekend's torrential rains, in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Jomel Walker, center, helps his parents Joann Walker left, and Wallace Walker, throw out soggy furniture from their Crown And Glory Beauty Salon, in the aftermath of the past weekend's flooding, in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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FILE - In this May 9, 2011 file photo, EU flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Kathy Brison of the Belgian food safety agency said Sunday Aug. 6, 2017, that Belgian food safety authorities began investigating possible pesticide contamination in eggs in early June, several weeks before the public was made aware of a food safety scare now affecting several European countries. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, FILE)

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A building inspector assesses damage at Woodcraft shortly before the business was condemned in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. The National Weather Service says three tornadoes struck northeast Oklahoma, including an EF2 twister that caused heavy damage and injured at least 30 people near midtown Tulsa. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)

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A worker clears debris from TGI Fridays in Tulsa, Okla., Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)

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In this Aug. 3, 2017 photo, a vehicle makes its way on North drive in front of South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D. High speeds and heavy traffic on the road leading to the state's largest prison have Sioux Falls and the state Department of Corrections looking at ways to improve safety. The city painted a bike lane and narrowed driving lanes along North Drive this spring and will use traffic counters to judge if speeds drop enough to create safer conditions. (Briana Sanchez/The Argus Leader via AP)

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In this Aug. 3, 2017 photo, vehicles move on North drive in front of South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D. High speeds and heavy traffic on the road leading to the state's largest prison have Sioux Falls and the state Department of Corrections looking at ways to improve safety. The city painted a bike lane and narrowed driving lanes along North Drive this spring and will use traffic counters to judge if speeds drop enough to create safer conditions. (Briana Sanchez/The Argus Leader via AP)

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In this Aug. 3, 2017 photo, vehicles make their way on North drive in front of South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, S.D. High speeds and heavy traffic on the road leading to the state's largest prison have Sioux Falls and the state Department of Corrections looking at ways to improve safety. The city painted a bike lane and narrowed driving lanes along North Drive this spring and will use traffic counters to judge if speeds drop enough to create safer conditions. (Briana Sanchez/The Argus Leader via AP)

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In this July 2013, Oregon driver's license photo released by the Powell County Sheriff's Office shows Mark William Collins. Collins was shot by Powell County sheriff's deputy last Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, after deputy officers and witnesses said Collins drove on the wrong way on the interstate, ran a vehicle off the road, rammed a patrol car and tried to ram another vehicle from behind. Collins was shot as he sped toward a deputy in his van north of Deer Lodge, Mont. Collins remained hospitalized in intensive care in Missoula, Mont., on Monday, Aug. 7, but apparently didn't suffer any life-threatening injuries. No charges have been filed. (Powell County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Phoenix Fire Department, emergency personnel respond to a wreck in which a large tanker truck rolled on top of at last one vehicle in southwest Phoenix on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (Larry Subervi/Phoenix Fire Department via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Phoenix Fire Department, emergency personnel respond to a wreck in which a large tanker truck rolled on top of at last one vehicle in southwest Phoenix on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (Larry Subervi/Phoenix Fire Department via AP)

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This undated photo released by the Missouri State Highway Patrol shows Ian McCarthy, of Clinton, Mo., who has been identified as a person of interest in the fatal shooting of Clinton police officer Gary Michael during a traffic stop late Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (Missouri State Highway Patrol via AP)

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In this July 27, 2017, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Kenley Jansen (74) is congratulated as he and Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes, center, leave the field after the Dodgers 8-0 shutout of the New York Mets in a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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CORRECTS CREDIT TO THE ADVOCATE - In this Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, photo, Philana Crite, of Cleveland who was in town for a family reunion, steps of the curb into flood waters in the New Orleans. Parts of New Orleans flooded after a heavy weekend rainfall that officials said overwhelmed the city's pump stations. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP)

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This photo courtesy of the Long Beach Fire Department shows firefighters boarding a ship responding to an hazmat incident in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Long Beach firefighters treated 11 workers and one firefighter for exposure to some hazardous material fumes, at Pier G, where a flammable liquid leaked from a 6,000 gallon tank on a container vessel. Two persons have been taken to a hospital. (Brian Fisk/Long Beach Fire Department via AP)

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This photo courtesy of the Long Beach Fire Department shows firefighters at at Pier G, after boarding a ship in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Long Beach firefighters treated 11 workers and one firefighter for exposure to some hazardous material fumes where a flammable liquid leaked from a 6,000 gallon tank on a container vessel. Two persons have been taken to a hospital. (Brian Fisk/Long Beach Fire Department via AP)

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Water rises to over five feet at the Franklin Ave. train underpass near I-610 as a torrential downpour flooded city streets, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017 in New Orleans. Officials in New Orleans say heavy rainfall overwhelmed the city's pump stations, contributing to flooding in some areas. (Michael DeMocker/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)

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A woman carries a child from a flooded car at the Franklin Ave. I-610 exit as a torrential downpour flooded city streets, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017 in New Orleans. Officials in New Orleans say heavy rainfall overwhelmed the city's pump stations, contributing to flooding in some areas. (Michael DeMocker/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)