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Oil spill clean up workers spread viscous snare line along East Beach in Galveston, Texas, to snag oil Monday, March 24, 2014. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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A boat drags an oil boom out into the water as a cargo ship sits in the ship waits to enter the ship channel along East Beach Monday, March 24, 2014, in Galveston, Texas. The booms are being placed along the coastline to help clean up the thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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A worker drags viscous snare pom pons along East Beach in Galveston, Texas, to snag oil Monday, March 24, 2014. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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A worker checks a viscous snare line along East Beach in Galveston, Texas, to clean up an oil spill Monday, March 24, 2014. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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A crew spreads a viscous snare along East Beach to trap oil Monday, March 24, 2014, in Galveston, Texas. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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A boom and the sand along East Beach are covered in oil Monday, March 24, 2014, in Galveston, Texas. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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Oil sludge floats on the surface of the water on East Beach in Galveston, Texas, Monday, March 24, 2014. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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Workers walk along East Beach in Galveston, Texas, looking for pieces of oil tar, Monday, March 24, 2014. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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An oil spill clean up crew drags a boom along East Beach in Galveston, Texas, Monday, March 24, 2014. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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Sonny Bono was a recording artist and producer, who came to fame in partnership with his second wife Cher, as the popular singing duo Sonny & Cher. He was mayor of Palm Springs from 1988 to 1992, and congressman for California's 44th district from 1994, but died in a skiing accident while still in office. (AP Photo)