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Mark and Barbara Albanese fill sand bags to protect their home from the possible flooding ahead of an expected rain storm in Azusa,Calif. on Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014. In anticipation of the first substantial winter storm system in drought-stricken California, residents of foothill communities picked up sandbags at fire stations and city yards to protect their homes on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )
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In this May 5, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, three of the 80 beehives on Brookview Farm in Manakin-Sabot, Va., are seen. The USDA hopes to help honeybees by providing $3 million to farmers and ranchers in five states to improve their pastures. It turns out that dairy cows and bees like many of the same plants. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung)
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FILE -- In this photo taken March 7, 2012, and provided by Sandy Buckley, the head of a dead orca whale is examined by Joe Gaydos, left, director and chief scientist of the SeaDoc Society, Dyanna Lambourn, right, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife marine mammal research biologist and Albert Shepard at the University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs, in Friday Harbor, Wash. When the 3-year-old endangered orca washed ashore in Washington state battered, bloodied and bruised in February of 2012, her death fueled a mystery over what killed her. Two years later, investigators say they don't know for certain what caused blunt force trauma to the animal's head and neck.(AP Photo/Sandy Buckley, File)
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In a letter to Pope Francis, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., is among the conservative signatories and professors who say marriage appears threatened in the contemporary world. The Synod of Bishops is scheduled to meet on family and marriage issues from Oct. 5-19 at the Vatican.
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In this 2014 photo provided by Rolf Peterson at least two of three wolf pups, center, who survived the winter are documented on Isle Royale in northern Michigan by long-time researchers who track the wolves every winter by airplane. While the new pups brought the island's struggling wolf population to 11, researchers said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 that one of the few remaining gray wolfs from the island was found dead earlier this month in northeastern Minnesota after escaping to the mainland across a Lake Superior ice bridge. (AP Photo/Courtesy Rolf Peterson)
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In this Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 photo, Port Mayaca Lock & Dam in Lake Okeechobee, Fla., is seen. A Tallahassee lawmaker called on Florida’s congressional delegation to help the state take charge of controlling how water is released from Lake Okeechobee. The lake and water woes from Florida’s Big Bend to the state’s natural springs to a treasured estuary along the Atlantic have prompted residents, lawmakers and environmental advocates to call on the state to do more to better manage its water resources. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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In this Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 photo, Port Mayaca Lock & Dam in Lake Okeechobee, Fla., is seen. A Tallahassee lawmaker called on Florida’s congressional delegation to help the state take charge of controlling how water is released from Lake Okeechobee. The lake and water woes from Florida’s Big Bend to the state’s natural springs to a treasured estuary along the Atlantic have prompted residents, lawmakers and environmental advocates to call on the state to do more to better manage its water resources. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
