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In this Feb. 6, 2014 photo provided by DTE Energy is an eagle soaring above land set aside by DTE Energy for wildlife habitat preservation in Monroe, Mich. Close to 200 bald eagles have taken up residence at the plant along Lake Erie. (AP Photo/Courtesy DTE Energy, Dave Mitchell)

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Maryland guard Nick Faust (5) battles Wake Forest's Arnaud William Adala Moto for the ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in College Park, Md. Also seen are Maryland forward Evan Smotrycz (1) and Wake Forest guard Coron Williams (13). Maryland won 71-60. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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In this February 2014 photo provided by Gary Pruitt, his completed ice castle lights up the night at his home in St. Paul, Minn. The ice castle was vandalized Feb. 15 by two kids, according to Pruitt who said he saw them using golf clubs to destroy the structure that was 10 feet high, 50 feet long and made of about 700 blocks of ice. The ice castle, which took two months to build, was made from ice bricks using shoeboxes and milk jugs filled with water mixed with food coloring. (AP Photo/Gary Pruitt)

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In this February 2014 photo provided by Gary Pruitt, people gather around the completed ice castle Pruitt created at his home St. Paul, Minn. The ice castle was vandalized Feb. 15 by two kids, according to Pruitt who said said he saw them using golf clubs to destroy the structure that was 10 feet high, 50 feet long and made of about 700 blocks of ice. The ice castle, which took two months to build, was made from ice bricks using shoeboxes and milk jugs filled with water mixed with food coloring. (AP Photo/Gary Pruitt)

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David Ferrer of Spain returns the ball to Jeremy Chardy of France at the Rio Open tennis tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Sunshine and 40 degree temperatures slowly melt an ice sculpture leftover from the Magical Ice Fest, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in downtown St. Joseph, Mich. (AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell)

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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, a group of students watch as Joan Gorman, Senior Paintings Conservator at the Midwest Art Conservation Center, participates in a public restoration project at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Minnesota Public Radio, Jeffrey Thompson)

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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, Joan Gorman, Senior Paintings Conservator at the Midwest Art Conservation Center, uses small tabs to map her progress during a restoration project at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Minnesota Public Radio, Jeffrey Thompson)

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Ice covers Lake Michigan and the navigation beacon on the South Pier in St. Joseph, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014.(AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell)

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New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn listens to testimony as a Senate panel considers his confirmation during a legislative hearing in Santa Fe, N.M. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Environmental groups have criticized Flynn about the adoption of water quality rules governing copper mines. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn answers questions from a Senate panel as lawmakers consider his confirmation during a hearing in Santa Fe, N.M. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Environmental groups have criticized Flynn about the adoption of water quality rules governing copper mines. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2013 file photo, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Energy Department is poised to approve $6.5 billion in lending for two nuclear reactors under construction in Georgia. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is expected to announce the deal at a speech in Washington on Wednesday, a day before he visits the $14 billion Vogtle nuclear plant being built by Southern Co. and several partners about 30 miles southeast of Augusta. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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FILE -In this Dec. 11, 2012, file photo, part of the containment vessel for a new nuclear reactor at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is under construction in Augusta, Ga. The Energy Department is poised to approve $6.5 billion in lending for two nuclear reactors under construction in Georgia. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is expected to announce the deal at a speech in Washington on Wednesday, a day before he visits the $14 billion Vogtle nuclear plant being built by Southern Co. and several partners about 30 miles southeast of Augusta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)