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FILE - In this March 21, 2012 file photo, a car coming from North Carolina turns into the Lake Wylie Minimart in Lake Wylie, S.C. The store's owner thought his business was in South Carolina, but surveyors have determined it is actually in North Carolina, meaning his gas prices will likely go up 30 cents and he can't sell fireworks. On Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 a commission assigned to redraw the line held a public hearing to discuss the impact of their work and what must be done in the governments of both Carolinas to accept the new line. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, file)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo Ken Snider, who drives a propane truck, fills a tank outside a home on the Standing Rock Reservation in Fort Yates, N.D. Snider said the price of propane on the reservation this winter peaked at $4.65 a gallon, which is more than doubling of the fuel’s cost has crippled efforts to stay warm _ and alive _ through the harsh winter where most people rely on propane to heat their often ramshackle homes. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo is a rundown mobile home with an empty propane tank where 61-year-old Debbie Dogskin was found dead on Tuesday at the Standing Rock Reservation in Fort Yates, N.D. A nationwide propane shortage has hit the American Indian reservation that straddles the Dakotas’ border particularly hard. A more than doubling of the fuel’s cost has crippled efforts to stay warm _ and alive _ through the harsh winter where most people rely on propane to heat their often ramshackle homes. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
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FILE - This April 18, 2008, file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife shows a gray wolf. A scientific review says the U.S. government’s bid to lift federal protections for gray wolves across most of the Lower 48 states is based on unproven claims about their genetics. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service peer review panel released its report Friday Feb. 7, 2014. It represents a significant setback for the pending proposal to take gray wolves off the endangered species list except in the desert Southwest. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gary Kramer, File)
