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In this Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, volunteers harvest hemp during the first known harvest of the plant in more than 60 years, in Springfield, Colo. The federal farm bill agreement reached Monday Jan. 27, 2014 reverses decades of prohibition for hemp cultivation. Instead of requiring approval from federal drug authorities to cultivate the plant, the 10 states that have authorized hemp would be allowed to grow it in pilot projects or at colleges and universities for research. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda, File)
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Bon Smith of Land Park area tosses a ball from under an umbrella for his dog 'Jesse' in William Land Park in Sacramento on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. After a long dry season, rain finally fell in Sacramento. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Web site is predicting a tenth of an inch of rain in San Francisco over the next two days and more than 2 inches in parts of Sacramento. (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Randall Benton) MAGS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT (KCRA3, KXTV10, KOVR13, KUVS19, KMAZ31, KTXL40); MANDATORY CREDIT
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FILE - This 2005 file photo provided by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department shows Canada geese in flight in McClean County, N.D. The agency says there are fewer ducks and geese around this winter than in the past few years. An annual midwinter waterfowl survey early in January 2014 indicated about 71,500 birds were in the state, down from 159,000 last year and a record 279,000 in 2012. Migratory game bird biologist Mike Szymanski cites colder-than-normal conditions leading up to the survey as the reason for the drop. (AP Photo/North Dakota Game and Fish Department, File)
