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In this Dec. 30, 2013 photo, a few of Ken McMullen's brews on tap are seen at the Hopvine Brewing Co. in Aurora, Ill. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Mark Black)
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In this Dec. 10, 2013 photo, Ken McMullen, brewmaster at the Hopvine Brewing Co. in Aurora, Ill., carries buckets while cleaning the tanks. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Mark Black)
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In this Nov. 8, 2010 photo, a seedling Joshua tree, right, grows in the shadow of a mature tree at a site proposed for wind turbines to generate electricity, in the Mojave Desert near the town of Apple Valley, Calif. Fears that whirling wind turbines could slaughter protected golden eagles have halted progress on a key piece of the federal government's push to increase renewable energy on public lands, stalling plans for billions of dollars in wind farm developments. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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An 18-wheeler truck drives past melting ice along Interstate 55 near Terry, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Although warmer temperatures allowed the ice and sleet in some areas to begin to melt, southern counties were under cloud cover for most of the day and temperatures stayed for the most part below freezing. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A Mississippi Department of Transportation road grader scrapes ice off the State Highway 27 railroad bridge in Crystal Springs while traffic drives past Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Although warmer temperatures allowed the ice and sleet in some areas to begin to melt, many of the southern counties were under cloud cover for most of the day and temperatures stayed for the most part below freezing. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A Mississippi Department of Transportation road grader scrapes ice off the State Highway 27 railroad bridge in Crystal Springs while traffic drives past Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Although warmer temperatures allowed the ice and sleet in some areas to begin to melt, many of the southern counties were under cloud cover for most of the day and temperatures stayed for the most part below freezing. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
